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The disadvantage of being in a group with your friends could be that sometimes you can get off topic and spend very little time doing the actual work. It sometimes can be awkward to confront a friend about this or if one of them isn't doing their part and is getting distracted, so it's important to know to how to properly communicate.
- Ashmitha Julius Aravind

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Sometimes one group member, or a few of members, will only communicate with each other and get all the work done, leaving behind the other people in the group. This is especially common in teams where a few of the teammates know each other but the entire group isn't familiar with one another. This can lead to the other members not knowing what tasks they need to do and being unable to reach out to the entire team.
- Ashmitha Julius Aravind

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A method of overcoming this issue would be to create an environment where all team members are comfortable to share their ideas and speak up in. That way it is easier to get to know everybody and understand their strengths and weaknesses.

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Some times, I have observed that when people feel strongly about certain ideas, they become extremely aggressive in defending their ideas. I think this is intimidating to the other group members and in a way eliminates all other possible ideas because people are less likely to feel comfortable sharing in such an environment.

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When working with a group that you don't usually work with or know can sometimes be difficult because you have to spend time figuring out a certain groove or flow that works between everyone. Some people expect the project to be done in a couple of days and way before the deadline while some people prefer to span the project out a little closer to the deadline. This might coincide with conflicts of communication and expectations, but sometimes it is hard to really grasp what to expect when working with new people and their working schedules.
-Christine Lee

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When working in a group, especially in a virtual setting where in-person meetings will be little to none, it is important to set boundaries and expectations at the beginning of the project. In our virtual setting, it would be important to create a group chat of some sort and make it clear the expectation on when group members should respond and when it would be appropriate to contact the others. Setting video chat meetings and times would also be important.
-Christine Lee

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When one person goes off on their own and starts doing work when team assignments are not even set yet. This can be slightly annoying because there is no team cohesiveness, and what if the work they are doing is entirely off track on what the team is doing as a whole. This would lead to them starting over the work and wasting their own time. This can be easily avoided if team assignments are set beforehand through the team charter or a group chat. Communication and slight patience are essential in this scenario.

-Amogh Totada

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Yea, this can be a massive problem. It can also lead to groups procrastinating and getting rushed by the deadline. If there is no leader, this will happen because there will not be a person in the group chat talking and setting up meetings, and contact will only occur when the project is due extremely soon. 

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There can definitely be issues when nobody takes leadership. For example, when everybody in the group has a passive personality it can be uncomfortable to take action and delegate responsibilities to other people. This causes progress to be very slow. It helps when somebody does not mind being a little authoritative.
- CHRISTIAN haynes

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I feel that sometimes, if good communication isn’t established right off the bat, it can be hard to get work done. This is especially important for online group projects when you don’t know the people in your group personally. Because it is not happening face to face, a lot of time is wasted figuring out who will do what.
- CHRISTIAN Haynes

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Sometimes when I texted in a group chat for a project, a person does not respond for over a day. It could be a critical cornerstone of a project, and if I do not get a person's response or do not finish their work on time, and they are not responding to text messages, it could be detrimental to our project. This could be fixed if each group member makes it a goal to at least check their phones a few times a day.

-Amogh Totada

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Different goals and views for the project

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Different goals and views for the project

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Sometimes in groups, members have different members for how a project should end up. For example, one person wants to make the project humorous yet informative through relevant jokes and visual aids; while another person wants to keep things serious and stick to the requirements. They need communication to compromise on their visions for the project.
-Alex Payne

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This is the flip side of one person not doing anything but, sometimes one member does a lot of a project immediately without communicating to other people who cant work on it the immediately after the project is  assigned. The other members end up not being able to contribute.  I have had experience where we have weeks to do a project and one person ends up doing most of it in the first few days.

- Alex Payne

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During group work, though it is important to value others' opinions, sometimes some points that are made do not align with your own, or with your view of the project as a whole. In these cases, instead of completely rejecting a teammates idea, it might be a good idea to refine or talk through opposing viewpoints to reach a common consensus.
-Palak Sharma

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Sometimes working with someone that you are good friends with can also create an issue. If they are lazy and do not want to complete the work, it gets hard to bring it up to them because of the pre-existing friendship.
A solution to this might be to establish guidelines and roles at the beginning, so that each member is responsible for those sections of the project.
-Palak Sharma

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I've been in situations where group members attempted to share ideas but were quashed by a more outspoken or controlling group member who wanted to do things their way. In this scenario, I found it best to speak up and ask, "What were you saying?" to encourage the group member to share their idea.
-Yoon Ji Cho

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This isn't a problem I've come across often, but I was once in a situation where one group member and I were the ones constantly reaching out to the rest of group to schedule meetings and assign tasks. Simply put, the other members weren't interested in taking the initiative to complete what needed to be done. It was exhausting to always be the first to reach out and manage everything. It's best to be mindful and distribute the mental load so that all members share leadership.
- Yoon Ji Cho

