Team Communication

Constructive collaboration means that a student actively communicates and contributes to the team process. This includes things like attending daily stand-ups and informing what you have done and will do, exchanging ideas during meetings, and helping each other where needed. Effective communication ensures everyone is on the same page and promotes the team solving problems together and meeting deadlines, in an atmosphere of mutual trust and respect.

Concretely, this also means that the student listens to others, is open to feedback, and discusses any conflicts or misunderstandings directly. In a digital business engineering team – where business knowledge and technical expertise come together – it is crucial to continuously align to prevent miscommunication between business stakeholders and technical implementation teams.

Key Points

• You regularly share your progress and any blockers with the group in daily stand-ups.
• You help teammates with problems (as far as feasible), think along about solutions during group meetings, and align your work with that of others across business and technical domains.
• In case of disagreement or different insights, you engage in respectful conversation. Feedback to fellow team members is given constructively, and conversely, you take feedback from others not defensively but as an opportunity to learn and improve your solutions.