DECO2500-7250 - Team Charter - 2024

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DECO2500/7250 Team Charter

Date: 22/03/2024

Team Name: Three

1. Team Members
Name: Abhinav Pradeep
Email (Use your UQ email): [email protected]

Name: Samuel Lipke


Email (Use your UQ email): [email protected]

Name: Tony Christoforou


Email (Use your UQ email): [email protected]

Name:
Email (Use your UQ email):

2. Tools to stay connected


2.1 Messaging or Discussions
 Slack
 WhatsApp
 Microsoft Teams
 Other messaging tool: Facebook Messenger

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2.2 Meetings (outside of Studio time)


 Zoom
 Microsoft Teams
 Other online meeting tool:

2.3 Creating Documents


 Google Drive – Doc, Sheets, etc.
 Office 365 – Word, Excel, etc.
 Overleaf
 Other document tool:

3. Responding to messages and emails


How often should we check messages and emails?
 Messages: Whenever free
 Emails: Daily
When assessments are due should we check more often? Yes
Communication response time (see 6): More frequently.

4. Meetings/time
Whole of team meeting day and time (see 1b): Studios, Tuesday afternoons
Additional work sessions each week (see 1c): Holidays/weekends/as needed
Time to fix an issue (see 15a): As it happens.

5. Privacy
Do we need to record online meetings? Yes No

5.1 Problems or Disagreements


What should we do if we have a problem with another team member’s behaviour or
work?
Communicate with the teammate. If problems escalate, consult with staff.

6. Team Roles
Leader (to keep the group motivated or on task): Samuel

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Other team role(s): Shared responsibility


Will we rotate roles? Yes No
If so, how often will we rotate?
Other comments:

We will delegate work as is necessary and keeping in mind team members extra-
curricular responsibilities.

7. Signed, Dated and Accepted


Abhinav Pradeep

Samuel Lipke

Tony Christoforou

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Our Commitment

1. As a team, we commit to:


a. Use our best endeavours and efforts throughout the assignment.
b. Attend all course studio sessions, the whole of team meeting as specified above,
and any additional meetings agreed on by the team.
c. Dedicate necessary time and effort as is required by the team including the
additional hours per week specified above.
d. Contribute to the assignment equally.
e. Work consistently and complete all required tasks on time and at a quality as
agreed by the team.

2. We will work together by:


a. Supporting each other;
b. Being respectful and inclusive;
c. Sharing resources;
d. Listening to each other;
e. Providing feedback to each other;
f. Always being constructive and polite; and
g. Maintaining a high level of communication.

How we will communicate


3. We will use the team communication channel for all our team communication.
4. Where necessary, we will also communicate via email and/or other online tools using
the details for each team member provided at the start of this charter.
5. Each of us commits to checking the team communication channel at least daily,
except on weekends and public holidays.
6. We will respond to messages on the team communication channel within the
communication response time specified above.

How we will make decisions


7. Decisions about the assignment will be made by consensus (with all team member’s
agreement).
8. We will work towards reaching agreement by working through pros and cons and
assessing what is best for the assignment.
9. Where we cannot achieve consensus, decisions will be made by majority vote.
10. Where there is a deadlock, the decision will be made by the team leader.
11. Once a decision has been made, we all agree to accept and support that decision.

Managing work
12. We will allocate work equally.
13. When allocating work, we will clearly define:
a. Who is expected to complete the work;
b. The task that is expected to be completed;
c. When the work is to be completed; and,
d. The expected standard of the work.

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14. If a team member is not able to complete the work allocated to them, they must
advise the team of this as soon as possible.
15. If a team member has not completed the work allocated to them within the set
timeframe or not to the specified standard:
a. The issue must be raised with that team member directly and agree what that team
member must do to complete or fix the work. The team member must complete or
fix the work within the time to fix an issue as specified above.
b. If the team member fails to complete or fix the issue within this time, the team
leader must send an email to that team member asking them to complete or fix the
work within a further 24 hours. That email should be copied as a ‘cc’ to the tutor.
c. If the work is not completed within that time further extended time, the team leader
shall email their tutor advising them of this and ensure that a copy of this email is
sent to the team member.

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