{"id":177,"date":"2018-04-20T16:52:02","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:52:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/watchtogether\/?p=177"},"modified":"2018-05-03T11:58:07","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T10:58:07","slug":"challenges-we-encountered-and-how-we-resolved-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/generic.wordpress.soton.ac.uk\/watchtogether\/challenges-we-encountered-and-how-we-resolved-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Challenges we encountered and how we resolved them"},"content":{"rendered":"

The problems that the team encountered during the project\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

Coming from different majors makes it quite hard to accommodate meetings where everyone is available, what with our different schedules. Thus, at the beginning it took a little time to coordinate a meeting that enabled us to agree on the topic. Additionally, different backgrounds and skills also lead to some miscommunication during discussion but from this we have learnt a lot of new skills and gain lots of knowledge. To work within the timeline is one of the challenges as well.<\/p>\n

How we mitigated the problems<\/strong><\/p>\n

We planned the structure together and managed to workload by separate all the tasks based on the background and knowledge of each member. A good thing that helped our group is that we had catch up session every week to update all work and help each other to think about the work. We work as a team and aim to perform to the best of our abilities, with everyone pushing each other to do the best they can.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The problems that the team encountered during the project\u00a0 Coming from different majors makes it quite hard to accommodate meetings where everyone is available, what with our different schedules. Thus, at the beginning it took a little time to coordinate a meeting that enabled us to agree on the topic. Additionally, different backgrounds and skills … <\/p>\n

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