The Story Of A Tough Egg

To start off, I would like to say “good jobs” to all my group members! I think the only reason why we were able to build an effective egg protector was because everyone contributed to the process of planning. Although we have had a hard time trying to come up with the best solution in the beginning, it was through compromising and incorporating everyone’s ideas that we finally came to the solution.

As far as the steps in the planning process goes and from where I observed, everyone in the group took into consideration the limited resources we had available to us while trying to sketch a working plan. We as a group also estimated the height of each group member before selecting the perfect candidate to drop the egg from the table. In addition, before we arrived at the final decision, everyone in the group contributed a plan that they think would work individually.

Then, as a group, we evaluated all the strengths and the weaknesses that every plan possessed and combined all the strengths to develop the perfect solution. Next, after we have all agreed on the plan, everyone was assigned a particular job in the process of building the egg protector. For instance, one person was responsible for taping all the straws together while another was in charge of taping the straws around the egg.

Lastly, after we have constructed the egg protector, we took a step back and made sure that it satisfied all the requirements such as having a 50% visibility. We also had to change the original plan a bit by taping an extra straw around the egg because it was not enough shield to protect it from the fall. Therefore, I would say that we did not bypass any of the steps in the planning process except for the first one which was done for us by the professor.

However, I do have to say that we should have used our time more efficiently in the beginning because we wasted a lot of time trying to come up with a plan individually.