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Project reflections




Project management 2 was pretty impressive as I learnt many things from experiencing team work, meetings and assignment deadlines. The project started off well with strong group members and motivation to complete the assignment as soon as possible. The team work between some people went well in the project; however some team members fluctuated during the project. If this project was to commence again, I would give being the project manager a try and experience what it is like to manage a team to improve communication skills and teamwork.



Co-operative learning



Working with people could be of two things, either good or bad overtime. I learnt that when working with people you don’t know well, the team agrees with each other due to going through the forming stage. However when each team member gets comfortable with each other, the storming stage occurs with many disagreements and arguments arising. I motivated people by completing work early and sending it off to team members so they get motivated to complete theirs early. I could have motivated people more by arranging team meetings with the project manager and showing how the work could be completed easily and effectively. I felt like some team members listened to what I told them, like to come to a meeting at 8 o’clock and they would do as they are told, however not all team members listened to what was being said as explained earlier. To max out communication I could call/text, speak on skype/MSN and arrange meetings with people either online or face to face. The best moment of the project was the forming stage, as we are all getting to know each other more which is generally a fun moment. The worst moment in the project was the storming stage as there have been many arguments and disagreements with the team. The group did come together most of the time to create the game design document and presentation, however some moments, not the whole group would be in a meeting and we would then discuss something and pass it on to the absent members.



About you



At the moment I am not involved in any thing, however I am planning in being involved in a project to make a game. I would like to be a 3D environment artist in the future, working for the games industry or the movie industry. I like to use 3Ds max and learn a lot about it during the process. I dislike making mistakes when using 3D but its also good learning from mistakes as you don’t go through them again. Everyday I look forward to seeing my friends and working on a personal 3D project.