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working alongside people in group work

KOsgood4

Currently mid-way through an assignment at Uni. Group work of 3 people (including myself) where we have a deadline for the 17th. Obviously with the Christmas break, we couldn't get any of the work done (its editing, I've been assigned editor for a re-cut) there was some issues before the Christmas period which was resolved, my part was done and the other 2 members have been assigned roles for 'Sound' & 'Graphics'. I ain't back to the 7th, but on the 3rd a member of the group msgs me to say there's an issue and it needs sorting out asap, which I say I'll get it sorted when I get back there on the 7th. He then goes on to say that i have 'very little care' for the project, that they can't keep on waiting for me to get it sorted, that he's gone ahead and done his own edit as a backup. I won't say too much about how the conversation wait, but in a way, this person makes it out that I'm the bad person who's going to cause bad grades for the assignment. I've always had issues in group work in the past, I have never been in a group with another person with Autism, so my past group members have always found it hard to understand me, accept me and make bad assumptions about me that I've done something wrong, when I try my very best to not make mistakes in my work. I've always worked better independently. Has anyone ever had similar experiences with group members? 

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  • There are 4 types of project workers - I'll illustrate with the exapmple of building a little Lego model:

    Type 1 - bash, bash straight in without direction but may accidentally build the model.

    Type 2 - flicks through the instructions and quickly & correctly builds the model.

    Type 3 - meticulously builds the model step by step

    Type 4 - takes the instructions away for a few days and will only touch the parts when they fully understand what they need to do.

    For quick projects, 1 & 2 will get great results - the enthusiasm of 1 and the control of 2 make a great team.

    For long, slow projects, 3 & 4 work well together, steady but slow.

    1&2 cannot work with 3&4 - the very best you could hope for is they don't kill each other.

    Which one do you think you are?

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    Former Member in reply to Plastic

    It depends on what the project is.  For small and not desperately important/critical projects 1 & 2.  But I may also do some variant of 1 & 2 on a prototype to learn what's going with something before deciding the best way to do the thing "properly".

    But for anything "production quality" a mix of 3 & 4, depending on exactly what the project is and how complex and interrelated the various components are.  If the project looks complex this is often prefaced by a "lash up using 1 & 2" to get a feel for what's required.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member in reply to Plastic

    It depends on what the project is.  For small and not desperately important/critical projects 1 & 2.  But I may also do some variant of 1 & 2 on a prototype to learn what's going with something before deciding the best way to do the thing "properly".

    But for anything "production quality" a mix of 3 & 4, depending on exactly what the project is and how complex and interrelated the various components are.  If the project looks complex this is often prefaced by a "lash up using 1 & 2" to get a feel for what's required.

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