Assignment 3

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When team three was given the semester project, there was not much in the way of forming team goals, we just stepped up to the cliff and jumped. As a team we took on each assignment when it was given, there was not much thinking about the big picture; instead, we just did the assignments as they came along. This hindered us in the fact that some of the sections in our project may not have been as deeply researched as they should have been. We also did not set very strong individual goals for the semester either, our code of cooperation seemed to be taken as a joke and no one was ever held responsible for the rules laid down at the beginning of the semester. The rules of being on time and contributing during meets were never enforced. Over the semester there were several in class activities to help us understand the decision …show more content…

This would greatly improve how much stuff got done during meeting and would help improve productivity of future meetings, because we would have actually documentation when referring to past meetings, instead of group members saying. “I think we talked about this last …show more content…

One particular ongoing conflict is that of time and scheduling. Since we’re a diverse team, our schedules rarely align any time during the day, but we were able to decide as a team on a specific weekly meeting time and place. So, our time conflicts outside of this weekly meeting were usually resolved through a blend of compromise and collaboration. One particular example took place when trying to organize a meeting time for this team analysis. After an initial time suggestion, and a few scheduling conflicts, we were able to settle on a time that is convenient for

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