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I've been a group before where someone would try to mention their ideas and go unnoticed and ignored. I would see that they're the only person contributing or at least not being able to so I would speak out for them or steer my attention to them and ask what their idea is. I think it's beneficial to ensure everyone adds on to the project and people can either do that personally or your group could include a project manager that makes sure everyone is involved as much as possible. - Anahi Canales Dominguez

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Notifying Members about Delays or Mishaps

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Notifying Members about Delays or Mishaps

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I've dealt with the issue of members not showing up on presentation day and it always causes for a mess up while presenting, especially if the missing person had a large portion to present. I think this demonstrates the importance of having all members understand the information behind the project in case someone deals with an incident, and also, notify your members about anything that may affect your ability to present or work to the capability that's expected from them.
- Anahi Canales Dominguez

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I believe this adds on to the issue of not communicating with your team members beforehand on ensuring every member does a fair amount of work that they are capable of doing. I have dealt with this problem before and realized creating a form of chart with our strengths and capability (ex: public speaking, researching, etc.) lets the group project be as successful as possible. - Anahi Canales Dominguez

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I completely agree with your point. Sometimes, people in a group can specialize in different things, and they might not always be represented the same. For example, one team member can take control of assigning parts to the team, but another might spend more time on research or design, which makes it much harder to judge the roles everyone played in the group effort.
-Palak Sharma

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I agree, this has definitely been an issue in many projects, and sometimes even delegating certain parts to different group members doesn't help because the quality of work differs among those specific parts. A solution might be to communicate with your group members beforehand and maybe even talk through the content to make sure everyone is on the same page, or even working together in person (when permissible) to ensure that the same amount of time is spent by each group member.
-Palak Sharma

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Reading this was thought-provoking! It reminded me of a time when team members would only half-jokingly say that everyone had better give them a good evaluation during peer evaluations. There may be an aspect of fear or pressure in peer evaluations despite the importance of these evaluations in understanding individual members' contributions to group projects.
-Adela Sheng

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I have definitely experienced this before, and I think this ties into setting expectations as well. It is important that an expectation of open discussion is established prior to working.
-Adela Sheng

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Proper distribution of work and leadership

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Proper distribution of work and leadership

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When collaborating in a group, sometimes conflicts can occur when multiple people try to take leadership over the same area of work. This could result in ill feelings and discourages unity within the group. It is important that who is in charge of leading any one area of work is clearly laid out for everyone on the team to know.
-Adela Sheng

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Individually, people have very different approaches to how they tackle work (i.e. breaking a task into parts vs. taking it on at once) and when they work. Therefore, when individuals come together for group projects, an obstacle is overcoming habitual personal approaches to work and adjusting to new, mutually manageable methods as a team.
-Adela Sheng

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Sometimes, especially in a virtual setting, a member of the group won't contribute anything and just coast along. This can be avoided if the project is discussed beforehand and the division of work is established
-Robert McDonald

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One person tries to take over the project

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One person tries to take over the project

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I've been in situations where someone thought that they could do the project themselves better than they could with teammates. This is really discouraging for other members of the team. This can be avoided if all members collaborate from the beginning.
-Robert McDonald

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In one of my recent group projects, I was made group leader. I had trouble with one of my team members who was extremely unresponsive to emails and messages and it was nearly impossible to get him to do the work. This project was completely online, so it made it all the more challenging.
-Shaydon

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Self-appointed leaders can encourage laziness

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Self-appointed leaders can encourage laziness

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Many who try to control others and take on the role of group leader by decree actually encourage disconnected group members to further disconnect (as someone else is handling their work), leading to even less engaged teams.
- Ryan Lynch

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Peer evaluations being used to determine grade differentials for project members can be helpful to ensure that those who don't contribute aren't "encouraged" with a good grade if the rest of the team pulls together. However, they can also cause fear in group members who struggle with their assigned task as many times the criteria of the evaluations focus on competency or results. Additionally, those who are not well-versed in the topics may not be able to engage others in encouraging or critiquing them as well, leading to worse evaluations.
- Ryan Lynch

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I've seen this issue in projects for classes before where we don't take the time to acknowledge in which areas of the project we are each proficient or lacking, leading to people being assigned tasks that they don't know how to complete while not wanting to admit it due to a fear of not contributing (which could lower their grade due to peer evaluations).
- Ryan Lynch

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In a previous project-based class, I had issues with my project team as we all struggled with deadlines. We didn't self-impose any deadlines in addition to the ones required by the course, leading to many times where one or two of us had to work very hard in the final days before the deadline in order to finish in time. I think our team needed to establish internal deadlines and hold each other accountable to hitting or missing those.
- Ryan Lynch

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Even if there is no designated leader, I do not think it is condescending for some folks to take lead and others to follow. Every team needs to have some form of leadership. A good leader will take a role even if there is not title *but* they should still be kind and accommodating and understanding to the needs and desires of the group.

