Oct
2020
Blog #5
Q1 (Individual) List ten specific ways in which your teaming approach has changed/ evolved since you started, teamwork skills you have developed, and lessons you have learned
- Initially the group chats were not very responsive but now rarely does a message goes unanswered.
- This dynamic adds significantly to our productivity levels
- Since the beginning we would split work by who wants to do it, but to now we split work by who is most qualified to complete the task
- this produces higher quality work
- At first we were always agreeing to what others in the group would suggest but now we question each suggestion so that we make sure we are considering all aspects before doing something or researching a topic
- questioning each other allows for our ideas to fully develop
- In the beginning when I would suggest ideas they were met with constructive criticism which they still are but I used to take it personally, however now I do not and that has really helped me to grow my skills in teamwork
- I have learned that criticism is a good thing and when there is none from your peers your initiative or goals can remain stagnant
- I have learned to be thorough and ask myself many many questions before presenting my ideas or findings.
- this allows for my research and findings to be useful and comprehensive when its time to share.
- If I didn’t ask myself questions while researching those same questions I could have taken extra time to consider would have been asked to me in our weekly meetings
- My group members are super reliable and super accountable so I’ve learned in our dynamic if you want something done do it yourself because the rest of the members will still put in effort where ever else necessary.
- Delegate responsibilities when you are team leader. Its a lot of pressure to handle by yourself and that’s what your teammates are for
- Consistency is key!! One thing my team has done is have meetings at the same time every week which is super helpful. When someone wants to meet it will be a Monday or Wednesday night so I know to not leave work for those nights incase we have to meet up
- Another lesson I have learned when it comes to group work is to always have an open mind and be patient!!
- Sometimes I can be close minded but I’ve been working on that so that I can be a better group member
Q2 (Team) Provide an updated collaboration plan
Team Name: COPRA Date: 09/29/2020 | |
Goals | Personal goals:
Brianna: Make as much useful contribution as possible, positively influence the group, create strong relationships,Improve my group work skills, ask more critical questions. Then I hope to use all these personal improvements to make a social impact that matters. Tri: Learn more about coconuts processing and get hand-on experience on making coconuts dryers! Build life-long friendship with peers at Lehigh and those in the Philippines Jake: Provide hands on help with computer aided designing, fabrication (if at all possible), and testing of our drying chambers. Provide next year’s team with the necessary information to build off of and move toward getting our venture going. Sammy: Gain experience in conducting meaningful research and working on an interdisciplinary team. Make valuable contributions to move the project forward and create sustainable impact. Improve my interpersonal skills and develop a new mindset Ami: Contribute to the project in a meaningful way, understanding my own strengths and weaknesses , and learning how I can efficiently and effectively work within a diverse team. Help to better enforce communications within the team and outside the team, and become a better researcher and writer. Improve my own hard and soft skill sets including communications, and better understanding design thinking, engineering design, and supply chain. Rozhin: Complete experiments and write results in a lab report Publish a paper about the experiments and their relationship to the overall copra industry and how the result is an asset to copra farmers. Michelle: Publish a paper about the different antioxidants we have researched on Pinpoint one antioxidant we can use for the copra processing Continue with our research and see if there are other things we can improve on Brianna C: Help team with adding background information to paper to provide readers with a deeper framework and history of its problems and clarity on why proposed solution are innovative and helpful Project Goal: The project aims to improve copra processing and process streamlining for elevating the livelihoods of copra farmers by generating additional income. Is our Project Goal scaled to our resources (dreams, materials, skills, differences, etc.) and constraints (assignment, time, skills, etc.)? As a team, we have the given resources and knowledge needed to design and prototype a device that can better process copra. Unfortunately, due to given circumstances, our access to both each other and the tools required are constraining the timetable for which this project will operate on. Since COPRA is a multi-year project, we as a team will lay up a strong foundation so that we can transfer the knowledge to other teams. The hope is that future teams will be able to scale upon the ideas and designs we come up with throughout this year.
Metrics for Success
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Roles | Who is responsible for which deliverables?
Which deliverables that require collaboration, subgroups & individual work? Who does each person depend upon to succeed? Deliverables
Do we need a project manager to coordinate?
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Procedures | Decision-making
Effective meetings
Meeting roles
Communication
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Relationships | Teamwork
Listening – As a team we enter group meetings with an open mindset and are ready listen to each other Team Name– Copra |
Q3: (Team) Identify a real potential funding source for your project. Seek sign-off from faculty mentor and develop a detailed outline for the proposal with specific insights, arguments, and accomplishments.
This will be a work in progress for our team as we discussed with our advisor on Friday(Today) on how to move forward with this task.