Recognizing Your Team's Strengths and Weaknesses

In our story, the strong developing traits were present in several characters and noticeably lacking in others. Damon, for instance, wanted to check his e-mail rather than develop one of his many fabulous ideas. Juan and Amy were very strong developers, with Amy even saying she loved to improve an idea rather than let it go. That is the strength of developers—they will come up with some near-perfect, well-thought-out solutions. The problem is that perfection takes time and they may never know when to say “this is good enough.”

You will recognize the developers in your group, as they will be

• Focused and determined to improve a concept or idea
• Poking holes in weak ideas (often being too nit-picky)