[nagdu] How long is "successful"

[Larry D. Keeler]

Aggreed! My point is that too many variables exist to have a perfect team. 
You have to use some kind of continuum scale to measure. And, what success 
if for one is not the same as it is for another. If you use saftey as you're 
standard most folks I know at least have that covered.
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> Well, I'd say that even if a team works for one month and does well, 
> they're
> successful.  I say this because after one gets home, things could happen.
> Dogs get sick, humans get sick, dogs die, humans die, circumstances 
> change,
> etc., etc., etc.
>
> I just don't think we can put too much of a figure on it.  I figure, 
> though,
> one can begin to tell how successful a team is after they get home and 
> work
> a bit.  One can also tell during class if a team might be successful or 
> not.
>
> Margoa nd Arrow
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nagdu [mailto:nagdu-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> Sent: Friday, June 07, 2013 8:04 AM
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> Subject: [nagdu] How long is "successful"
>
> Darla asked how long a team has to be out to be "successful".  I'd say at
> least 2 years, just to put a number on it.  Or possibly 3; I could argue
> either way.
> I'd be real curious to see numbers from schools of teams graduated, and
> partnerships that lasted 3 years or more. I think that should be a pretty
> good indicator as to how well the school is doing. I mean, if school X put
> out 500 teams, and 300 of them stayed together, that's only a 60% success
> rate, and not so good.  But if 400 of them worked 3 years or more, that's
> 80% success, which is pretty good.
> Tracy
>
>
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