In the mechanical engineering field you end up working on a
lot of projects together. In the field I am most familiar with (agricultural
field) there are a lot of big projects. When dealing with big project, like a
tractor, you may have as many as 100 different engineers working on the same project.
With this many different people working on the same project, you need to work
together as a team and do a lot of collaborating. According to the University
of the Arts there are some key things that you can do in a group to help
your group to succeed. First off make sure that that your whole team is on the
same page and has the same goals. Second make sure you keep a good team
dynamic. Whether you like the people you work with or not stay positive. Thirdly
while scheduling meets you need to keep in mind that not everyone can make it
to every meeting. If someone does miss a meeting you need to keep them informed
and up to date. Fourth work efficiently as a group that way you can get a lot of
things done and not waste anyone’s time.
We worked together in a group on a website redesign project and
we implemented all of these key points. The first thing we did was exchange
information so we could communicate effectively. Next we figured out what we
wanted to do and what everyone’s job was and when we wanted the due date to be.
Finally anytime we got together we worked hard to get tasks done as quickly as
possible and still do high quality work.
We decided to work on the website because we felt it could use
some improvement. The changes we made were all for the customer. We asked questions
to people about what they thought about the site and how usable it was. From
that information we changed the site to make it more user friendly and
hopefully it will bring in more customers which is what every business has for
a goal.
