Does anybody have a good resource for college students to learn about working in a team (communication, organization, etc.)? I'm looking for something longer than a blog post but shorter than a book.

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Have them start a small open source project using only cross platform media to communicate. Establish requirements for the groups and tips for ideas to get started on.

This establishes accountability, requirement for concise communication, remote work ethic and creativity.

@lucifargundam I've already got the projects. What I'm looking for is the advice on how to work well as a team. Some teams struggle and many complain about their teammates not communicating well.

@peterdrake
>>I've already got the projects.
<<Cool. That should be a bulk of the problem.

>>What I'm looking for is the advice on how to work well as a team.
<<Ah... That's a problem that's as real as... A real(non-academia) scenario. Have you set up any organizational structure?

>>Some teams struggle and many complain about their teammates not communicating well.
<<Do they have regular meetings, deadlines, etc? What kind of project workflow pattern are they following?

@lucifargundam This varies from class to class, but in the capstonish Software Development class, I use eXtreme Programming, Trello, two-week iterations, and real customers who have problems that needs solving.

@peterdrake @lucifargundam ah team work. Where psychology meets engineering. 😁 I don't know of any written explanations--I've seen a few on how to be a team leader, but not how to work well on a team otherwise. I'll look...

@peterdrake @lucifargundam
oh well that didn't take long--this is for employees but your students should know teamwork continues in industry--these are all good points! You could walk them thru these points as an introduction to being a decent team, before they get started?

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@peterdrake oh that's a blog post, sorry. But it seems an efficient way of communicating the ideas.

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