My group's egg failed at building an effective egg protector. Even though our egg is not the survivor, but we did follow the steps in the planning process. First, we read the definition, understood that we had limited material and limited time. Second, we estimated for what may happen when the egg falls. As we knew that the egg is breakable, we need to protect around it. At that time, we shared ideas of a solution, we choosed the action alternative most likely to accomplish our task. Some people cut the straws, some people ripped the tape, and one wrote down what we had designed and the names of our group members. After careful evaluation, we decided made some cross to support the egg. But unexpected, the straws too soft and the tape not sticky, the cross can not make it firm. Since we had that trouble, we had to modify the design, but also at that moment we start to panic due to the limited time. Finally, our plan failed. Overall, I think my group was effective in this task, even we didn't succeed. No matter this task we failed or succeed, we all had a very good experience, we learn from it.
Time was definitely a factor for all of the groups. I can definitely relate to what you said about an effective group without success. Success can be measured in different ways. The easy way out is to say that success is defined by some ratio of pass/fail attempts. Although this is partly true, success can also be teamwork. The reality is that solid teamwork may not always translate into a great outcome. The main idea is that every group member puts in their utmost effort.
ReplyDeleteThe materials given were also different from what I expected. But part of the planning process is to make corrective actions during execution of the plan. We modified our original plan just like your group did.
ReplyDeleteThe straws are really softer than I expected. There are many unexpected situation happened during we are making the protector.
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