During the internship, we work in teams of five, and we accomplish 80% of all tasks in these groups.
On the first day of our team meeting, we wrote team rules of engagement and pinned them at the top of our Microsoft Teams files. These rules outlined our goals, reactions to stress, and ways to speak about team conflicts.
The rules of engagement have helped us proceed through both the Software engineering and the Project Management aspects of the internship. Furthermore, understanding how each team member responds to stress has been a crucial tool to use, especially when working on potential stress causers like decision making between two ideas that the different team members like.
Additionally, we set up a GroupMe chat outside the internship to communicate quickly and have a less formal way to talk about the challenges we are facing, share some fun memories as a team, get re-energized, and work better. Through this chat, we reach out for help concerning the internship assignments, code bugs, or something that was not clear in the classes so that we all keep on track.
I have found using this chat more convenient whenever I need help to debug my code or resolve GitHub merge conflicts compared to sending an email.
Furthermore, we have the support of our team’s coaches with whom we meet daily to discuss the progress of our project. During these meetings, we receive tips on time management and handling team dynamics, which has helped us discuss ways to keep our team on track during the program.
As a team, we also set time blocks to accomplish different tasks and take breaks from work. Setting the deadlines to accomplish certain tasks has greatly enforced our focus, and planning for break time has eliminated burnout.
To say that we are always on track as a team would be a lie. There are days when we were behind the schedule of the Project Management curriculum. However, talking to our coaches and time management tips are given helped us catch up with the rest of the program activities.
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