Top 3 learnings from Project Simulation in ThoughtWorks University

The ThoughtWorks University programme is over and I'm back in my home office Pune. It was an experience of a lifetime :) On the last day when the week-long project simulation was over we were doing a retrospective of the week that was and a group brainstorm came-up with these top 3 learnings from the activity.

  1. Customer Commitment.
  2. Communication and Collaboration.
  3. Managing customer expectations.

The project simulation is supposed to be the most significant part of the University programme. Here we are expected to apply all the consulting skills, developer/analyst specific learnings, and agile practices that we learn through the programme. Trainers double-up as customers and are constantly watching us at work. It is set-up to give us a feel of how projects are done in ThoughtWorks.

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