Tag: team collaboration


  • What we learned from quarterly team ratings

    Once a quarter, we sat down and rated team members on two dimensions: work performance and social behaviour. Each received a score from 1 to 10. The assessment was relatively informal, with room for individual judgement. We used these ratings mainly to follow development over time. Looking across several quarters helped us notice who worked…

  • The Framework Trap

    When we started working on our products, especially our software, we had a pretty inexperienced team. Some of us had already worked on software projects at other companies or participated in research projects at universities or research institutions. The team’s most experienced member, in terms of years of professional experience, was a software engineer with…