I think that, in general, my team worked together very well. Everyone shared their own ideas for what to build, and we all gave our opinions about if it could work or not. I felt like one person took the "leader" role and decided on which one he thought would be best and made sure it would be okay with everyone if we used it. Then the person who drew the model for it was delegating to others on what to do ("Hold this," "Hold that," "Rip the tape in half," etc). Everyone worked together and in the end it was a success!
As for the Steps in the Planning Process...
STEP1. DONE! We had a goal and a deadline that was understood. STEP2. I guess we didn't do this one very well, given the fact that we all don't really know much about each other's strengths and weaknesses. Everyone pretty much had their own idea and just laid out what they had on the table. STEP3. I don't think we really did this one much either. I guess the only thing that "hindered progress towards our objective" was time. Towards the end of the 10 mins, we started rushing and putting everything together. STEP4. We didn't really PLAN this part at all! The roles were kind of just given during the building process. STEP5. I think we did this part well. After we finished building, we felt like we weren't sure if it would be strong enough for the egg not to break. So we made a few alterations last minute. (Thank God!)
After that last paragraph I just typed, I realized.. we did not plan as efficiently as we could have. Although we were successful, it was partly due to luck. One thing I didn't like was the pressure when we were doing the building. I guess we should've planned out who was going to do what in the building process, instead of just what the outcome is supposed to be. We should have delegated the roles better, but other than that - we had a good and equal team effort.
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Though you guys missed some steps, sounds like you had a blast. Reading your blog, it seems like your team worked together great and to cap it all off in spectacular fashion, you did not break your egg. Our groups have in common the fact that we did not do a whole lot of planning. When it came down to it, we just did what we had to do. We're different though in that your group had a leader emerge while my group did not. Your success may have been due to luck but you know what they say, it's better to be lucky than good. (Aren't I just full of original awesome life advice?)
Yes, I can't deny that "luck", or lack thereof, seems to impact a lot of things in life, especially in business. Sometimes the most thoroughly thought out projects go wrong because of bad luck (the Titanic for instance), and sometimes the most basic of plans snowball into a huge success, the Kinko's copier story from our textbook for instance. Nevertheless, having a solid plan, and using the fundamental approach will inevitably improve our efficiency and, therefore, help our chances of successfully accomplishing the task at hand.
What ever you say luck of your effort, your plan worked at the end that's most important. It is amazing that without assigning specific tasks among the group members you were able to build an effective egg-contraption. What struck me that you guys had a leader emergence during the implementation phase. I think you guys paid attention to each other during the implementation process. Whereas my group members were all over the place; we were king of lost in the middle of nowhere. Also, your group made last minute alteration; my group struggled to complete the initial plan which we chose to create.
It sounds like the key to your success was the fact that everyone was able to share their ideas and give a piece to the final outcome. The time limit that was given seems to have been a burden on most groups including mine any yours. It is something that we all tend to have trouble in, trying to manage the time we are given and enabling ourselves to allocate the right time to produce an A+ project. In the end your group still worked very well together.
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