Step 1 : Define your goal and objectives
- Our group performed this task very well. We defined our goals and understood our 25 and 15 minute deadlines for each process. We quickly brainstormed as to what we had to work with and where we wanted to be by the end of the time session. That is why we were standing up front at the end :)
- We performed this task as well, however we didn't completely perform them out. We all talked and knew our resources that they were limited so that we had to work with what we had. Our strengths that we had to work with was our communication skills towards each other, we were open to all ideas and were not narrow minded or stubborn as to what would work the best. However, our weakness was that we started to begin to talk science, however we felt that we were getting to technical so we decided to exclude any physics or science.
- In our group we developed 3 different types of scenarios with the given resources. We chose the one that we felt was best suitable for the time frame and what we felt would work the best. However, during this time we didn't really overlook the other topics, and unfortunately stuck with the initial plan. By doing this we limited our chances to a better outcome, and we didn't calculate the outcomes that could have come from others.
- Due to the fact that our egg broke it can pretty much on it face say that we didn't perform this task in the planning process. We were not time efficient, and we were really only worried about our first idea rather then trying other scenarios that could have been achieved. However, we did make a tactical plan as to what we were implementing which I thought would make us successful.
- Like I said in some of the previous steps we were not time efficient. We did however take a planned action, and attempted to measure the progress. If that includes make the egg protection totally off from what we first sought out to do. We took to many corrective actions, and revised the plan way to many times which I felt hindered our results in the end.
Our group had a productive brainstorming as well. For step two however, our group was the opposite of yours. We were all in a hurry to construct the device; we left out discussing physics until the very end of the planning! Like yours, our group was also left with the initial design. In this situation with these constraints, I'd say our class managed the planning process quite well. From reading the other blogs, many groups followed a rough planning process, opting to leave out complicated details. As it is a group project with very limited time, it's natural to have the feeling of being hindered. Then again, it is a group project!
ReplyDeleteIn my group before the 25 minutes were complete we came up with 2 versions of the "Cradle" which gave us more time to work out kinks in the 10 minutes of construction. Although we didnt assign a leader really, to some degree each of us unexpectedly took on a position. For instance, Brainstormer, Builder, Writer, Dropper. In some instances my teammates and I took on several just to make sure our ending product was the best it could be in the allocated time. But all in all, we got the much desired Incentive.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, you showed your skills of posting a good blog...haha and to answer your post last time asking if we have a choice to choose our profession or they institution choses our interest, is that of course we have our choice of profession, the difference is that each semester we are assigned a certain classes already belonging to that profession.
ReplyDeleteFor the egg project, it was fun activity that we had, and like you said, it can refer to a real life situation: managing time, dealing with different personalities and being efficient in solving the project.
It's good that your group planned alternative scenarios, however in management there always needs to be one answer being called for. There may have been a leadership issue if your group was indecisive.
ReplyDeleteIt seems you had a great group dynamic, coming up with more than one design. It's important to have that in order to overcome over-competitive and aggressive members, and still come to a majority approved conclusion. Not all tasks are extreme, and in our future careers we will encounter situations that are unfamiliar to us, yet with confidence, experience, and knowledge we should be able to come up with solutions. Fact: most of us did not have a solution to save an egg from getting scrambled. Fact: I am going to have eggs for breakfast tomorrow. Fact: Great post.
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