Monday, 28 February 2011
Logos
I have started to created various logos which might be of potential use, hopefully the team is going to buy this.
Tuesday, 22 February 2011
Conference Website
I have posted a conference wesbsite example layouts in Pbworks am still checking for logo
Collaborative Tools
The on-line collaborative tools used by our group will be Google Wave and PBWorks.
Google Wave has a very clean design, making it easy to use. Another important aspect is that we do not need to create another account. To star using Wave we just need to log in.
PBWorks is already in use by everyone, and the group is mainly doing task management, and file sharing collaboration.
Google Wave has a very clean design, making it easy to use. Another important aspect is that we do not need to create another account. To star using Wave we just need to log in.
PBWorks is already in use by everyone, and the group is mainly doing task management, and file sharing collaboration.
Week 4: Collaboration (Continued)
1. The Google Wave demonstration shows the power of collaboration. Google released the Wave project in an unfinished format. Why? What do they want to happen?
Google released the wave project in an unfinished format to get outside help from developer to develop wave through collaboration with outside developers. They want other outside companies and developers to look at the wave project and develop it further to make a better finished product. This is very unusual for such a large company to release an unfinished product into the world, only other large company to do this is Microsoft who usually release unfinished windows software and then do multiple updates later on. This can sometimes back fire as sometimes people would refuse to use a product which is unfinished.
2. When a product is in this state what do developers usually do?
When the product is in this state we watch in the video the developers make sure they launch the product and collaborate with people and ask for their cooperation.
3. Google has a different business model form, for example, Apple. Explain how that model is different and what assumptions it has.
Apple business model provides a small share market with superior products. Apple’s business model is famous for their innovations, beautifully designed and expensive products. Apple is the world leader in both quality and functionality.
In another hand, Google has a completely different business model then Apple. Its strategy is based on free web tools, and it´s revenue comes from advertising on those free tools. Most of Google products are open source, where anyone could collaborate with it.
4. Make a list of THREE products/tools you can think of that have relied on collaboration and are distributed free. How does that work? Why does it work?
A very good example would be Google, that have use collaboration process efficiently, which include ranges of Google applications from Gmail, Google calendar, Google docs, and this new I found out today which was Google wave and other web applications which they have implemented. All these applications I have named they work collaboratively even though it’s under the same company but they are been built by different people but for an example it’s possible to edit various types of documents in Gmail.
There are benefits in collaboration of products or tools such as the example which I have made includes shared views, shared space, shared ideas.
Another example of collaboration product development is Hewlett Packard Product and Process Development which are the HP’s product line division, both parties share the maximum information to cut R&D expenses and IT expenses.
The third example is collaboration on the enhanced product realization project which includes the consortium of vendors and users that is the company that manufactures caterpillar collaborating with TI.
I can also pick out another situation of collaboration is Microsoft they have made it possible for different applications such as Word, Excel, Visio, PDF. It has been made possible for users to share documents between these applications it allow the user to edit various packages at the same time. Also an application which SharePoint Web technology based server that can be used to build portals, collaboration sites, and also content management sites. It is very versatile in a number of features and support various enterprise and Web scenarios. It is also popular for document management solutions. In all my findings I have come to realise that collaboration in product development is very good with few point which I have made.
Week 4 Team Task: Collaboration
The Extreme Shepherding Vid shows cooperation and collaboration. Is there a difference between collaboration and cooperation? If so what is it?
There is difference between collaboration and co-operation both has one similarity which is working together. Collaboration is a word which is normally used in the media environment that means working together with another individual on an assignment or a project which may be a song or movie. An example will be when Xfactor finalist worked together in the production of the music track to encourage people to donate for the disaster which happens in Haiti. So basically collaborating seeing how both parties might provide various information to each other needs.
Whereas co-operation is working with another individual on general terms or being helpful to the other party. A very good example will be this particular module which xristine and Aziz co-operate together in teaching this unit. Another one will be when police are carrying out investigation on a particular incident so witnesses have to co-operate with them to give any information so as to help them get to the truth.
According to the sheeps in the video they were not collaborating with anybody but there were co-operating with one another
Do the dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding? What are they doing? Would it work without them?
The dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding and they are collaborating with the shepherd in the video and it would have not work without them because the sheep do not want to join in it was the dog that help to make it done.
Do the dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding? What are they doing? Would it work without them?
The dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding and they are collaborating with the shepherd in the video and it would have not work without them because the sheep do not want to join in it was the dog that help to make it done.
What about the sheep? The sheep do not understand the aims of sheepherding; they only understand their instincts of flocking together. Any goals achieved by extreme sheepherding are not shared with the sheep as they would not understand any of the goals except their natural instincts.
What are they doing? They are simply cooperating with themselves by flocking together due together natural instincts; they would not be able to collaborate with the sheepherders to achieve any goal.
The shepherds don’t moan about the sheep not working with them or failing to do as they were asked. They don’t refuse to be in the same team. Why do they work so happily with such awkward ‘team mates’?
They work so happily with the sheep because they understand that the sheep only understand their natural instincts to flock together and some of the activities they need them to do actually go against these natural instincts. This makes it not easy for the sheep to do but still do through cooperation.
Does everyone in a team need to know what the goal is for a successful outcome? Explain!
Yes, everyone in the team must to know the goals for the company achieve a better/successful outcome.
What kinds of things can you do to make sure a team is successful?
To build a great team, it starts by creating a strong culture by defining a clear vision for the team and explain the mission in detail
Vision is central to the team building process. It is the essential root of leadership that ensures that every member of the team knows where you are going and what you are trying to achieve. Without it, the team and its members have no focus, no clear direction. Every member of the team may be a star, but without vision they will find it hard to achieve any meaningful success.
