Collaboration and Project Management Working in Teams

The Essentials 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

Team Writing Process Finkelstein, Pocket Book of Technical Writing (374)

Bruce Tuckman’s Stages of Teamwork (1965) 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

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. Create an 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 Gantt Chart

Outcomes How much did your team complete? What did your team do well? What could your team improve? What did we learn?

Collaboration and Project Management Working in Teams