BUS477

Subject: Team Charter – I-Glass (Team #10)

Course Title:  BUS477

Instructor:  Ean Jackson

Team Members:  Farhan Bhimji (BUS477), Tony Chow (BUS477),  Jeremy Yoo  (ENSC201), Michael Henrey (ENSC201) , Helia (ENSC201) and John (ENSC201)

Team Member Skill Inventory
(Areas individual members can contribute/want to develop)

Farhan will contribute by using his concentration in accounting to help maintain reaching a profitable bottom line. He will work closely with the engineers to come up with project financial figures, break even points and needed sales revenues. He will also coordinate the feasibility of use and implementation of the I Glass.

Tony will use his market knowledge to develop a sound marketing plan and objective for our company. He will be to determine the target markets and customers for the I-Glass. He will also develop efficient and cost effective ways to develop brand image and consumer demand and knowledge of our product.

Jeremy and Helia will use their technical and engineering knowledge to develop a feasible, functioning product. They will incorporate their knowledge and employ innovative, highly advance technologies in a cost effective way.  They will also use their skills to coordinate a function system that can be implemented with existing restaurant equipments. Furthermore they will develop the software to be implemented   in the existing POS of restaurants.

Michael will help oversee the entire project to ensure that resources are allocated properly so the product development will fit into our cost budget. He also has unparalleled capabilities with application programs such as Excel, Word and Power-point.  He will be in charge of creating our presentations and editing our reports.

Learning Team Goals

1. Our group work will be a collective work from all members. Each will contribute into the project and participate in decision making.
2. Team members are expected to respectful and encouraging and help build of each others’ ideas.
3. Every member will work to finish their assigned parts on time and lend help / support to struggling team members.
4. Every Team member is expected to attend team meetings. In the event that this is not possible, a team member will give at least 24 hours notice to the rest of the team.

What are potential barriers to the achievement of these goals?

Communication/Timing barriers – Since we are we have very different schedules and obligations, meeting in face may become difficult. Regular emails will be incorporate as well as online group meeting to offset this and help keep us on track in addition to progress updates by team members.

Rules

Meeting will be arranged on a weekly basis. These meetings are mandatory and if a member is unable to meet he/she is required to give at least 24hrs notice. Continual missing of meetings is not acceptable either.

Online meetings via MSN or similar applications will be arranged for 1-2 times a week as well as continual emails. For every meeting, we will develop a structured agenda that will be used every time during a team meeting. This agenda will outline meeting goals and a progress timeline. 

We will not accept putting down of any member by anther. We will all work together and help will be provided by all team members to each other. If we conflict does arise we will resolve it as a team.

 Every team member should contribute as much as they can to help the project succeed; members should actively participate using his/her strength and skills.

Team members should complete their assigned parts on time and ask for help early when necessary.

Every team member has the right to express their ideas and/concerns; all members have a say in how the project runs and will be included in the decision-making process.

All team members should inform the group that he/she has a clear understanding of their parts and the progress of the project.

Conflict Management

Sufficient trainings and experiences are needed for all of us to work cohesively in groups and to realize the benefits of teams. It is then unrealistic to think that the project will be without any hurdles or challenges. Some common problems include:

• not being able to complete assigned tasks on time
• miscommunications of goals and direction
• differences in opinions and ideas

While there are many other potential conflicts, it is expected that they will be addressed/tackled immediately, before they become a larger problem. All team members are expected to be respectful, calm, and help each other as much as possible.

Some strategies we are using to resolve conflicts:

1. Be open and flexible with other team members, and align their goals with the team’s
2. Be accommodating and emphasize on his/her significance and importance
3. Listen, acknowledge and work to create solutions together

WEEKLY UPDATES

We did not meet last week.