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# Group Dynamics Worksheet

## Team Members:

#### Alexander Chen

My leadership style (bold one):
**Analyst & Architect** / Driver / Spontaneous Motivator / Relationship Master

What technical niche would you like to fill?
(2-5 bullets)
- Learn new frameworks and development techniques
- Gain a better understanding of NLP/AI

What personal niche would you like to fill?
(1-3 bullets)
- Make new friends
- Build something that I'm proud of


#### C.J. Woodberry

My leadership style (bold one):
Analyst & Architect / __Driver__ / Spontaneous Motivator / Relationship Master

What technical niche would you like to fill?
(2-5 bullets)
- Frontend side of the development
  - There ultimately will need to be some sort of front end for the user to interact with. I tend to enjoy frontend
- UI/UX, making the user experience intuitive and seamless
  - I think I'm good at putting myself in the shoes of the user and thinking through how they might use a product and what might be going through their mind
  - I would call myself a organized, conscientious, and detail-oriented person, and I like the design process
- Using APIs
  - Don't have a ton of experience with using and learning new APIs but we will likely end up using some for this project

What personal niche would you like to fill?
(1-3 bullets)
- Experience working on a software development team
- Gain confidence in my software abilities and in my ability to learn new things when faced with daunting projects/tasks

#### Ethan Thomas
My leadership style (**bold** one):
Analyst & Architect  /  **Driver**  /  Spontaneous Motivator  /  Relationship Master

What technical niche would you like to fill?
(2-5 bullets)

 - Implement APIs to process text with NLP
 - Learn about designing a user interface
 - Follow conventions for neater/readable code

What personal niche would you like to fill?
(1-3 bullets)

 - Be engaged in meetings and encourage problem solving by thinking aloud
     - working in pairs sometimes?

## Team Member:

Egemen Sahin

My leadership style (bold one):
Analyst & Architect / Driver / **Spontaneous Motivator** / Relationship Master

What technical niche would you like to fill? (2-5 bullets)
- Improve myself in Full Stack Development
- Use Artificial Intelligence to fix content creator's problems.
- Learn how to be a product manager
- Oversee project's management

What personal niche would you like to fill?
(1-3 bullets)

- Make a new product and new friends


## I. Communication
*You are required to spend at least 10 hours/week outside of class. Outline a general weekly meeting schedule with at least 1 time that everybody can make. That one meeting must include the entire team in the same room, in person. The rest of the 10 hours may be split into several sessions throughout the week. A nice tool for this is [when2meet](https://www.when2meet.com/).*

### Schedule
* 4:30-6:00 on Mondays, in person check-ins, mandatory
* 4:30-6:00 on Fridays, hybrid simultaneous work
* Message Slack when working

### Responsiveness
*How often should team members be expected to check and respond on Slack?*
- At least once a day
- Know what's happening before the next day

## II. Decision Making

### Group
*What types of decisions need to be discussed and approved by the entire group?*

- Design choices
- Including certain features
- Use of particular APIs or external resources/tools
- Big architectural decisions
- Directional decisions
- Delegating issues

### Individual
*What types of decisions can be made by a single person?*
- Solving/breaking down a particular problem / how they choose to implement a ticket/issue as long as they're not stepping on anyone's toes

## III. Conflict Resolution
There are three main types of conflict that tend to occur in group projects:

* **Creative differences**: disagreement on any decisions related to the product
* **Personal differences**: friction between people due to manner or words said
* **Ghosting**: consistent missed deadlines or lack of contribution

Your group should decide on a plan of action to deal with each type of conflict. There can be multiple levels to each plan. Involving the instructors can be part of the plan.

Try to be as specific as possible.
* A bad plan for Ghosting: “Talk to the person.” (too vague)
* A better plan for Ghosting: “Elect the team member who is closest with that person to check in with them one-on-one. Based on the conversation, reexamine the tasks currently on that person’s plate and revise if necessary. Affirm that they are coming to the next team meeting. At the next team meeting, every team member will make an effort to include the Ghoster in any team discussions.”

### Course of Action
*What will your group do in order to resolve each type of conflict? (include the levels of escalation)*

#### Creative differences
- When disagreement occurs between two people, they should talk to each other and come to a conclusion.
- If a conclusion is not reached, a group discussion will occur after which each member will vote on the issue.

#### Personal differences
- Communicate in a friendly, productive, and understanding manner.

#### Ghosting
- Let the person know that their ghosting is causing issues
- Try to work through a solution with them and continue to be communicative with them
- In extreme situations, could escalate to having a discussion with professors

The End!