Co-Creation

At the start of this module I was apprehensive about working in a team. I have never worked on a project for as long remotely with other people. This throws a whole load of possible problems and areas for downfall into the mix. In order to work together a few key things need to be addressed and worked on for my personal development and the benefit of the team.

Benefits

The biggest benefit of working together as a team are the other skills and view points that the other designers and developers will bring to the joint project. From project management and business experience to design and development, everybody in the course has a varied and high quality level of expertise. My downfall in the modules so far has been translating my ideas and designs to a fully functioning app prototype. In the last module I fell down in this aspect and I am hoping that along with the other team members I can raise my level and feed off their expertise.

Another positive is that it greater reflects how work if done now in the app development world and in the gig-economy. More work is being done remotely due to wanting the best skills and having to work remotely to facilitate this. Gaining experience in working in this manner will be a positive part of this module.

Negatives

The negatives of working remotely are fairly obvious. It is more difficult to collaborate as you will not be working at the same time, in the same manner and as teams historically did. If you need something done by another team member it makes it more difficult to request and discuss this work. Different timezones and working habits will also make this module interesting to say the least. The mix of people who have different commitments, different work habits and work schedules will create pain points along the way. However, overcoming this will be key.

Overall, I am looking forward to this module but I am apprehensive about working in a team of individuals I have never met and who have different desires from this course. Working through these problems will be the immediate task when we are assigned our teams.