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Team D on Zappos. Starring : Carolina Pestana Jaylene Ashby Melody Echavarria Milton Cerda Svyatoslav Dolgolevskiy. Presentation #2: The Boring One. Challenge Accepted. MONDAY. Monday.
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Team D on Zappos Starring: Carolina PestanaJaylene AshbyMelody EchavarriaMilton CerdaSvyatoslav Dolgolevskiy Presentation #2: The Boring One Challenge Accepted
Monday • Professor Vragov sends out instructionsand warns that he will not be in town for the next two classes; • Team D really reads into the instructions; • Team D finds them contradictory and confusing: • Are there two separate presentations after all? • How can a website be described for 25 minutes with slides? • How can this “task” be broken into smaller subtasks? • Team D requests clarifications fromprofessor.
Tuesday • Professor Vragov responds, confirming two separate presentations; suggesting doing what is told; • Members of Team D search ways to get in touch and communicate outside the not exactly perfect Blackboard; • Three members succeed; one restrains.
Wednesday • Team D conducts a first meeting in class sans one team member; • Assignment is actively discussed, still being confusing and somewhat disliked; • Websites are discussed; Zapposchosen; • Roles distributed: • Project manager: Slava; • Secretary: Jaylene; • Smart one: Carolina; • Creative department: Melody; • Responsibilities distributed; • Project files started; • Major part of the first presentation is finishedbefore the end of the class.
Immediately, NEXT WEDNESDAY
Next Wednesday • Team D conducts a second meeting in class; last team member suddenly appears; • Another team member suddenly disappears; balance is maintained; • Projects are on track; • First presentation is ready to be merged into a single file; fails to do so due to the absence of the entire creative department; • Questions arise: • What exactly should be in the second presentation? • Which of the two presentations gets to be presented? • A new email to professor Vragov is written; • Professor Pazdrowskiattends the class; asksabout the project; looks confused.
Thursday • Professor Vragov replies; says it is the second presentation that gets presented; instructs to include screenshots of the project files as well as everything that happened to the team while on the project; • Team D is deeply disappointed to find that the presentation that has been in the making for an entire week and is ready doesn’t get to reach the public in the end; • Team D sends professor a letter of disagreement; suggests teams present the “fun” presentationsand submit project files instead.
Friday • Professor declines.
MONDAY 2 days left
Monday • Team members share files with each other; • Individual project files age linked into the Master file; • Microsoft Project 2010 wins “The Most Confusing Software Experience for a Thousand Dollars” Award.
TUESDAY 1 day left
Tuesday • Other final exams suddenly occur; • Christmas songs start to annoy; • This presentation is born; • Team D hopes for the best;prepares for the worst.
Team D: Carolina PestanaJaylene AshbyMelody EchavarriaMilton CerdaSvyatoslav Dolgolevskiy Special thanks to: Professor Vragov