week 1 : 11 january
Course Introduction

Tonight's Schedule

• Review syllabus, course requirements
  • Teams - possible projects, deliverables, assessment
  • Workshops - dates? times?
  • Reading assignments -individual/group ( computer-assigned groups)
  • Office Hours : Tuesday, 4.30 - 5.30 and by appointment
  • Office : 251B Communications Buildiing
• Introductions - strengths/stretch
• Lecture - PM and Team Building; Teams for Projects
• In-class lab:
  • Team building exercise : Win As Much As You Can
    • Bridging the Gap between Theory and Application: Activities that Tie Leadership Education to the Real World
    • Facilitator Guide and Tally Sheets (note that sheet 1 has a typo in scoring box)
  • Personal Blog Software
  • Become acquainted with UWICK tools (Secure FTP)
    • Creating a student web site
    • Moving files to your web directory
    • UWICK
    • Secure FTP

Notes

• Powerpoint Slides -- a PDF handout, all referenced links are either on this page or the online resources page
  
  

Assignments

• Form four teams of 5/6 -- need one team for Film-Game project (5-6 individuals who are interested in the subject and who plan to take the spring class as the project extends across terms). Read the STPs on each of the projects.
  
  
• Readings and Questions (please respond to questions and post to personal blog by 6pm on Monday)
  • Questions:
    1. Think of a team you've worked on before. Was it effective or not? Why?
    2. How do you prefer to communicate with team members? Why?
  • Readings (non-linked readings are in eReserve)(non-linked readings are in eReserve)
    1. Everyone: Q1 - Top Three Characteristics of Effective Teams and Teams as Networks; Q2 - Functional Work Groups and Evaluations of Communication Channels: Comparisons of Six Competing Theoretical Perspectives, JCMC 6 (1) September 2000
       
       
    2. Discussion Group (floring, pipross, spitre):
       "Web Team Roles," Chapter 2. Real Web Project Management: Case Studies and Best Practices from the Trenches by Thomas J. Shelford, Gregory A. Remillard ;
       "Analyzing and Planning Projects, The Nature of Projects," Part 1. How to Run Successful Projects III: The Silver Bullet by Fergus O'Connell
    
    
    
  • Related Resources
    • Penn State Building Blocks for Teams (for student/classes)
    • Prisoner's Dilemma : game theory (London School of Economics); overview - background ; iterative online game ; wikipedia ; gameTheory.net
    • Also see resources page
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