Team+Report

I 'm tired now so are giving-up - Is this OK as a start to the team assessment? - I have also printed 'hard copy' of the Paper and PowerPoint as it should be handed to our masters before the presentation. - Ciao

Added giving & receiving feedback comment, minor text tweaks, birth order information. Ken

The team worked in a focused way from the first meeting. A good-natured but strident exchange of views about the direction the project should take resulted in a consensus view reflecting the major observations from each team member. During the first group meeting it was decided to create a team Wiki where each member could post their ideas to create a ‘mind-map’ of the various strategies and observations that might be useful. This was used as a reference point as all members contributed and edited towards the finished presentation. From quite early in the project it became clear that each team member brought with them differing skills which when combined, allowed each to focus on an individual section of the project. The skills included; technical analysis, presentation, production, writing (displayed by all) and critical analysis. It is interesting to observe that three of the team members recently scored T (Thinking) and J (Judging) in the Myers-Briggs psychometric test and all members scored N (Intuition). The team was evenly matched between E (Extroversion) and I (Introversion) which helped create a comfortable balance between exuberance and focus. Where differing views did occur time was taken to carefully discuss, consider and review each opinion and, where possible, to include it in some way. The final draft is the result of a unanimous decision from the entire group. With hindsight, the entire team agreed that there was a tendency to move away from the subject in hand and delve into areas that provided little forward momentum and this had the effect of extending the length of team meetings and squandering our most precious resource, time. However, to end on a positive note, all team members were both flexible with scheduling and achieved perfect attendance.


 * __Assessment of Team Process__**

__Giving and Receiving Feedback__
 * Feedback was given and received in a constructive and respectful manner.

__MBTI__
 * Ken Powell- INTJ- moderate in all
 * Peg Hasted- ENFP-clear, very clear in the balance
 * Tong Hitchens- INTJ- slight, slight, clear, clear
 * Ingrid Wagemans- ENTJ- slight, moderate, slight, slight

__Birth Order__
 * Ken Powell- first born
 * Peg Hasted- last, but also relates to 'only' (due to age gap)
 * Tony Hitchens- only child
 * Ingrid Wagemans- first born

__What worked well__
 * Varied perspectives
 * Varied talents
 * Responsive to each other’s needs- most of the time, with minor moments of tension
 * Flexible schedules and perfect attendance

__Difficulties and Strategies__
 * Moving forward quickly- we expected this assignment to be a quick one, but worked at it for some time
 * suggestion- have a tight plan and/or use a watch for keeping track of time