The members when they are exhausted and pushing them when they lose focus or interest. It means providing training so team members can do their jobs well every day and to prepare them to adapt when circumstances change.
Things to make a team successful:
Viral market depends on co-operation and collaboration because it is refers to the idea spreads quickly from people to people, throughout word of a mouth. It can start spreading the idea with close friends and family, and the internet is the media to get the information out there very quickly. The manufacturer of this video expects the people to share and spread this video on the internet to advertise their product.
There is difference between collaboration and co-operation both has one similarity which is working together. Collaboration is a word which is normally used in the media environment that means working together with another individual on an assignment or a project which may be a song or movie. An example will be when Xfactor finalist worked together in the production of the music track to encourage people to donate for the disaster which happens in Haiti. So basically collaborating seeing how both parties might provide various information to each other needs.
Whereas co-operation is working with another individual on general terms or being helpful to the other party. A very good example will be this particular module which xristine and Aziz co-operate together in teaching this unit. Another one will be when police are carrying out investigation on a particular incident so witnesses have to co-operate with them to give any information so as to help them get to the truth.
According to the sheeps in the video they were not collaborating with anybody but there were co-operating with one another
Do the dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding? What are they doing? Would it work without them?
The dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding and they are collaborating with the shepherd in the video and it would have not work without them because the sheep do not want to join in it was the dog that help to make it done.
Do the dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding? What are they doing? Would it work without them?
The dogs understand the aims of extreme shepherding and they are collaborating with the shepherd in the video and it would have not work without them because the sheep do not want to join in it was the dog that help to make it done.
What about the sheep? The sheep do not understand the aims of sheepherding; they only understand their instincts of flocking together. Any goals achieved by extreme sheepherding are not shared with the sheep as they would not understand any of the goals except their natural instincts.
What are they doing? They are simply cooperating with themselves by flocking together due together natural instincts; they would not be able to collaborate with the sheepherders to achieve any goal.
The shepherds don’t moan about the sheep not working with them or failing to do as they were asked. They don’t refuse to be in the same team. Why do they work so happily with such awkward ‘team mates’?
They work so happily with the sheep because they understand that the sheep only understand their natural instincts to flock together and some of the activities they need them to do actually go against these natural instincts. This makes it not easy for the sheep to do but still do through cooperation.
Does everyone in a team need to know what the goal is for a successful outcome? Explain!
Yes, everyone in the team must to know the goals for the company achieve a better/successful outcome.
What kinds of things can you do to make sure a team is successful?
To build a great team, it starts by creating a strong culture by defining a clear vision for the team and explain the mission in detail
Vision is central to the team building process. It is the essential root of leadership that ensures that every member of the team knows where you are going and what you are trying to achieve. Without it, the team and its members have no focus, no clear direction. Every member of the team may be a star, but without vision they will find it hard to achieve any meaningful success.
The members when they are exhausted and pushing them when they lose focus or interest. It means providing training so team members can do their jobs well every day and to prepare them to adapt when circumstances change.
Things to make a team successful:
- CLEAR EXPECTATIONS: The leader has to clearly communicate expectations for outcomes
- CONTEXT: The team must understand why they are on the team, and understand strategies and goals
- COMMITMENT: The members must be committed, and to recognize their service as a value to the organisation and to themselves
- COMPETENCE: The members of the have to be appropriate for the job, having knowledge, skills and capacity to address the issues. If not, they must have access to help when needed, and they must have access to resources.
- CONTROL: The have to have clear understanding of their boundaries, and must know how to find solutions to problems
- COLLABORATION: The team must work together to achieve a goal
- COMMUNICATION: Team members must be clear about their tasks. Is good to have methods for the team give feedbacks, the organisation must provide important business information regularly
Viral market depends on co-operation and collaboration because it is refers to the idea spreads quickly from people to people, throughout word of a mouth. It can start spreading the idea with close friends and family, and the internet is the media to get the information out there very quickly. The manufacturer of this video expects the people to share and spread this video on the internet to advertise their product.
Saturday, 19 February 2011
Useful links
i find this useful link on advice for teenegers using social networking.
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/internetissues/tp/safe_social_networking.htm
http://teenadvice.about.com/od/internetissues/tp/safe_social_networking.htm
Friday, 18 February 2011
Initial Plan
Our team will be responsible for the creation and deployment of the conference’s website. The initial plan is to have a meeting with the conference organisers, and find out the purposes of the website, and what kind of information will be displayed.
To achieve our goals and objectives, the team will be taking advantages of previous web designing experiences. Follow bellow a link to one of my creations:
The SocTech Web Designers Team
 | Rafael Vidal (Team Leader) dealemar@lsbu.ac.uk |
 | Olamide Ojo ojoo6@lsbu.ac.uk |
 | Rhoan Sesay sesayr@lsbu.ac.uk |
 | Ayo Yusuf oyejidea@lsbu.ac.uk |
Key advice when using social networking
Guarding privacy: The information people knows about you is up to you
Protect reputation :- they need to think twice before revelling too much , what might be funny today could cost you tomorrow
Nothing is Private online:- Anything you say or do can be copied , pasted And sent to lots of people without your permission
What goes around comes around :- If you do not want something to be done to you please do not do it to some else
Be clever , be safe :- Not everyone is who they say they are
Protect reputation :- they need to think twice before revelling too much , what might be funny today could cost you tomorrow
Nothing is Private online:- Anything you say or do can be copied , pasted And sent to lots of people without your permission
What goes around comes around :- If you do not want something to be done to you please do not do it to some else
Be clever , be safe :- Not everyone is who they say they are
Thursday, 17 February 2011
I have posted the advice for teeneger because i did not receive any reply , but we can edit it later
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