First things first- Congrats to the team who's egg didn't break!! I could have sworn ours was going to remain intact.
These are the steps we followed:
Step 1: We defined our goals and objectives. We understood that we had a deadline and what the main objective was.
Step 2: My team recognized that we had limited resources. We used each others ideas as yet another resource to devise a contraption to keep the egg intact. None of us had any experience in building such a device but everyone had ideas and we all agreed on an aspect before moving on to the next.
Step 3: Although we discussed several alternatives this wasn't something we put a lot of focus on. Once we agreed on the basic design we brainstormed on additional things that might protect the egg. The time allotted didn't really allow us to discuss many alternative ideas, it was best to see if we all agreed on a particular design and then discuss how to make the best version of it.
Step 4: Our group took a very organic approach to step 4. We didn't assign jobs or roles because we really didn't need to. As the resources were being handed to our team, one of us was already drafting a design on paper, while another team member was cutting pieces of the tape, before we could worry about obtaining the scissors another team member jumped into action and retrieved them. We had good chemistry. There was one point when we had too many hands on the egg but we all realized that and allowed two people to finish that particular part of the device then another set of hands continued the work.
Step 5: We all agreed on our plan of attack. We knew how the device should look and which parts of the egg needed the most protection. With that in mind once we received our resources we were ready to take action. We made corrections when needed and everybody's input was considered.
When the egg was sent off in our uniquely designed protective apparatus we were all confident things would go as planned. The egg would land safely and intact. That was not the case...."Eggy" didn't make it.
I think we worked well as a team and did a great job at managing our resources and time. Although we were unsuccessful in protecting Eggy we were successful in coming up with a plan, implementing a strategy and following the steps in the planning process.
Sounds like the execution was there... but an unlucky hit of the can meant the end for poor "Eggy". I look forward to competing with you in the future.
ReplyDeleteR.I.P. Eggy ~ Feb. 16, 2011
Seems like you guys did great with your planning! My group had a similar experience with Step 4. We didn't assign jobs/roles and natural order was able to emerge. It was fun to see who took over what roles. Luckily none of us fought and it was a pleasant group to work with. Sorry about your egg, ours didn't make it as well :(
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your team had good communication and the fact you had chemistry from the get-go is probably why you have nothing negative to say about your team and how you guys worked together.The whole point of this assignment was to see how well you can communicate and manage as a team and to learn for future experiences. As long as you feel that you guys did a great job as a team and worked well then YOU DID SUCCEED! even if the egg didn't survive.
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