From Mush To Movement
Last Tuesday we learned an important lesson…”it ain’t over until the professor speaks”. Our professor asked us to run down our outline for the Capstone, but then he started asking us probing questions, and eventually after a few anxiety attacks, we ended up going into a completely different, but much needed direction. I’m sure there will be more.
Coming from the bid world, this wasn’t too shocking for me because I’m used to scrambling to add last minute changes before a proposal is due. We’ve even stopped working on a bid completely after hours of research and meetings revealed that we were heading in the wrong direction and we didn’t have a great chance of actually winning, so we cut our losses. Unfortunately, we can’t “no-go” our capstone.
But what was magical throughout the chaos of our long Tuesday night class was that we team leads and the project manager all put our heads together to figure out a solution. We used our individual strengths to pull through. That, my friends, is the key to success in a team. Having a strong support system that not only keeps you on your toes, but also helps you place your feet in the right direction is critical to a “smoother” project. We listened to each other and our brains went from mush to movement.
Andrea Lebron 