PROJECT CHARTER
GROUP NAME: Unique Designs
Group Members
NAME
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STUDENT NO
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ROLE
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PHONE NO
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EMAIL ADDRESS
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INAM ALVI
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LIEN MAI
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DWAYNE KIM
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CHINA SYMONS
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KHALFAN ALFALASI
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JIE LI (JASMINE)
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PROJECT: “Splash! Goes the Marble”
START DATE: 20th March 2014
Key dates: Project 1 charter should be completed and signed by all members and submitted by 20th March 2014 .i.e. In the 2nd workshop (hardcopy).
FINISH DATE: 28th April 2014
PROJECT DESCRIPTION:
The Unique Design team has been given a project by the Australian Childhood Association (ACA) to develop a physical, interactive and skill-building product for children aged 7 to 12. The ACA is aiming to use this product as the solution to the today’s concerning issue; where children are moving away from physical activities and more towards computer gaming. To attract the children, this product will need to be fun, challenging, aesthetically pleasing and creative. Furthermore, due to the importance in building social skills from early childhood, the client has specified that this product need to be used by more than one child at a time.
PLAN:
A developing idea for this project named, “Splash! Goes the Marble”, is a product where children will have to work together to maneuver a small marble using paddles from point A to point B on a terrain of water. The game will be played in a container with small open spaces on the sides for the players to fit their paddles. It is these ‘paddles’ that will be used for maneuvering the marble. Difficulty is increased by restricting the movement of the marble through the use of obstacle walls. Players are prohibited from making direct contact of the marble. Teams can also prove their superiority in this game by achieving the fastest time to accomplish goal.
WORKSHOP: Workshop 2
STAKEHOLDERS:
Schools, after school care, day care, kindergartens, refugee camps and children’s hospitals.
MEETINGS:
One regular meeting will be arranged every week on Monday at 4:00pm in Heath Room. All members must attend or send an apology in advance along with any allocated task that they were assigned. More meeting can be arranged through general secretory if necessary.
Group members are required to attend any arranged meetings to work together for the assignment.
Group members can contact each other through e-mail or wechat/texting. An online group is also set up to collaborate:
https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/deco-1100
Emails can also be broadcasted to all members through: deco-1100@googlegroups.com
GROUP RULES:
It is worth mentioning before the rules that each group member represents all actions and outcomes of the group as a whole. This includes all work done and the correct and timely submission of the project.
Hence group should not halt their work for any length of time than is necessary when dealing with group problems. Issues have to be addressed quickly and appropriately. Each member of the group should be aware of what task other members are doing and ensure that they cooperate for the smooth flow of information and provide necessary help in bringing the project together as a whole.
Rules for restructuring the group:
- Rules for one member leaving.
If for some reason one member leaves the group then the task(s) must be equally divided amongst the remaining five members. Course coordinator and tutor must also be informed. Also make sure no contribution from that member is included in the final assignment.
- Rules for settling disputes between partners.
If there is a dispute between two or more members then remaining members should try and resolve the issue. In case it does not get solved then tutor or course coordinator should be asked for help and voting can be used to further determine the results.
- Rules for excluding one member of the group.
Procedure and guidelines for excluding a member(s) from a group:
The group leader should do polling amongst the members to determine whether or not someone should be excluded. Once enough votes for exclusion, following steps must be taken before exclusion of that member.
Step 1: The group leader should send a warning email as soon as possible advising the member(s) that they will be excluded from the group, and for a justifiable reason i.e. not doing their part of the group assignment or not communicating with the group, with a copy to the group leader’s tutor and to the assignment coordinator. If the student answers and reacts positively to this warning they must be allowed to continue being a member of that group.
Step 2: If there is no reaction from the student, after a few days (depending on urgency), the group leader should send another email advising the student that they have been excluded from this group and that their contribution (if any) will not be used in the group assignment. A copy of this email should be sent to the assignment coordinator. The group should try to find a replacement member(s). If this is not reasonably possible the group must explain the reasons for this to the assignment coordinator may then authorise that group to submit the assignment with only five (or less) members.
Step3: If the member(s) was finally excluded from the group, the group cannot use any contribution from that member(s) in their group assignment. If they use even a small contribution from that student they cannot exclude the student from the group.
Above mentioned steps should be taken for a member(s) having difficulty arising for any other reason, for example a member(s) who falls ill, leaves the course and so on. In this case the member(s) may have to be excluded from the group.
The same rules and procedures apply for the group leader. The other group members are equally responsible for dealing with issues concerning their group leader, such as replacing them or managing the assignment on their own. If the group leader no longer exists every effort should be made to elect a new one.
SIGNATURES:
- Jie li/ jasmine
- China Symons
- Khalfan Alfalasi
- Inam Alvi
- Dwayne Kim
- Lien Mai
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