Microsoft Project project: Team D on Zappos

Team D on Zappos

Presentation #2: The Boring OneChallenge Accepted

Starring:Carolina Pestana

Jaylene AshbyMelody Echavarria

Milton CerdaSvyatoslav Dolgolevskiy

MONDAY

Monday

• Professor Vragov sends out instructions and warns that he will not be in town for the next two classes;

• Team D really reads into the instructions;

• Team D finds them contradictory and confusing:

– Are there two separate presentations after all?

– How can a website be described for 25 minutes with slides?

– How can this “task” be broken into smaller subtasks?

• Team D requests clarifications fromprofessor.

TUESDAY

Tuesday

• Professor Vragov responds, confirming two separate presentations; suggesting doing what is told;

• Members of Team D search ways to get in touch and communicate outside the not exactly perfect Blackboard;

• Three members succeed; one restrains.

WEDNESDAY

Wednesday

• Team D conducts a first meeting in class sans one team member;• Assignment is actively discussed, still being confusing and

somewhat disliked;• Websites are discussed; Zappos chosen;• Roles distributed:

– Project manager: Slava;– Secretary: Jaylene;– Smart one: Carolina;– Creative department: Melody;

• Responsibilities distributed;• Project files started;• Major part of the first presentation is finished

before the end of the class.

Wednesday

NEXT WEDNESDAYImmediately,

Next Wednesday

• Team D conducts a second meeting in class; last team member suddenly appears;

• Another team member suddenly disappears; balance is maintained;• Projects are on track;• First presentation is ready to be merged into a single file; fails to do

so due to the absence of the entire creative department;• Questions arise:

– What exactly should be in the second presentation?– Which of the two presentations gets to be presented?

• A new email to professor Vragov is written;• Professor Pazdrowski attends the class; asks

about the project; looks confused.

Next Wednesday

THURSDAY

Thursday

• Professor Vragov replies; says it is the second presentation that gets presented; instructs to include screenshots of the project files as well as everything that happened to the team while on the project;

• Team D is deeply disappointed to find that the presentation that has been in the making for an entire week and is ready doesn’t get to reach the public in the end;

• Team D sends professor a letter of disagreement; suggests teams present the “fun” presentationsand submit project files instead.

Thursday

FRIDAY

Friday

• Professor declines.

WEEKEND

MONDAY2 days left

Monday

• Team members share files with each other;

• Individual project files are linked into the Master file;

• Microsoft Project 2010 wins “The Most Confusing Software Experience for a Thousand Dollars” Award.

TUESDAY1 day left

Tuesday

• Other final exams suddenly occur;

• Christmas songs start to annoy;

• This presentation is born;

• Team D hopes for the best;prepares for the worst.

(Thank you)

Team D:Carolina Pestana

Jaylene AshbyMelody Echavarria

Milton CerdaSvyatoslav Dolgolevskiy

Special thanks to:Professor Vragov