Group Ennis Hub Proposal

For the group Ennis Hub proposal I was in a group with Michael McGovern, Susan Rice, Avril Seery and Shane O’Donnell. After we had formed our group we met and decided to first outline the tasks which needed to be completed and analysed the strengths each team member was going to bring to the project. We made a list of elements which we all wanted to include in the website and each went on from there.  I think we had all learned a lot from our experiences with the virtual team collaboration project and new where we were going from the start. This meant that we were able to get the ball rolling at a much quicker pace. We all knew the value of clearly defining tasks and team member roles.

 As Avril had come from a design background we decided it would be best if she was in charge of graphic design for the proposal. Even though Avril was sick this did not stop her meeting deadlines and submitting quality work which greatly improved trust and confidence between all team members. We set provisional deadlines for ourselves so as to leave enough time should there be any unexpected delays. I chose to cover the interface design section of the proposal so most of my content was written after Avril had completed her mock up using Adobe Photoshop. Shane covered the proposed writing style for the project and Susan discussed the interactive features which the team wanted to include in the website. Susan worked closely in conjunction with Michael who had taken on the role of the team’s technical expert. Michael also set up a Dropbox account for the team where we could upload files and have discussions and so on, yet the team still used Gmail as our main means of communication and file sharing. Gmail chat was also instrumental in assisting quick communication and decision making. As this section of the project came to a conclusion the team met again face-to-face and outlined each team members’ role for the website development stage of the project.