Tomorrow is a new day...

Looking back upon an eventful two weeks I can see that the ground we have covered has been immense.

The team has overall grown well together and showing real signs of progress and development. This was never more evident than during the presentations to Steve in the middle of last week.

The preparation and contributions from team members made all the difference to each of our confidences and attitudes. It was agreed that we were going to dress suitably (pardon the rubbish pun) to give the right impression about our approach to this project; additionally, I feel that it gave everyone the little bit extra confidence that we all needed.

Apart from the odd quiver of the vocal chords and omission of a few details, the presentation was a success and the team did, in my opinion, fantastic! Well done!

This week has proven to be our 'storming' stage of the team building exercise. There has been instances where due to misunderstandings, less than adequate communication and general establishing of rolls and responsibilities a few proverbial toes have been trodden on.

Regrettably, this did cause a bit of undue tension within the group which has been since resolved and moved on from. I personally see this as a positive as we are now a stronger group for it; these kind of eventualities are inevitable in a group work such as this; I am sure that future difference of opinion will occur later on also.

The redevelopment of the branding has gone smoothly and the results are far superior to previous iterations; though I am sure Gary will talk about this in more detail. The scheme has been well received and I feel has somewhat boosted moral back to where it was previously.

The early part of the upcoming week will be particularly busy for myself and Viki as the finalisation of the client acquisition is to be completed before the group session on Thursday. I think that this is the area of the project that we have all been waiting for and are itching to progress into.

Things are set to change now that I have reduced (by half) the amount of hours that I am working outside of college which has previously hindered the progression of the team in certain areas. The pace of the project is going to increase from here in.

Big thank you to all the team for the work that has been put in so far.

Shaun Bellis
Project Manager

“The great thing in the world is not so much where we stand, as in what direction we are moving.” - Oliver Wendell Holmes