CS 2335 - Software Practicum
Lab 1 - Myers-Briggs Type Indicator
Fall Semester 2001
DUE:
Electronic turn-in by Thursday, 11PM
on August 30, 2001.
TURNIN:
Your gt number and four letter type
preference. Enter the data at: http://www.prism.gatech.edu/~cs2335/lab1.html
ASSIGNMENT:
PURPOSE:
For student's to determine their personality preferences using the MBTI
technique.
GENERAL:
Working in a team means working with
people. Many team problems are commonly called "personality conflicts"
and are caused by people who have difficulty relating to each other.
The MBTI gives an indication of your preferred reactions to situation .
By understanding how others approach problems, it can enhance your ability
to function cohesively in a team.
The MBTI is not a pigeonhole into
which you can place someone. People will often operate outside the
envelope and surprise you. People also adapt to different situations,
so that an introvert who is a project manager may actually appear to others
to be an extrovert. You have to be really careful how you use MBTI
information about yourself and your other team members-especially given
the informal test we will use in this lab.
We will use your type indicator
information in the team classes beginning next week.
YOUR ASSIGNMENT
You
are to read a short description of the type indicators located at: http://www.teamtechnology.co.uk/tt/t-articl/mb-simpl.htm.
You can disregard the commercials about their team stuff and focus on the
discussion of the personality types. Using that information and the
simple test at: http://www.haleonline.com/psych/
to determine your personality type. We will use this personality
information in the team portion of the course. IMPORTANT: If
you have taken the real MBTI, then use that data because it is (obviously)
much more accurate that the free web instruments available.
®Myers
Briggs Type Indicator and MBTI are registered trademarks of Consulting
Psychologists Press Inc..
DISCLAIMER:
These instruments are only approximations of the real MBTI test instrument.
Do not use these results to make important life choices or choose a future
mate! The lab may not be perfect. If there are any questions
or problems about clarity, please post to the newsgroup: git.cc.class.cs2335
or send e-mail to: watersr@cc.gatech.edu
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