I really enjoyed learning more about agile practices as it directly relates to what we do here and what we will be doing in our future workplace. Talking about my strengths - and the strengths of my partner - helped us understand one another better as we were starting a new project. As it turned out, we had almost exactly the same strengths - but knowing that was good becasue we knew that we both had the same weaknesses (i.e. we like to think big picture and tend not to focus on details as much) so we worked hard to hold one another accountable and made sure we were staying on top of the weaknesses. It was also helpful because when we decided to make a big pivot we were both on board because we were both thinking of the big picture and how much better our project would turn out.
Before thise session, I had worked well with partners simply by talking with them often. After this session, I used Waffle.io to help keep track of issues and keep my partner and myself on track by always being able to see exactly what needed to get done and allowing us both to take on pieces of the project. I'm definitely going to keep doing that and, in fact, use it even more. I also plan on talking with partners about their strengths/weaknesses before we start as it helps us know where the other is coming from and find out where we will do well and where we might need to watch ourselves.