Assignment 28: Reflecting - Stefan

Hiking in Alcoy

1. Where have I succeeded in the Project?

Hopefully as a project leader but I have to admit that I had a great assistance by Lennart and an amazing team. We managed to present some interesting concepts and got nice feedback on them by the mayor. Another success was probably my role as an interpreter =)

 

2. What kind of challenges have I encountered?

It was not always that easy to set priority to all those assignments we had on the one hand and the actual concept development on the other hand.

3. What kind of challenges have you encountered as a group?

Time is always a scarce good! Furthermore, there were some minor misunderstandings due to different cultural backgrounds and language abilities.

4. What would I do differently?

I would have known that a mobility analysis and concept has been developed recently I would have asked for it in December.

5. Have I done something extra for the Project?

I put a lot of effort in this project and tried to organize our time as good as possible. What should I have done extra if me and my team mates fulfilled the roles in an excellent way?

6. What have I learned?

This question is not that easy to answer. Besides the knowledge that I gained through research and idea development there are some things that I learned which are hard to grasp right now but I will notice with some distance. I reexperienced how import communication is to avoid knowledge imbalances and of course I got to know a new city.

Assignment 28: Reflecting - Lennart

1. Where have I succeeded in the project?
I believe my two most important roles where I succeeded were as co-team-leader and blogger. As co-team-leader as support for Stefan our team-leader. Together we made sure that no assignments are missed, everything is done on time and well strucutred. Since I never did a blog before, I learned many things about that by writing a lot of posts. Especially I took the opportunity to improve my writing skills.

2. What kind of challenges have I encountered?
Pushing myself to the limits to deliver a product that I am proud of was the hardest challenge. At some points I had to say to myself "finish this now" or "keep going". We achieved something good so I am happy with it.
3. What kind of challenges have you encountered as a group?

I learned about the importance of communication, I realised this in some arguments we had in the group. One time for example we had a small conflict. Most of us were not too sure about a certain topic, because we received mixed signals from our partners at UPV. We were cautious about this topic and many team members had different unspoken opinions about it.This did not come out for a long time which led to a small argument eventually. It was a typical case of not communicating enough.

4. What would you do differently?

During the two weeks before Christmas Stefan, the team leader, was sick for a couple days and could not participate in the working as he wished. I stepped up and took his position to lead the team through the assignments and the idea generating and we worked properly. Nevertheless, looking back I think I could have done a better job on keeping the team focused to fulfil the role of a team leader correctly.

5. Have I done something extra for the project?
I tried to work extra long on the project and with that motivating the rest to get as much done as early as possible so we would not get in tim trouble later. I knew that would happen anyway, but with working hard in the beginning we got more done.
6. What have I learned?
I learned many things about myself and my own behaviour that are hard to define but I am aware of them. The last months definitley changed me to something better. I improved many skills like presentation or group works.