Credits: PaperBouquet
Sadly, my group's egg is NOT the survivor. Even though our egg did not hold up to the test, I feel like we follwed through with the steps in the planning process. We knew our goal and what the restrictions were to reach that goal - limited straws, limited tape, and definitely limited time to make the actual protector.
From the beginning of the planning process, we figured out who had prior experience with any sort of project that was similar to this. No leader stood out from the group, which was what my group lacked, but everyone took their turns to voice their idea of a solution. We went through which designs would fail because parts of the egg were too exposed and not protected at all. After careful evaluation of several designs we finally decided on the final design.
But once it came to the time of actually putting together the protector, we had to modify the design. Some people cut the straws, some people ripped the tape, and the rest helped in putting together the protector. One made sure we had the design and the names of the people on paper. Since it is an egg and it's very fragile, only 2 people actually handled the egg. One would help the other tape, hold the straws up, whatever needed that helping hand. When the protector was completed, we chose a person to go up to drop the egg, making sure she had the design paper with her when she went up.
Overall, I think my group was pretty effective in the planning process, even though we didn't have a leader within the group. We could have been more effective if there was a leader. And also if we didn't start to panic due to the limited time. But other than that, I would have to say my group did a pretty good job with the challenge!
yea it seemed like an easy task but mostly everyone failed. i thought the process went well in my group too.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on having a leader, it did make things run a little smoother with someone organizing and sorting through ideas for us. However, I feel that sometimes a strong leader can intimidate the group members to express their opinions, so always look out for such individuals as well.
ReplyDeleteyeh a similar thing happened with my group. we had more than 1 design. i think following the planning process is a great way to make decisions that are successful in the long run. But its okay, find consolation in the fact that almost everybody failed to! lool
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ReplyDeleteI agree with you that limited time made people nervous and some individuals started to panic. When the adrenaline increased in our group, our team split into half. Some people were building the protector that we agreed on before, and other started to make a new device, just in case the first one would not work or we could not make it on time.
ReplyDeletewe failed too but it's fun exercise. I think the limited time and resource help people being more aware of what they doing.
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