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Identifying your role in working with a technical team

Identifying your role in working with a technical team

From the course: Managing and Working with a Technical Team for Nontechnical Professionals

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Identifying your role in working with a technical team

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- I think that the place you need to start from when working with a technical team is in understanding that not everything is your job. You were selected for the role you are filling based on your experiences, skills, and competence at doing that job. Now, I'm not saying that you should be totally incurious about what's going on around you. But your first job is to focus on, well, your first job. One of the things that you'll need to be doing as you start integrating with a technical team is building some credibility and gaining respect. And tech folks are no different than other groups. If you want to impress them know what your part of the effort is, and do it well, on time, and with a minimum of fuss. As a matter of fact, if you want to establish credibility and respect fast start looking for broken or unwieldy processes or systems in the area you're responsible for. I'd be willing to bet that some of these cause problems downstream as well, and the tech staff gets to feel part of…

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