Week Two

When we returned from the Christmas holidays we had our first official team meeting to discuss the theme and some of the ideas we would run with ahead of the Showcase.

It was important for the group that the theme we choose would be the theme ran with throughout the entirety of the project. We as a team decided to go with a superhero theme and we thought this idea was good as students could relate to superheroes such as the ones depicted by Marvel. With copyright issues a problem we decided to base ourselves on characters instead of using the ones currently being used by the company.

We also confirmed our team roles. With Jonathan, Robert and Sam better at drawing and graphic design we appointed these the artist and graphic designers respectively. Laura was assigned as project manager, Michael along with Shelby as the videographers and Allikah with Chantelle as the photographers. I was appointed publicity and social media co-ordinator. 

Week One

§What are the most important considerations for a successful team project?

Communication, Teamwork, Meet Deadlines.

§Give a summary of your review of the other showcase products.
Basically, we have graphic designers for postcards, profiles, posters, ebooks ect. Videographers for a Movie Mash Up and Voxpop and a photographer for taking photos.

§What improvements could your team make?
Better communication within the group would be a vast improvement as it would allows us to get our views and opinions across.

§Explain your role within the team

My role within the team is the Head of Media & Publicity. This role means I must contact the press, businesses, potential sponsors & guests in order to get them to agree to assist us with the Digital Showcase.

§Are you confident in this role, explain why.
I am confident in this role as it allows me to play to my strengths as a regular Tweeter and e-mail local businesses and companies in order to obtain sponsorship for the Showcase.

§Are you happy with the role of the other members of your team?
I'm happy with the roles of the other members of the team with the exception of Chantelle and Shelby as I believe they will fail to attend and drag the project timescale back by a considerable amount.

§What worries/concerns do you have about this project?
Lack of communication between the members of the group and the continued absence of Chantelle and Shelby as this has an effect on Allikah and Michael.

§Having identified your weakness(es), what can you do to improve it/them?
Do More listening than talking and assisting Allikah and Michael with their roles and products within the group.

§How might these weak areas have an impact on the team? 
They will have an impact on team because it will cause Allikah and Michael to take on more work within the group and it will also see divides happen through lack of communication as this will probably lead to arguments knowing the characters within the team.

§What positive contributions can you make to this project?
None, none whatsoever. Well, that's how I feel. I fear it will become a dictatorship under the current leadership.

§What working practices have you agreed and why is this important?
We have agreed to meet deadlines, do work efficiently and this is important as it means we can work quickly and efficiently without any problems within the group.