First Lab: Forming a Team

Today we will start with our actual project. Each team consists of 10 students. In this first week, we need to ensure that each team member is fully prepared to become an effective team member.

Assignment # 7
The first question we need to ask, "Is every team member properly set up in using the collaboration technologies that team has decided to use for the project?".  To answer this question,
(1)  each team member will demonstrate his/her readiness to all the team members,
(2) collaboratively all team members will decide whether each team member is ready,
(3) if any team member is not ready then how can we help this team member to get ready.
(4) Before you start the project, also study about the process of Team development. You can aget a copy of the ebook from the library or purchase it from
http://www.zeislerassociates.com/virtualteamhandbook_team.html
(5) You should prepare a checklist of what are the minimum requirements that each team member must fulfill and then
(6) collaboratively evaluate if everyone meets those requirements or not. One TA will also be part of your team and you will be told who has been assigned to your team.

Assignment # 8
Now you need to determine who is going to do what. Each one of you comes with some special skills. The team requires people of all types. If you can leverage each person's special skills in a collaborative manner, that will provide you the synergy required. Your project is to write a book chapter. So you need in your team experts who can research and understand the topic, experts who are very good at writing in English or other languages of communication, Word Processing expert, powerpoint expert, website developer, marketing/PR expert, graphic artist, a team leader/co-ordinator. Feel free to decide the roles of your team member and any other roles that you may feel is important. Finally provide this information in the shared document or on the online form to TA.
Team Roles at Work



Assignment # 9
Next, you need to clearly document the complete plan of action. Generally such a document is prepared at the beginning of the project and it is called "Project Charter". This document details out what you are going to do, who will do what, when, what are project goals, how will you measure the success of your project etc. etc. Prepare a shared word document and collaboratively complete this document in consultation with your TA.