Always be collaborating and consider how this impacts your work When I started thinking about team collaboration more I realised that teams need to do… Read More »Teams should consider collaboration phases in their work
Meet when you need to do the work and make the decisions that lead to the work Student teams seem to think the work will… Read More »Organise meetings to suit your development cadence
Spread knowledge within the team to raise your bus quotient When the team starts to develop their new application together many things might be new… Read More »‘The next risky item’ should apply to the team too
Align people on features instead of front and back end work. Whoever devised the terms ‘front-end’ and ‘back-end’, as well as ‘full-stack developer’ has a… Read More »Front-end and back-end sub-teams are a bad idea
Together is the way in team collaboration. I was having a virtual coffee yesterday when the other person said something which resonated with me. He… Read More »Teach students to unlearn independent work to be better collaborators
Diversity in our tasks aids the work of the team I’ve recently been hearing students tell their team members that they want to do something… Read More »Swap roles to provide diversity in perspectives on the work
Thin slices speed up learning, and are less challenging Thin slices have so many good aspects to them when building applications. You are focusing on… Read More »Teach students that thin slices are best
It’s all guesswork for student teams, so have them start to learn more. The only time you know how long something will take is when… Read More »Teach students to stop estimating, and just start the work
Keep removing risks to reduce uncertainty in your work The software engineering textbooks, and the project management ones too that I’ve seen all suggest you… Read More »Do the most risky part of the product next in team collaborations
Meet with a regular rhythm to synch your work together. I regularly guide student teams in software engineering at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. The… Read More »Software engineering student teams should meet with a suitable cadence for their work