Monday, October 27, 2008

Decision Problems

Decision making is a very difficult task when doing it alone but concluding to a decision where everyone agrees to is even more difficult. Although I was not in class to participate in the decision making task, the conversation that was continued in class regarding the matter proved that decisions are difficult. There was a lot of different views and opinions that many brought on a few conflicts.

There were different types of ways that people dealt with conflict. Some wanted to collaborate in such a way that the entire group would benefit from the decision. Even after the confusion of how to achieve a decison that would benefit everyone some were not satisfied. Its difficult to find a common ground where everyone feels like their opinions were included. The concluding decision might have not please everyone but it was a decision that included everyone's vote.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Eggs-cellent Plan

We went through all the steps but in a very quick and organized way. It took a while to decide how we were going to design the contraction that would protect the egg. In the last five minutes that we had the contraction was made with the assistance of all the teammates. The way that the contraction was made in such a small amount of time shows that the team made very good use of the time. When it came down to proving that we can descend the egg without breaking it, it showed that the fast thinking and good collaboration was very important in this project. One thing that we could have done better was designating who wass responsible for which task at first without rushing last minute.