What I Learned From My Team Project
Memo
TO: Professor Megan MacAlystre
FROM: Chiderah Onyeukwu
DATE: April 24, 2015
SUBJECT: Team Project Individual Reflection
When this project was first assigned, my main goal was to work with a topic that I would enjoy. The opportunity to work on a Hogwarts house sorting survey geared towards your CU Summer Scholars Harry Potter class provided me with that enjoyable topic. As I started to work with the other members of MacAlystre’s Magisters to develop our deliverable, I realized that my teamwork skills were also being honed. This is most apparent because I had both positive and negative experiences with each of my teammates.
I think that having a better knowledge of the Harry Potter series, specifically the Hogwarts houses and how the main characters fit in to their respective houses, would have helped me better contribute to other parts of the project. My main job as Head Boy was to contribute to the development of the tangible deliverable, specifically which website and hosting package we wanted to use to host our survey. However, during the planning and question development phase of the process, I felt as if I was not contributing as well as I would have liked. Because of this, I realized that the important part of working in a group is not always how much you know in comparison to the other members, but how well you communicate within the group and how well you can apply your area of expertise for the overall success of the group.
Another positive I took from this process was learning when to make my voice heard and when to keep quiet. Personally, I have a problem with speaking out of turn and not being sensitive to other people’s feelings when I speak. Although there were times when I was frustrated with a team member or with a certain aspect of the project, I was occasionally compelled to stay quiet as to not upset the chemistry of the team. This can be a good talking point in an interview; it shows that I am a team player and that I will not
TO: Professor Megan MacAlystre
FROM: Chiderah Onyeukwu
DATE: April 24, 2015
SUBJECT: Team Project Individual Reflection
When this project was first assigned, my main goal was to work with a topic that I would enjoy. The opportunity to work on a Hogwarts house sorting survey geared towards your CU Summer Scholars Harry Potter class provided me with that enjoyable topic. As I started to work with the other members of MacAlystre’s Magisters to develop our deliverable, I realized that my teamwork skills were also being honed. This is most apparent because I had both positive and negative experiences with each of my teammates.
I think that having a better knowledge of the Harry Potter series, specifically the Hogwarts houses and how the main characters fit in to their respective houses, would have helped me better contribute to other parts of the project. My main job as Head Boy was to contribute to the development of the tangible deliverable, specifically which website and hosting package we wanted to use to host our survey. However, during the planning and question development phase of the process, I felt as if I was not contributing as well as I would have liked. Because of this, I realized that the important part of working in a group is not always how much you know in comparison to the other members, but how well you communicate within the group and how well you can apply your area of expertise for the overall success of the group.
Another positive I took from this process was learning when to make my voice heard and when to keep quiet. Personally, I have a problem with speaking out of turn and not being sensitive to other people’s feelings when I speak. Although there were times when I was frustrated with a team member or with a certain aspect of the project, I was occasionally compelled to stay quiet as to not upset the chemistry of the team. This can be a good talking point in an interview; it shows that I am a team player and that I will not