One of the advantages of working as a member of a team is that you can all benefit from each other's strengths. The purpose of this exercise is to give recognition to the varied contributions that individuals make to the working of a group. Below is a list of some of the processes which you will be involved in completing a group project. You may modify this list if everyone in the group is agreed. This is best done near the beginning when you have devised a work plan. You may wish to revise the scheme at the end, but this may result in conflict.

Project processes

1. Ideas and suggestions
2. Leadership and group organisation
3. Data collection/collation/analysis
4. Report writing
5. Preparing/giving verbal presentation

1. Minimal, or did not contribute in this way
2. Below average
3. Average
4. Above average
5. Outstanding

You are encouraged to use the range of points at your disposal and avoid the tendency to give everyone a similar score. It is unrealistic that all members of a group will have made an equal contribution for each of the project process criteria. Thus to ensure that the exercise is taken seriously forms which show that all members have been given identical scores for all project processes will be returned.

The tutor will use these forms as a guide to distribute marks between team members. If very large differences occur in the perception of the contribution of particular individuals the tutor may ask the group to discuss these and come to an agreement.