10 - In Conclusion: Looking back, now that the portfolio is almost done, this is what we could ____have done better. Overview of the Plan: Open and honest communication is the key to success. The thing that would make this process flow better would be to make sure everyone was committed to the goal, to use of the Team Assessment process immediately after each class as a way to force open and honest communication as to how each team member could better meet other team member expectations and contribute more effectively towards attainment of the team goal. Team Development: Encourage self-identification of strengths and work preferences and share this knowledge in a cooperative way that encourages collaboration. Standard: Each person will willingly accept a fair share of the work, agree to meet deadlines and establish how work will be safely saved and shared. Team Covenant: Establish guidelines which define how each team member will relate to and work with every other team member and the team as a whole. Standard: The team will develop a statement that every team member agrees to abide by and a feedback system that enforces compliance with this standard will be “signed-off” by each team member. Leadership: Establish the rules that govern the conditions that determine who is to assume leadership given the circumstances encountered. Standard: Each team member will cheerfully assume the role of leader when he or she is the person most qualified to be the leader. Conversely, each team member will follow and support the person who is serving in the role of leader. Encourage Assertiveness: Establish a tradition of tactful yet direct and open communi-cation that makes it impossible to ignore the brutal truth. Standard: Team members continue to function as a team and react in a constructive way even when confronted with news they do not necessarily want to hear. Adapt to the Environment: Develop a contingency plan that makes it possible to meet production and process standards when conditions change. Standard: Progress will be on schedule even if individual team members encounter circumstances that make it impossible for them to meet their obligations or a change in the schedule makes it impossible for the class to meet at its regularly scheduled time and place. Organization Design: Create a chart that clearly illustrates who does what with whom. Standard: Each team member can point to the chart and explain exactly what it means in regard to his or her responsibility. Performance Problems: Develop a way to deal with individual and team failure to meet that makes things interpersonally acceptable while meeting production goals. Standard: The team achieves production goals and each team member sincerely believes every other team member has in fact earned all possible participation points. _______________________________________________________________________________________