A. Team Working Agreement

Team Working Agreement Template
Term: Autumn 2020
Creation 11/13/2020

 

1)  Group Identification

Lab section # – 11593
Group Letter – R
Instructor – Dr. Deborah Gryzbowski, Naitik Choksi
                                                        

Team member info: 

NAME: EMAIL: PHONE: OTHER: (Snap)
Colin Mullan mullan.14@osu.edu 925 997 9706 cmullan27
Jacob Walters Walters.790@osu.edu 609 500 4725 jakewalt1
Josiah Dembroski dembroski.2@osu.edu 614 495 7727 josiah_dembro

 

2)  Primary Means of Communication and Expectations

            State your team’s agreed upon various means of communication and expectations for response.

  • Source of communication: Snapchat, respond and read in 12 hours
  • Complete work in the SDP Google Drive Folder

(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.)

 

3)  Scheduling of Meetings (Schedule at least one meeting as part of constructing your team agreement.)

            Agreed upon means of scheduling meetings.

(Example:  Team will agree, at the end of each class, to set any meetings times and agenda needed before the next class and beyond if possible.  Team members will take turns to send out a reminder of the meeting with an agenda within eight hours after the class.) 

Example Agenda Format

Team Name:

Meeting Schedule:

Date: Monday Time:10 AM Location: Zoom

Participating members (If not all.): 

Agenda: 

  • At least a brief meeting after every week, 15-40 min

 

4)  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.  

  • Stay on task during lab.
  • Divide the work fairly and be sure that everyone participates equally.
  • Complete assigned tasks on time.
  • Be on time to all meetings, and notify other team members ahead of time in case of absence from a meeting.
  • Discuss any problems as they arise.
  • Ensure that all team members have a copy of the finished report.
  • Ensure that all team members understand all of the concepts and information presented in the report. 

5)  Specific Team Member Responsibilities/Deadlines 

 Team Roles:

  • Calculations and algorithm development – Colin Mullan
  • User Interface development – Jacob Walters
  • Battle mechanics and graphic development – Josiah Dembroski

6)  Conflict Resolution

Each team should have a pre-agreed approach to addressing issues that may arise.

  1. Discuss problems within the group to come to a working solution, trying to make sure all members have opportunity to participate in the discussion.
  2. Hold a team discussion of the problem with a GTA or Professor to find a solution.
  3. If 1 and 2 fail, ask a GTA or Professor to make a decision (arbitrate).

 

7)  Expectations of Faculty and GTA’s 

If a team member fails to live up to this agreement, the situation may be reported to the staff, but the team will still be responsible for submitting a completed assignment.  Staff will be available to meet with teams to resolve issues.  

 

8) Team Signatures

Signature for each student is to be included.     

Colin Mullan

 

 Jacob Walters

 

Josiah Dembroski