Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Egg in my face
It’s difficult to say why our group failed at building an effective egg protector. I think we did a great job of going through most of the planning steps.
Defining goals- Our team understood what we needed to do, the time frame in which it needs to be done and the complications of the task. We knew we needed to make a protector that would need to withstand the pressure of the fall and we were able to identify how far long or off we were.
Our group knew what needed to be accomplished, the time frame which it needed to be done; I personally kept track of the time of the tasked as it relates to time. We identified what we had to work with. The length of the straw and the amount of tape were accessed. We identified that height at which the egg was dropped would be important so we designated the shortest person in the group to be the dropper.
We debated on the possibility of our plan working; several alternatives came up in the process. Through those alternatives we identified possible problems with the adoptive design. We did identify a flaw in our design and tried to address the problem, however I think we did not address it fully. We did evaluate alternatives and took elements of the alternatives and incorporate in our design.
I thinks this is the part of the process were we fell a little. We did identify what specifically needed to be done, however there was little to no allocation of roles. Mark just did the wrap; Dan did the cutting and the reminding group members just watch the process.
We did measure our progress and on two occasions when we were constructing our protector we changed and revised our design because we discovered a flaw with the design.
Ultimately, I think our group work well; we pitched various alternatives, made decision on a design and implemented the plan. If the main objective of the task was to prevent the egg from breaking then we fail. However, if the task was to highlight the planning process then I think we did a great job.
I think role assignment and better alternatives assessment would have made our group more effective in this task.
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Well it seems your team did a great job in the planning process...far better that our team did. You guys followd practically every step.
ReplyDeleteFrom what I read on other blogs so far almost everyone fell short when it came to the allocation of roles, especially in the construction of the egg protect.
Huh...well it's always easier to see what could of and should of been don when everything is over with...at least we all know better next time when we have to plan anything
In this experiment, I think even if we failed in creating a protector, it didn't mean that we didn't follow the 5 steps well; however, on the contrary, it also didn't mean that we could build a protector sucessfully even though we excatly follow the 5 steps.
ReplyDeleteThe same logic is all lost 5 points = all got 5 points. :)
funky song...
ReplyDeletethat parachute idea was totally mine! i just lacked the certain material to do so..
Yeah I thought we came close too, but nice video post. I hadn't realized that the egg experiment was a common thing. Really interesting process though, I have to say.
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ReplyDeleteIt is so true about the roles and assessment of alternatives would provide you with better result. This assumption predicate on the fact that your group could have acheive the require result. Iknow that the time constrain that might be one of the key factor with the design as lack of expertise in key areas that would help in the right design. In our group there were two key players who took the lead and the other just watch. We did not allocate responsibilities as in your group but we did have several designs and then we agreed up on. Even though it turns out to be bad one because we did not win. One of the keep part of management is planing and we did not implement that in our process.