I remember
working on a group project in a past class and we needed to decide f when we
would talk or communicate in order to complete the project. We needed to know
what section was being completed by each group member so we can sort out any questions
and if there would be any restrictions on anyone in the group. This project was
for a major grade and I didn’t want to jeopardize that with anyone so I reached
out to all the members by email. I wrote that we need to have group meetings
once a week, other than by email, so we can keep an update and track on
progress and any problems. The group members didn’t respond back quickly and
they only wanted to communicate by email. This was a problem because it’s more
of a time constraint when you have a problem that can’t be answered or solved and
have to wait which can take up to a whole day and it delays working on the
project.
To deal
with this issue, I had let the teacher know that we are not communicating
frequently. Questions can’t be answered because
everyone has their own way of communicating when they want to and that’s
holding up a person’s time of working on the project. Therefore this will not
help the group and we were capable of getting a low grade. If I had a chance, I
would have switched groups to work with on the class project. I was informed
that the teacher had a talk with the other students in my group but the problem
didn’t change too much or didn’t get much better. I had to work through the
problem in order to get my work done but I wasn’t pleased with the groups
participation. I don’t think there could have been a change control system to
be put in place during this project. According to the text, change control
system is well controlled, formal processes whereby changes can be introduce
and accomplish with a little distress as possible. (Portny,
et.al. 2008)
Reference:
Portny, S. E., Mantel,
S. J., Meredith, J. R., Shafer, S. M., Sutton, M. M., & Kramer, B. E.
(2008). Project management: Planning, scheduling, and controlling projects.
Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
