Effective Communication

The group that I collaborate on projects with at work has been working together on similar projects for about four years now. Because of this, our communication between one another is nearly seamless. When we begin a new project it is pretty well understood who will be tackling which tasks based on our strengths and weaknesses. We don't really even need to debate that anymore. Also, each of us knows what type of behaviors to expect from the other group members.

In one of our last projects we had completed about one forth of it when a member of the team realized that the way some of the other members were handling their end was not going to work. I've found that you have to be very careful when (supportively) criticizing someone else's part of a project. This person was able to do so in such a way as to not upset the others and the overall project was still completed ahead of schedule.

Most of the time the environment that we work in is a positive one. We're usually able to obtain any informational resources that are required for the project quite easily. If we're still not able to complete part of the project on our own we are able to call in outside help and delegate to them.