Engineering teams can be ok

The concepts of transactional analysis are applied to teams of engineers. These ideas show the engineer how `he' can change and that he alone is responsible for what happens in the future, no matter what has happened in the past. Transactional analysis offers a framework for increased communication to facilitate engineering decision making. Since transactional analysis is a behaviour model, it can be used in conjunction with something like the managerial grid and the Johari window to improve team effectiveness. A model for planned renegotiation is outlined in the event that the initial expectations of an engineering team do not develop as planned.