Option #1: Project Debrief

The following assignment is based on a recently completed group project in which you were involved.( Made up group project)

1. Explain the group project in one paragraph of no more than five sentences.
2. Analyze the development of the project team in terms of:
   • the five-phase model; and,
   • the punctuated equilibrium model.
3. Describe which of these two models does the best job of describing your team's evolution and why.
4. Analyze the development of the project team in terms of the nine situational factors that influence team development:
   • What factors positively contributed to group performance?
   • What factors negatively contributed to group performance?
   • How did the group try to overcome the negative factors?
   • What could you have done differently to overcome these negative factors?
5. If the group was formed again, what specific recommendations would you make about how the group should manage meetings?