2 All-hands meeting & 3 Planning (Collaboration tools)

Question 1

Wwhat are the different collaboration tools?

Answer 1

Personal Object Exercise★
Competence Triangle★

Team Contract
Collaborameter
GAIT
Belbin
6 thinking hats

★ - used when unfamiliar to each other

Question 2

What is GAIT?

Answer 2

Group Activity Indicator Tool
Help the group measuring performance of individual group members (equal workload, contribute equally)

use this 2-3 weeks into the course, might want to revisit it in the middle and at the end

Question 3

How do you manage contributions among the group?

Answer 3

GAIT

Question 4

How do you select roles amoungst the group?

Answer 4

Belbin

Question 5

How do you get started with the project?

Answer 5

• Personal Object Exercise
• Competence Triangle
• Team Contract

Question 6

How do you manage and monitor?

Answer 6

Tools to reflect on team collaboration in the heat of the moment and to get a timeout.
* Collaborameter
* GAIT
* Belbin
* 6 Thinking Hats

Question 7

What is Collaborameter?

Answer 7

Questionnaire (1 strongly disagree - 5 strongly agree)
Creates an overview of how well the group members think the group is functioning

use this 2-3 weeks into the course, might want to revisit it

Question 8

What is Belbin?

Answer 8

Used during team formation, where it can help understand any gaps in your team and understand the strengths taht you have.

Question 9

Belbin

What are the 9 roles?

Answer 9

1. Plant
2. Resource investigator
3. Co-ordinator
4. Shaper
5. Monitor Evaluator
6. Teamworker
7. Implementer
8. Completer Finisher
9. Specialist

Question 10

What is 6 Thinking Hats?

Answer 10

Will help to get a broader perspective in critical discussions in the group.
- Blue (managing)
- white (information)
- red (emotions)
- black (discernment)
- yellow (optimistic response)
- green (creativity)

Don’t use it at the very start of a new idea!

Question 11

Belbin

What is plant role?

Answer 11

Creative an innovative, generating new ideas. May struggle with communication and timing by disrupting implementation proces with new solutions

Question 12

Belbin

What is Resource investigator role?

Answer 12

Brings enthusiams by pursuing contact and oppurtunities, excels in networking and creataing possibilities. May lose momentum and forget to follow through towards the end of a project.

Question 13

Belbin

What is Co-ordinator role?

Answer 13

Chairperson. Have big picture view, are confident and stable, great at delegating tasks. May be perceived as manipulative and delegate extensively.

Question 14

Belbin

What is Shaper role?

Answer 14

driven and competitive, challenges the team to improve, and shakes things up to consider all possibilities. Mar risk becoming aggressive but still face challenges.

Question 15

Belbin

What is Monitor Evaluator role?

Answer 15

Logical, critical and has a broad view when problem-solving, and by slow and calculated moves will always make the right decisionMay have difficulties inspiring passion.

Question 16

Belbin

What is Teamworker role?

Answer 16

Good listeners, low profile role, but can go unnoticed and unappreciated until they are absent. May not be able to take decisive action when its needed because of an unwillingnes to take sides.

Question 17

Belbin

What is the Implementer role?

Answer 17

Takes collegues suggestions and ideas and turn them into positive action. Motivated by loyalty, meaning they take tasks eveyrone avoids or dislikes. may be seen as closeminded and inflexible as they may have a hard time deviating from their own well-thought-out plans

Question 18

Belbin

What is the Completer Finisher role?

Answer 18

perfectionist that goes an extra mile, double checking and so on. Strong inward sense of need for accuracy. Has own high standards, rather than encouraging others.
May frustrate teammates by nitpicking of small details, and refuse to delegate their tasks

Question 19

Belbin

What is the Specialist role?

Answer 19

passionate about learning in ther particualr field. Enjoys giving their knowledfe to others. If there is anything they do not know the answer to, they will happily go and find out. Brings concentration, ability, skill but can only contribute on their field and may be uniterested in anything outside of that