1. Team Tips #1
Getting Started

2. Start-Up Checklist Purpose Stakeholders Limits and Expectations
Team Roles
Ground Rules
Logistics

3. Purpose Determine What the Team is Suppose to Do and Why?
List Team Goals and Targets
Tip:
Write a Brief Team Purpose Statement and Make it Visible at Each Team Meeting

4. Stakeholders Who are the Stakeholders? We Are All “Rooting” For You
Your Team Members
Your Classmates Not in Your Team
Your Graduate TA
Your Professor
The ME Department
Your Parents
We Are All “Rooting” For You

5. Limits and Expectations
Money/Budget/Materials
Time and Deadlines
Workloads and Priorities
People on the Team
Outside Resources
Training

6. Team Roles Tip: Team Leader Team Member
Keeps Team on Target
Resolves Conflict
Arranges Logistics
Communicates to Stakeholders
Team Member
Focuses on Team Goals
Listens Keenly
Participates Fully
Keeps Commitments
Values Different Ideas
Tip:
The Team Leader is also a Team Member, and all Team Members Share Equal Responsibility for the Outcome.

7. Ground Rules Decisions Made by Consensus
Make Decisions Based on Available Data
Everyone Participates and Voices Opinions
Punctuality at All Meetings
Assignments Completed on Time
Continuous Evaluation and Improvement

8. Consensus
Consensus Means Finding an Option That All Team Members Will Support.
It Does Not Mean That All Team Members Would Select That Option as Their First Choice.
Tip:
Consensus Decisions are Smooth to Implement Since They are Supported by the Entire Team.

9. Logistics How Often To Meet? Where to Meet?
What Time Will the Meetings Be?
How Long Will Meetings Last?
What About Absenteeism?
What About Supplies and Materials?