Thursday, May 5, 2016

Web Development Group Project Part 1

Hello Students,
Today you will begin our first team based web development project. Follow the steps below to build your teams and complete all documentation requested. Teams should be assembled, well defined and ready to begin development on Monday morning. Follow the Steps below carefully...


Here is the hierarchy for our groups:

  • Project Manager (your instructor)
    • Team Leads
      • Team Members with defined roles


Web Development Group Project Step 1: Choose Team Leaders

  1. Each student should nominate 3 people to be team leads
  2. Nominations should be based on not just proficiency but leadership and organizational skill
  3. Take nominations by ballot, tally nominations and announce the top 3
Web Development Group Project: Building Teams
  • To determine teams, have each remaining student identify their skill strengths in these following areas on a scale from 1-5:
    • Coding HTML5/CSS
    • Graphics, including Graphic Design
    • Problem Solving, Researching, Testing and Debugging
  • Compare scores and designate groups so each team has an evenly balanced set of skills in those 3 categories, or as close as possible
  • Teams should assemble and choose 1 row in the computer lab to sit together. Please migrate files as needed with USB drives.
Deliverable - Write a Team Bio/Dossier:
Teams should agree on the team titles/names democratically. Follow Roberts Rules of Order to nominate, vote in case of dispute. The format of this dossier can be any type, word document, google doc, pdf file, html page, etc....
  • Each team should write a short dossier with the following details:
    • Team Name (this is a code name for classroom use only)
    • Team Lead
      • Name
      • Codename
      • Age
      • List 3 skills you bring to the group related to web development
      • Define your roll on the team and how you can support in best, in what areas?
      • Describe your ideal donut in 12 words or less
    • Team Members:
      • Name
      • Codename
      • Age
      • List 3 skills you bring to the group related to web development
      • Define your roll on the team and how you can support in best, in what areas?
      • Show an example of 1 dog that looks like a celebrity (no duplicates!)
Dossier's are due on monday,

Have fun!
- Mr.W