My team did not win the “egg-cellent” challenge, mainly because we didn’t have an opportunity (time constraints) to do a test project first before we did the final demonstration. I thought we did a good job defining our goals and objectives. Each one of us knew what we wanted to accomplish and worked towards accomplishing our goal. We knew we only had ten minutes to complete this project once the planning process was finished. So as soon as we heard it was ok to start working on building the contraption for the egg, all of us focused on that task. One person held the egg; while another cut the straws, another member cut the tape and the last member assist the person holding the egg in how we were going to build the contraption.
There were few things that we did not focus on. One was developing several alternative strategies. We thought of one way to build the contraption and then just focus on that one way only. I do think it would have been helpful to come up with a back-up plan. To think about more options, we would have been able to compare and contrast and then determine which idea was best. By us just sticking with one idea we didn’t utilize everyone’s skills. We didn’t ask what each person was good at, what our strengths were etc. I would say another important step that we somehow overlooked was the reality of how hard hitting the impact would be for our egg, whose name was “Chicken Little.” We though if we put enough straws at the bottom of the egg, it will prevent it from breaking. We didn’t take into consideration that the egg dropping from 10 ft high above ground, will actually add additional weight to the content of the egg, as the egg is descending down. Unfortunately, I thought of that after we lost Chicken Little. Now, I think if we would have done a test project, we would have discovered these errors and taken corrective actions.
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It is always important to hear what other members of the group have to say. But the most important thing is that you learned what actions you did wrong and how you can improve in the future. Good luck with Chicken Little #2.
It sounds like Chicken Little did have promise. Your team's collaborative effort in drawing up a well-thought out plan shows that you did demonstrate key qualities needed to be good managers. You certainly displayed teamwork, but it's also best to utilize each member's individual strengths as well like you said because realization of each individual's strengths can make the team's overall strength increase greatly. Time was also not on my group's side, but like Shay mentioned above, it shows you what you need to work on next time to improve your overall performance.
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