Due: April 30, with the rest of the project

Goals:

1. To reflect on the process of planning, creating, and revising your final project (as before)
2. To document work you did and that did not get incorporated into the project (new!).

Format: Near the end of your work on Project #3, prepare a two-page (double-spaced) overview and analysis of your project deliverables, and the process you used to complete them. The assessment should be completed individually, although you may certainly discuss it with your group members. Your Project Assessment Document should be in memo format (including headers and some attention to document design).

You don’t have to answer every question below, but be sure you address each section that’s relevant to your project in depth.

Writing in Context: Client Projects

• Briefly describe the person or organization you created your final project for.
• How does their culture resemble/ differ from other organizations you have worked for?
• How satisfied were you with the amount of contact you had with them? If not, what could you have done differently?
• What did you find most rewarding about working for a client? Most frustrating?
• What skills might you be able to transfer to a resume? To a paid position?

Collaboration:

• How would you describe your group’s structure?
• How did you meet and exchange ideas/ documents?
• Describe the strengths and weaknesses of each member of your group, including yourself.
• Do you feel all members of your group should receive equal credit? If not, who should receive more or less and why?

Peer review:

• Who was your single most helpful peer editor and why?
• How did responding to the work of others help you improve your own work?
• How would you assess your own strengths and weaknesses as an editor/ critic? Have they changed since the beginning of the term?

Research:

• Describe any research or planning work your group did and that may not be apparent in the final project (for ex, learning design software, interviewing a client, looking at other brochures).
• What types of research did you do for this project? Which had you done before and which were new to you?
• On the whole, how satisfied are you with the amount of research you did?

Project Management:

• How well did you plan your work on this project? What would you do the same or might you have done differently?
• If you worked in a group, how did that affect your project management approach?
• If you missed any of the intermediate deadlines, how did you adapt your work or approach to the project?

Document Design:

• Describe a specific design choice you made when creating one of your deliverables.
• What is the most effective aspect of your deliverables in terms of presentation or design?