Lab Activity Week Seven

      Collaboration for school project has been an interesting learning experience. It has been fun learning what works and what doesn't. From delegating the work to making sure expectations are communicated, I have been learning how to be more agile on how I tackle problems. Especially with the fact that this quarter I am not only collaborating with two groups, but leading them as well. This has given me the opportunity to see what kind of leader I am and practice some of the leadership methods and skills that I have learned over the past year.
      Sometimes collaboration can be a bit of a hindrance, especially when there is only enough work for part of the group to do. This was sort of an issue before, when our groups did not have enough hands on work for the network experts to focus on. The networkers would work on writing assignments, or handle managerial tasks. However, this often felt like it was not as much work as the coding and web development that our project needed. Another Problem with collaboration is managing the workload with each individuals personal workload, outside the group project. This is especially true with the group from my leadership class. Half my team have different classes and may have more work than me from those courses, or the opposite may be true. It is hard to assign them a reasonable share of the work that will not be too much when combined with that outside work.
      I personally put my group work first when I need to, since I do not want to upset my team and lose their respect. Because in the end, my teammates will have the final say in regards to how much I helped, and to be successful I need to earn their respect and participate equally.