Combine Individual Strengths for Your Developing Team

Published: May 30, 2012 3 min. read
Svitla Team
By Svitla Team
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Combine Individual Strengths for Your Developing Team

When programming for multiple platforms, the uniqueness of each platform whether Android, Windows, iPhone or another, and the differences between the platforms must be considered. You can benefit from approaching how you develop teams in much the same way. Each platform offers to the industry a distinctiveness that is difficult to duplicate, and the strength of a given platform is in that uniqueness. Likewise, a given developer can bring a unique strength to a team of engineers. A jack-of-all-trades may have some advantages but may not always be the best choice for your developing team.

Our developers have been involved with many projects on different platforms. These developers work well together, using their unique programming skills to coordinate between different mobile platforms, using a variety of programming languages. For example, if a particular developer creates a function for the iPhone, a different programmer is able to read and interpret the source and create the same functionality for Java. Conversely, the functionality for Java can be interpreted by developers on our team who have expertise in developing in Objective-C as well as .NET for Windows Mobile.

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The benefit of building a team in which each member brings unique strengths to the group is clear. This holds true regardless of where the programmers live. In other parts of the world, programmers have special knowledge and they have unique practices in their engineering schools that bring advantages to the developing teams that employ them.

For instance, engineers from schools located in India possess an exceptional work ethic. Engineers in Ukraine and Russia profit from excellent mathematical schools. In parts of central Europe, such as Germany, Switzerland and the United Kingdom, engineers have very good writing habits that allow them to create better documentation. In the United States, engineers have a unique vision in terms of information structure and i-technology solutions in general.

These unique parts combined as a whole give you the control you need to obtain the best results for your project. Long distances do not need to hinder your team from delivering the best possible product or solution. The growing popularity of tablets, which are relatively inexpensive compared to laptop computers and very powerful in terms of ability to record video or work with complicated hardware, permit teams to remain connected across the distance. Consequently, engineers are inclined to use this technology, connecting them to team members across distances and aiding in communication of your engineering team members and ultimately the successful completion of your project.

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Combine Individual Strengths for Your Developing Team

FAQ

Why is it important to recognize and leverage individual strengths within a development team?

Know the strengths of each member in the development team, and then relate this to the analogy that different platforms have their unique selling points. People have different strengths—expertise in a specific programming language, good working habits, documentation skills, or any other attributes that enhance output quality and foster even better innovation when leveraged. This will enhance collaboration in completing the project successfully by solving problems across platforms and ensuring project completion, regardless of the team members’ locations.

How can team leaders identify the individual strengths of their developers?

Let team leaders watch how developers take on various assignments. Let them pay attention to their problem-solving methodologies. Frequent chats, code walkthroughs, and joint efforts will bring to light certain uncommon abilities, including but not limited to an internal passion for work, keen attention to detail, or expertise with paperwork. Additionally, gaining insight into each coder’s classroom history and past gig experiences can provide valuable clues about where their true expertise lies.

What are effective strategies for combining different strengths to achieve team goals?

The best strategies for tapping diverse strengths are by assigning people tasks according to their strong suits, integrating cross-functional work, and fostering knowledge sharing among them. An example is where one person writes functionality in a language that can be translated into another language by someone else who does not know the first language. This will be facilitated by open communication nurtured within the team, along with any supporting tools, such as tablets, that ensure remote connection across vast physical distances. This enables success accrued from strengths found in different geographical regions of the world to be applied to a project.