Class Journal Week 9
From LMU BioDB 2015
Josh Kuroda
- What kinds of characteristics do you want in your teammates?
- I would want my teammates to be able to communicate effectively, since I have experienced group projects where communication broke down, and we were forced to do extra work, or not finish the project. I would also like my teammates to be committed to the project in terms of showing up for meetings and working on the project outside of class when needed.
- What kinds of things make teams go smoothly?
- In my experience, a group project goes smoothly when the teammates are on the same page regarding the goal of the project. Many times, teammates have different visions of what the end product should be, and that results in a less efficient workflow since people try to achieve what they want to complete, instead of working together to make the project what it should be.
- What kinds of things make teams not go so smoothly?
- A group that completely lacks communication skills goes horribly, because of the significance of discussion and communication when working on any assignment with more than one person. In these cases, a project will either end up incomplete or all teammates will do extra work because it was not communicated that the work would be split among them. I have found that working on a Google Doc or simply having a group text eliminates the problem of miscommunication, and encourages a more productive working environment.
