Mike Caspar Team Member Training Reflection

I learned a few amazing things during the Team Member Training.

Almost Immediate Storming
Our team started "Storming" during the first few moments of the engagement meeting and planning stages of the first Cycle. There were two very strong willed people on the team who almost immediately were at odds with each other.

It was a great learning experience. I learned that I should warn new Agile Team Members before their first engagement meeting about the four phases of team building and perhaps it could save some grief. I believe if team members know what is coming, perhaps they might be emotionally prepared for it.

General Project
The generalized training exercise was a great way to learn without getting distracted by technical IT details which would have inevitably distracted from the concepts we were learning.

Team Bonding in a very short time
In just 3 short days, fairly strong bonds were created by Team Members.It actually felt sad to say goodbye to the team after just 3 days of working together during the training. For me at least, this was enlightening.