On The Team

When developing software, it naturally falls out into functional pieces. Is it better to have each team member responsible for a functional piece or to have multiple team members working on the same piece?

In my experience of over 15 years of software development, I have found that it is almost always better to have developers each work on separate modules, rather than have them work together on the same module.

Some of the reasons for this are:

1) It is easier to integrate the various modules and get them working together than to integrate pieces of code from different developers into each module.

2) Developers work better alone, because they often feel that they "own" the part of the code that they are working on . Remember the old analogy that managing a group of software developers is like herding cats? Don’t fight it, use it to your advantage. The less your developers step on each others code, the happier and more efficient they will be.

3. Developers also work better alone, because they each have their own individual approach to solving a given problem. Code reviews are a good way to get the opinion of other developers on a particular approach, but there are often multiple ways to solve a problem that are equally acceptable. Time spent modifying code to reconcile differing code practices is often wasted time, in that it does not actually improve the code, it just makes it work correctly. Assigning separate modules to developers will reduce the amount of time spent on these necessary but time-wasting activities.

That being said, it is very important to establish some basic coding standards that the team adheres to, if you want the code to be easy to maintain and modify in the future. Define the interfaces among the modules as clearly and specifically as possible and immediately communicate any changes. Code reviews are also very important. You always want to be sure that all of the cats you are herding are headed in the same direction!

Teamwork funny!

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Such as "the name on the front of the jersey is more important then the one on the back".

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It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.

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There is no "I" in "TEAMWORK".

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Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we.

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TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More

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Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.

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The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.

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Teamwork is working together — even when apart.

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A job worth doing is worth doing together.

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Coming together, sharing together, working together, succeeding together.

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A successful team beats with one heart.

What in the military prepares people and gives them these qualities?

That is part and parcel of what Basic Training is all about. From there, everything the military does is based on teamwork. Very few "Lone Rangers" succeed in the military.

In the Army, for example, the Confidence Course REQUIRES teamwork. You cannot pass it on your own.

As to discipline, it’s easy. You screw up, and you get dropped for push-ups. Sometimes when you screw up, your whole platoon (or company) gets dropped for push-ups. Suddenly, you are very "popular." Everyone wants to be your "buddy." You rarely make the same mistake twice.

As to respect, just try not to give it, and you’ll experience what I said above. (Or worse.)

I can’t believe some of these answers…….There is a constant collaboration between chefs and chemists, also know in the food industry as FOOD SCIENTISTS…..They along with the chefs determine things like (I’m going to use a Duncan Hines boxed cake mix for an example)

How much and what kind of leavening should be used in:

A white cake mix
A yellow cake mix
A chocolate cake mix

ALL the above take different amounts and different types of leavening, sugar and sodium levels to ensure that the cakes have a consistent level of accuracy for the home cook……Different mixes require different types of ingredients (like the chocolate cake mix, because it’s made with Dutch process cocoa, they don’t use aluminum phosphate as a leavening, they use calcium phosphate along with sodium bicarbonate………

If chefs and chemists (read: food scientists) didn’t do this stringent measure, NOTHING would ever come out the same…..So, yes, there is a heck of a lot going on with chefs and chemists…..

mmpr season 1 episode 3 team work 2/3

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You need to be good at team work to keep your job. It is unfortunate, but contemporary management theory and practice is all about team work. This is discriminatory against competent employees who do not work well in teams.

SU Awards truely epitomizes energy, Enthusiasm and team work.

NEED SYMONOUS OF epitomizes.

Look in a thesaurus.

Movie – any given sunday (Al Pacino , Jamie Fox)
“tat” Half-Time speech @ ta Football Playoffz…

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There is an answer on here posting lewd links as their every answer, and I have reported their numerous answer. The thing is none of his answers have been removed.

Does that mean that they only work 9-5, Mon-Fri, or are they still taking their usual extended tea breaks??
I know Y/A don’t have moderators, I speak of the people who act on, once the questions, have been reported.

Also people have to remember that children as young as 13 use this site.

Its the recession. Job cuts.