Analysis of the team experience:
The knowledge that we gathered during this cession gave us the opportunity to practice and discover new ways of working in teams. The work started at the end of the semester so we already knew the members in our team. However, we discovered that every one in the team could develop new skills and roles.
For each task we were ask to work on, we realized that we couldn't do it separately. For instance, when we were working on "playing extract from a play" it would have been impossible to do the representation without rewriting together the script, rehearse the play with all the team members and finally to present our work to the public.
We have taken advantage of each member's strengths : Louis is more a leader, perfectionist and a hard worker, Timothy is very creative and listener, Eva is motivated, leading and has computer's skills, Aurelien is a finisher and a rational type and Wei gives us the opportunity to understand another's culture way of working in team.
The fact that we were 5 members in our team forced us to do compromises: we often had different ideas, personality and it was hard at the beginning to settle on the right one. But with good communication, we learned that it was easier to avoid conflicts and resolve problems.
Most of the time, we were good listeners and we took time to take into account every point of view and to create a solidarity within the group.
The experience was interesting and positive because we had a goal every week. We think our main improvement was on our ability to organise: after each presentation we fixed in advance every meeting and tried to be very efficient during the meetings giving the time imparted. We knew we had to do our work in time because we couldn’t make the others late.
We learned that mutual trust is a key to success in a team. We think that the work we have done gives us tools for our professional life after we graduate.
We also think that our presentation skills improved: the seminar was a hard work but 45 minutes gives us the time to animate the class and to deliver a message.
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To conclude, we are happy of the work done and of what we learned by working in a group: we gave each other advices and supported everyone's work as we could.
We would be glad to work together again in the future now that we know everyone's skills and weaknesses.
