How Are We Doing?
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How Are We Doing?
When your work with others takes time, it is important to check to make sure things are going well. If there are problems, you need to fix them before they get too big. So it is important to take time to measure what you have done, near the start of the project, in the middle and again at the end.
There are two things to find out:
- Do we get the work done on time so we can meet the goal as we planned?
- Do we get along and work well together?
It is easy to see if the work is done on time; just look at your plan. Have you all done your jobs by the dates written in the plan?
It is harder to measure how people feel about working with each other. But if people do not get along, it makes the work more difficult. People may even quit before the end of the project. So it is important to sort out any problems between people before it is too late.
This part of the Tool Box looks at
- how some team members have more power than others and how this affects what everyone in the team says and does,
- how different people like to give feedback, and
- what kinds of questions to ask at the start, in the middle and at the end of your work together to find out how team members feel.
