Team building and the experience (Wk 3)

This week we began to work in our allocated teams to narrow down our ideas and choose one to work with for the duration of the semester. The experience during this process was quite positive; we were able to communicate between each other effectively to avoid conflict and arrive at the same conclusion together. In my personal experience, a team that has multiple 'big personalities' often struggles to gain ground in processes like this as conflict is more likely to occur so I feel very fortunate in this regard to have a team with a collective goal - this helps to maximise our productivity.

After deciding on our application idea using the 6 hats thinking method (shown in the latter post) we began delegating tasks to complete Part A of the project. I feel it was a very productive session from this point onward as everyone in the team seemed to be actually interested in the idea rather than being roped along. Personally, I really like the idea of delegating tasks as it allows group members to work on something they are specifically interested in while spreading the workload effectively. We will need to be careful though when compiling our work however to ensure it flows and reads like a professional document should.

In regards to the team's methods of communication we decided it would be the easy to do so through the usage of a Facebook group and chat:

• The group is to be used for posting Google Docs that other members need to work on and sharing any research or other relevant information.
• The chat is to be used for general communication such as asking questions to other group members or having impromptu meetings.

Using this method of communication makes sure that everyone can easily stay on the same page in terms of the project; Facebook is checked regularly by all team members so important messages will likely be seen faster if posted on the network rather than if they were emailed or shared via another medium.