The egg planning process for my group was all over the place. When we were given the 15 minutes to plan we just threw ideas together and began getting feedback from each other. Then we just kept looking at the time and that just made us more anxious and at the same time excited to do this project. I believe my team went through all the steps. First we stated the objective and that was not breaking the egg. Second, we determined our resources because the professor told us what they were and decided how to use them. Then we developed many alternate plans for a cushion or barrier to protect the egg and decided which was best. However, we didn’t assign any roles for each other and then when we got the materials we were just all over the place. Finally, when we went up to test it the egg broke.
Overall, I believe that my group did well in the management process, but because we were nervous about the time running out it made us less organized. When we made the plan we were set and felt confident, but once we got the materials I think we rushed it. Also, we didn’t really stick to the plan as well as we hoped to. I think if we were more organized or if one of the members stepped up as team leader we could of done better in planning. Still, overall the performance as a team was good; we heard each other’s ideas and gave each other feedback and we were able to make a plan that we all felt was good enough to protect the egg. If we did this again than I’m sure we could make a product that works.
