Team members: Chelsie, Micah, Selina
Last Wednesday, our group sat down to reassess our audience and what our next steps moving forward would be. Our meeting with Madi the week prior encouraged us to try to adapt our bow stand for children who could not hold the bow at all and to consider what our model would look like in an outdoor setting. These variables, however, led us to brainstorming two different stands and considering starting all over again. Given the nature of this class (semester-long) and the number of weeks left, we had to talk through our goals, interests, and the feasibility of the project (outdoor vs. indoor; children who can hold the bow vs. children who cannot hold the bow at all). In the end, we decided to keep our (indoor) model and design for both groups of children.
This past week, we designed a hook/clamp from which the bow would hang from the rope. We also worked on adapting our stand for children who would not be able to hold the bow at all by adding a metal bar. Our prototype worked well for both audiences, so, by the end of class on Friday, we ordered metal parts to assemble our final product.
Our goals moving forward are to fine tune our stand and to consider what base we would use for our model.
Team Norms and Expectations
| Always Do | Never Do | |
| How will we discuss ideas and options? | – Listen, be open-minded
– Ask clarifying questions – Use different methods of communication (words, drawings, etc.) |
– Say an idea is bad
– Ignore, interrupt |
| How will we make decisions? | – Get an ‘okay’ from everyone | – Dictator-style |
| How will we run our meetings and schedule out of class work time? | – Schedule at the end of class
– Timely, communicate if absent – Set goals for each meeting |
– No communication / updates on whereabouts |
| How will we assign responsibilities for tasks? | – Based on interest, skills, time | – Dictator-style |
| How will we hold each other accountable for commitments? | – Meeting regularly
– Update one another through group chat |
– No communication / updates |
| What are our expectations for meeting preparation and attendance? | – Show up, be ready to work | – Never show up, never communicate |
| How will we communicate with each other? | – In-person during class, FB messenger | – Shouting, not responding |
| How will the team foster and manage constructive conflict? | – Try not to take it personally
– Talk it out before moving on – Reach out and ask Prof. Banzaert |
– Brooding, not talking it out |
| How will we provide feedback to each other? | – Affirmation: what we like, what could be better
– Be mindful of people’s feelings |
– Criticizing
– Not being mindful |
| How will we govern ourselves? | – Remembering that we are a team and have things to contribute
– Making decisions together |
– Dictator-style |