Week 3

Week 3 is the week of our first presentation as a team.

Over the week the team had communicated via the internet to organise and put together the powerpoint.  This system worked well for us and was a drama free experience. 

 The previous week we decided that although it was not necessary, every team member would have a turn speaking during the presentation. We decided on this because as it was a very early stage of our project and we weren't aware of each other's strengths and weaknesses it would be fair to just get everyone to present. We also agreed that with the whole team presenting, it would express more of a team effort rather than just leaving one person to handle it all by themselves. However, there was one team member who particularly did not feel comfortable or confident in speaking. As he was an architect student, the other architect understood this and agreed that it wan't his "forte". This was fine with the group, having one member sit out wasn't a huge issue, especially so early on. He assured us he would make it up to us later on when all the digital computer work was required, as this was more his field. 

Everyone did an equal amount for the presentation, however where we fell short was the visual appearance of our presentation. Our powerpoint was essentially pictures on top of a white background. I think the problem here was that yes everyone did their assigned tasks, however no one took the initiative to do a little bit of extra work to make the presentation coherent or visually attractive. This could be because no one could be bothered, everyone thought it looked fine, or maybe nobody wanted to potentially offend group members by changing the layout and altering other members work slightly. But we have learnt form this and is certainly an aspect we will make sure we address in the future.