1) Primary Means of Communication and Expectations
All members are expected to respond within 12 hours to the text message group chat.
(Example: All members will be expected to read emails from anyone in the group on a daily basis and respond in less than 12 hours.)
2) General Responsibilities for All Team Members
This element of the team working agreement is the list of rules/agreements or the contract that all members agrees to live by.
- Participate in all games.
- Everyone should do an equal or group agreed upon amount of work for each game.
- We should hold each other accountable to finish the games on time.
- Attend all meeting or reschedule if there is a conflict.
- Cooperate with team members to solve issues.
- Check to make sure that who ever has the document turns it in for the deadline.
- Help each other in general.
3) Conflict Resolution
Each team should have a pre-agreed approach to addressing issues that may arise.
Example statement: When there are problems within our group pertaining to the general responsibilities or specific responsibilities, the following steps will be taken in this order until a resolution is found.
- Discuss problems within the group to come to a working solution, trying to make sure all members have opportunity to participate in the discussion.
- Hold a team discussion of the problem with a GTA or Professor to find a solution.
- If 1 and 2 fail, ask a GTA or Professor to make a decision (arbitrate).
- Hold a group discussion where everyone must participate to decide on possible solutions
- If an agreement is not reached in discussion there will be a vote
- If there is a tied vote have a TA or the professor arbitrate