1. Teamwork

2. Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Teamwork
“When you're part of a team, you stand up for your teammates. Your loyalty is to them. You protect them through good and bad, because they'd do the same for you.”
- Yogi Berra
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3. Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
What Is a Team?
A team is a collection of individuals, each with his/her own expertise, brought together to benefit a common goal
Teams are often comprised of people who do not know each other and who must work hard to develop productive working relationships despite personal differences and cultural practices
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4. Benefits of a Team Shared workloads and responsibility
Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Benefits of a Team
Shared workloads and responsibility
Broader diversity in knowledge and skill
More productive brainstorming
Chances for leadership and personal satisfaction
Sense of belonging to a successful process
Ability to accomplish more than if work is done independently
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5. Developing a Team Step #1: Team members identify the team’s mission
Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Developing a Team
Step #1: Team members identify the team’s mission
What does the team have to do?
How will the team accomplish the task?
What information is needed?
What resources are available?
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6. Design Brief The Team’s Mission Teamwork
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Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
The Team’s Mission
Design Brief
This design process was developed based on the University of Maryland - College Park - IRB Research Project
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7. Developing a Team Step #2: Team members establish group norms
Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Developing a Team
Step #2: Team members establish group norms
Develop guidelines, protocols, or rules
Establish norms as a team through consensus
Regulate proper and acceptable behavior by and between team members
Commit to follow these rules
“No design decision will be acted on before discussion with and consensus from all the team members.”
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8. Establishing Group Norms
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Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Establishing Group Norms
Create a list of norms by brainstorming with teammates
Analyze each norm and discuss its impact on the team and the overall goal
Identify key norms that everyone can come to consensus on
Establish consequences if norms are broken
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9. Typical Group Norms Input from all team members
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Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Typical Group Norms
Input from all team members
Team meeting schedule and project timeline
Communication protocols
Conflict resolution protocols
Note: A copy of the established norms must be provided to each team member
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10. Teamwork
Design and Drawing for Production
Unit 2 – Lesson 2.4 – Advanced Design
Developing a Team
Step #3: Identify team members’ strengths and weaknesses
Team members list individual talents, skills, and limitations
Team members identify job responsibilities
Each team member’s strengths are a support mechanism for the other team member’s/members’ weaknesses
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