Assesment 2: Team Contract

Team Contract

Project Name: Fight Club

Team Members: Daniel Buskariol and Carrie Innes

Critical Dates:

10^th April 2012 – Have movie chosen

16^th April 2012 – Have had first meeting delegating tasks

21^st April 2012 – Have draft of map complete (rough drawing)

30^th May 2012 – Have a rough final map completed with all major ideas selected and in use

8^th May 2012 – Have assessment completed and ready to hand in for the

9^th May 2012- Hand in assessment

    Team Ground Rules

      Commitments:

      As a project team we will:

- Not set expectations higher than our capabilities

- Ensure we have a sufficient amount of time to complete tasks

- Meet at the least once a week to discuss progress and challenges

- Meet all personal deadlines

      Participation:

      We will:

- Be open to any listen to ideas from either team member

- Ensure each person completes their selected tasks

- Be honest about each others work and ideas (be it positive or negative) and offer personal opinions to greater the team project as a whole

- Make sure we tackle challenges together and use our combined knowledge to resolve the issues

Communication:

We will:

- Make sure that meetings stay relevant

- Ensure we actively listen to each others ideas and opinions

- Make sure we have effective communication means in case an issue arises (Facebook, Email and Phone number)

- Use personally created examples to assist explanations (drawings and computer generated graphics)

Problem Solving:

We will:

- Offer honest criticism and/or advice to other team members about their work in a polite way

- Put both members suggestions to solve problems together and compromise so we come to a communal agreement

- Agree to meet up in person if the issue is too difficult to discuss on the phone or online

Decision Making:

We will:

- Discuss all the factors in making a decision and weigh up if it is worth it (this includes time to complete decision/cost of decision in terms of both money and impact)

- Make sure the decision is supported by the other team member before making changes to the project

Handling Conflict:

We will:

- See conflict as a way to learn more and make positive changes to better the team as a whole

- Meet in person if the conflict can not be resolved any other way

- Be open to the team members point of view and seek to understand where they are coming from

Meeting Guidelines and Procedures:

- Meetings will be held once a week unless discussed otherwise

- Meeting place will be in Y3A, the library or in the courtyard (a central place which is convenient for both members)

- Sections of the assessment will be allocated to each team member based on their personal knowledge and desire

- Meetings will be at a convenient time to both team members (as discussed previously)