SOFTWARE ENGINEERING - LEADERSHIP REFLECTION
During my second year, I have taken the Software Engineering course, SECJ2203, in section 4 lead by Dr Norsham binti Idris. This course is intended to give students an overview of how software engineer works in real life. The working environment pictured in this course clearly can be seen through all the assesment given throughout the semester. In the beginning of the semester, we were told that we were going to have a project to build a system based on a real stakeholder which is Jabatan Kehakiman Syariah Negeri Johor, JKSNJ. In this project, we need to work with a group which was decided by the lecturer in order to synchronize with the related course which is Requirement Engineering and Software Modelling, SECJ2253. This was a good chance for me to get to know new people as I loved to have new friends. Apart from that, I am an easy going type of person in which I do not have problems in working with anyone even though I may not have known them in the first place.
After the team members’ lists being released, I was happy since I already knew two of the members as we were in the same course before for the previous semester. My team members consists of Ahmad Mujahid, Chong Chien Li and Ricky. One of the team members, Chong Chien Li, immidiately created the WhatsApp group for us to communicate with one another for the project. We had a short meeting on what to discuss for the project in the WhatsApp group and it was Chong Chien Li turn to lead for the PR1 which is the project proposal. Basically, we had decided to take turn in which the PR2 submission was decided to be my turn as the leader.
In PR2 submission, as I was the leader, I have conducted a meeting to discuss on what we have to do for the submission. Firstly, before conducting the meeting, I had to go through every chapter included in the template for PR2 submission in order for me to get the better idea on what to be done. During the meeting, I explained the details of every chapter to my team members so that they have a clearer picture for the PR2 submission. In the case of any error or mistakes invloved during the project phase 2, we will consult one another to make sure that we were doing the right thing for this project. Not only that, we also consult with the lecturers as well as other groups to ask any questions that we did not understand. After all, I can say that I have implemented the leadership level 2 since I managed to involve my team members as well during this phase. Apart from that, I also accepted any of their opinions and ideas since this project requires a lot of creative ideas to ensure this project will be done successfully.
In conclusion, this project allows me to experience the role of a leader and seen clearly of how to lead the team to succeed the project. In terms of participation of team members, I can say that my team members gave their full commitment and responsibilities towards this project. They always finished their task assigned for them on time and not to mention that they never missed any of our meetings. At the same time, every tasks for each submission for this project was divided equally. I learned how to become a good leader and team member as both of these roles need to give a full commitment in order to make sure that this project is a successful one. In future, I hope I can experience this kind of environment again and be a bette leader so that I can help myself to improve the skills inside me. Not only that, I wish to go to the higher level of leadership in order for me to achieve more in my life.