ABSTRACT
Although home building has its ups and downs, the long-term prospects call for increases in total home square footage and intensified interest by home owners in high technology devices. New home owners, especially young professionals, are interested in living in houses that have “smart” features that automate and facilitate energy efficiency, entertainment delivery, communication, household chores, and home security. Software plays a critical and central role in almost all aspects of human endeavor. The size, complexity, and number of application domains of software products and services continue to grow. During the project start-up, Jose Ortiz wanted to build a strong team that would work well together. Since none of the team members had worked together before, he designed a team activity where team members would discuss teamwork problems that they had experienced in previous projects. While working at Volcanic Power Company, Georgia served in a project team to develop a power regulation product.
