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Collaboration and Project Management. Working in Teams. Appoint Project Manager Assign roles Divide tasks Develop timetable Decide on meeting method / schedule Identify available groupware Establish review process Consider file naming conventions Prepare regular project status reports
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Collaboration and Project Management Working in Teams
Appoint Project Manager • Assign roles • Divide tasks • Develop timetable • Decide on meeting method / schedule • Identify available groupware • Establish review process • Consider file naming conventions • Prepare regular project status reports • Review final product before submission The Essentials
Team Writing Process Finkelstein, Pocket Book of Technical Writing (374)
Forming – setting objective, roles, schedule • Storming – handling disagreement, doubting leadership, uncertainty • Norming – reaching consensus, refining objectives, revising roles • Performing – sharing a vision, resolving conflicts, feeling autonomous Bruce Tuckman’s Stages of Teamwork (1965)
Mousetrap Car Assignment Your team has been assigned to develop a set of instructions for building and testing a Mousetrap Car. You have one month for this project, beginning today.
Mousetrap Car Method Step 1. Assign roles Step 2. Createan organizational chart for your “company” Step 3: Create a project schedule Step 4. Find basic Mousetrap Car information Step 5. Create a short status report and include Organizational chart Gantt chart Amount of work completed Step 6. Upload to your team area on Blackboard
Mousetrap Car Resources Org Chart http://www.gliffy.com Gantt Chart http://www.gantter.com
How much did your team complete? • What did your team do well? • What could your team improve? • What did we learn? Outcomes
Collaboration and Project Management Working in Teams