Information Systems
College of Business Administration
University of Missouri - St. Louis

Information Systems Analysis
Important Analysis Team Characteristics

Abla Al-Habsi
-Mutual respect and trust among the team members and the company managers. This will motivate the team members to work for the company with satisfaction.They would feel that the company belongs to them, and thus would contribute with the best.
-Diversity in communication skills- such as the ability to communicate in other languages. This would help if the company is planning to expand to other countries.
-The ability to listen to each others views and contribute with what is the best for the team.

Scott Ballard
-Ability to communicate correctly
-Diversity adds different perspectives
-Reliability or the element of trust

Nimesh Bhakta
-Diversity in backgrounds, skills, and goals
-Mutual respect, putting one's views second to the team, and listening to each members points and ideas
-Reward structure that promotes shared responsibility and accountability

Jennifer Blum
-clear and frequent communication between all members of the team
-trust
-diverse background and skills

Robert Bull
-Cooperative skills
-Listening skills
-Faith in each other 

Mark Donnelly
-Diverse personal characteristics & backgrounds plus tolerance of it: People from different backgrounds see a problem or opportunity from different perspectives, and they tend to solve problems more easily due to a broader knowledge base.
-Mutual trust: In order for a person to share an innovative idea with the team, he or she has to trust the members not to mock the idea. If a team is to have interdependence, the members have to respect one another’s ability and trust each other to get their part of the job done. Trust can be built through open communication and the willingness to share ideas or concerns rather than keeping a “lid” on them.
-Having a shared goal and enjoying the journey toward it: It is important for a team to have fun working together, whether it is while directly on task or as a “break” from the action. This builds team cohesiveness and will reduce the chances of a member putting his or her goals before that of the team. Sometimes a heterogeneous team may experience culture clash or personality conflicts. If the team has a shared vision and unity of purpose, the petty differences can more than likely be laid aside in recognition of the superordinate goal.

Carmen Douglas
-Diversity in backgrounds, skills, and goals
-Clear and complete communication
-Trust

Scott Fague
-The team should be diverse, so as to bring different social, cultural, philosophical, and logical ways of thinking to a project.
-The team should be able to communicate clearly and succinctly.  An additional thought to this would be the ability to accept and give criticism with respect to the project.
-Team members should be open minded to new ideas, not stuck on an individual preconception of , "I have my way, you have yours, yours is different, therefore mine is right and yours is wrong." 
-Otherwise stated as a team should have the ability to view new ideas for what they are, an alternative way of looking at something.

John Gong
-It Must have a clear and complete communication between all team members.
-Everyone must work well with people whom have different diversity background, and understand everyone's skills
-Everyone of the team members should have a open-minded, creativity personality.

Jason Grover
-Diversity within the technical aspects of the system being analyzed.
-Ability to gather, discuss, and interpret relative information about the system being addressed.
-Respect for each other, and willingness to listen and possibly adapt to another person's ideas.

Matthew Hanlon
-Diversity: Diversity brings about new idea's and a group can be more creative.
-Communication: A team must have good communication to get the job done right and on time.
-Trust: A team must have trust in each other so that each person can get their part done and know that the others are doing there part also.

Jamie Hoag
-good communication
-cooperation
-well balanced skill ability

Ben Joseph
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Michael Knittel
-Diversity
-Communication
-Trust

Miwa Kubota
-Diversity in team members' talents such as technical, analytical, and interpersonal skills.
-Commitment to the team project
-Willingness to work independently and interdependently.  

Michael Kushins
-ability to communicate with clients/customers.
-creativity.
-ability to work well between several teams.

Shawn Lamper
-diversity of background between members
-a feeling of comfort in the group so it will facilitate the exchange of ideas
-ability to put trust in a member's idea, especially if it happens to be in his or her area of expertise

Qiongjin Lin
-Complete communication between team members is very important
-All team members must have the save goal toward the project.
-Understanding and tolerance of team members are also very important in a team.

Penny Littlefield
-Ability to define the components of a system.
-Complementing strengths and weaknesses.
-Listening to the client throughout all stages of the analysis and the flexibity to change with the client's needs.
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Scott Moore
-Communication throughout the group.
-The ability for each individual to take orders and carry them out.
-Bringing together everybody's skills for the benefit of the team.

Erica Mueller
-Judging by the various resumes from the class and my own personal assessments, I believe that the three most important skills that should be found in the people in a group would be a leader (one who guides the group), a creator (one who brainstorms most of the ideas), and a communicator (one who brings the group together through communication flow). Three of the sections that you wanted us to have in our resumes cover these three kinds of people. From every group naturally emerges a leader, one who takes command. There is usually one who give the most ideas and solutions to problems. And finally, there is one whose job seems to be keeping the group together, one who keeps disagreements from getting out of hand; this person also may act as a sort-of translator when misunderstandings arise. Other people in the group might be other creators, other communicators, and certainly if the group is big enough, you might even have some free-loaders.

Stacy Peters
-Good Organizational skills.
-Interpersonal communication skills.
-Able to provide proactive solutions to complications or problems.

Christine Pinkerton
-ability to communicate
-shared responsibility and accountability
-diversity of skills and goals

Katie Pitlyk
-Team members must trust each other in order to communicate clearly and completely with each other. Team members must take ownership of the project and complete the tasks to which they are assigned.
-Teams should be diverse in backgrounds, skills, and goals to expose them to new and different ideas that they may not have thought of in a team with similar backgrounds.
-Team members must be able to put their own views second to the group's views. They must be able to listen to ideas without being overly critical.

Gregory Prost
-cohesiveness
-well defined goal
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Dominic Puleo
-members that are commited to the project,
- that trust in each other's abilities,
-are able to communicate clearly and unambiguously

Kathryn Rebe
-diverse skills so all areas are covered
- able to communicate well with each other so all areas are being covered
- trust each other to hold up their end of the commitment

Richard Reeder
-Interpersonal skills - considering each others ideas and building upon them to achieve customer satisfaction. This would cover trust and respect.
-Different backgrounds, experience, and diversity to accomplish the tasks at hand.
-Effective project management - realistic work plan, seeing that each team member is motivated to accomplish specific tasks, and the ability to evaluate skills needed for the team roles.

Michael Robb
-Motivation
-Strong Leadership
-Experiance

Priti Singh
-Having the ability to communicate well with others,
-Having the ability to respect others' opinions,
-Being able to trust each other with decisions concerning the project.

Christopher Staggs
-Commitment
-Size
-Goal

Brian Sundberg
-Trust among the members
-Diversity among the team
-Clear communication within the team

David Tanner
-A wide range of knowledge in different technology;
-Excellent interpersonal skills;
-Excellent communication skills.

Gregory Vest
-Communication
-Organization
-Documentation

Jason Witte
-Diversity,
-clear and effective communication,
-putting one's veiws second to the team

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