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Sometimes people aren't willing to show up because they don't want to work past 5 PM. I think this is lazy and unacceptable. If all you are doing is watching Netflix and 7PM, don't make that an excuse to not meet up with the group.

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Go grab lunch or coffee with your team as a solution or do something fun. It'll be a good way to build bonds/trust and get to know each other.

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If someone really just can't meet during a viable time period and there isn't another time to reschedule, it may be necessary to just contact them after the meeting with updates of decisions made and what work they need to do by a set deadline.

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If someone in the group is condescending and tries to bulldoze over the opinions of others, it may help to speak up in favor of some of the opinions they try to knock down. This can help create a more supportive group dynamic and provide a barrier to them easily dismissing others.

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In a group, sometimes people have strong skills in an area relevant to the project ex graphic design, but that work isn't delegated to the person best for the role. This often comes about as a result of members not know each other's capabilities.

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Often times, people can be unsure of exactly what the other people in the group expect of them in terms of quality and direction of work. Everyone holds different standards for themselves, so the work of a member can often fall short of the expectation of another. This often stems from unintentional lack of communication.

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In group projects, it's important that all members are on the same page and understand what each of them is doing or supposed to do. It sucks when one person does something without telling the other members or explaining it to them. If I do something and explain it to my team but they don't understand, that's fine. I'll reexplain it a billion times because part of being a good team member is having patience.

- Abdulaziz Memesh

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This is something I personally struggled with in the past. It can be tough when my team is focusing on working with something that I don't have any experience with. My teammates would work and make progress while I just watch them do it without being helpful. It sucks to feel completely useless.

- Abdulaziz Memesh

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Sometimes there will be a person in your group who thinks that they are better/smarter and try to control everybody else in the group, even if there is no designated leader. This would be annoying for everyone else in the group and cause them to feel like their ideas are going unnoticed.

-Michelle Wang

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This is definitely a problem I've had in group projects. However, this resulted in everybody being too agreeable and not feeling comfortable enough to voice our concerns instead of the other way around. If one person suggested something, everybody else agreed even if there were valid concerns.

-Michelle Wang

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Solution: Not Always Getting Your Voice Heard

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Solution: Not Always Getting Your Voice Heard

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This is definitely a problem I have had in the past, where I didn't know when to speak since I was scared to interrupt someone. One way to solve this is to have a section at the end of each meeting where each member gets to speak uninterrupted for a certain amount of time.

-Michelle Wang

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The short discussion we had in Tuesday's class was a good start. I think thats the first time we sat down and got to know each other a bit. With new groups, set aside some time to get to know each other and release any awkwardness before working in a project setting. Give everyone an equal say with opinions and ideas and grow off each other's thoughts.
- Jeanne Yoon

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Some students are okay with the grade they get for doing the bare minimum, but it adds a lot of stress to students aiming to submit their best work. My group members in my ENGL 1101 class rarely met up to discuss our work. When we did, we never got passed the "I'm fine with whatever we do" stage. In the end I did the entire project, giving us a good score but also giving me a not-so-good overall experience.
- Jeanne Yoon

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Especially in a virtual setting, communication can quickly become a challenge if there's a teammate that is unresponsive for hours/days at a time.
- Connor McCary

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It is common in group settings for people's personal standard of achievement to differ. This can create tension between teammates when some group members want to go above and beyond, and others just want to put in the bare minimum effort.
- Connor McCary

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I think one problem I have had in the past is not having your voice heard. It is something where maybe your group ignores your comment the first time or does not look at it realistically, and then you do not know if you should say it again or not. To me it created some distrust and feeling that your voice was not being heard in the group.
- Varun Godbole

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I think that it is important at the start of group work to set some rules on a document and have everyone sign them. Even though it may sound useless, it makes people write down what you expect from others, and having them sign makes sure that they understand what everyone's contributions needs to be. An agreement should also outline some sort of punishment if a teammate is contributing below what they are expected to do.
- Varun Godbole

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Sometimes in group work members are unavailable because they have other tasks that need to be done.

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Assume a 'leader' and designate tasks. If those tasks are not completed on the deadline then make a note to the professor.

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Everybody works differently. Some people get all their work done as soon as possible but some people procrastinate. Being in a group, you have to work with the group's timeline in order to be a good team member.
- Luke Gillette

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Although it is good to get to know new people and make new friends, this and be a liability when working in a group as there will not be much chemistry between group members. It may be had to agree on how to do things.
- Luke Gillette

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Working with teammates who aren't interested in an equitable distribution of labor is disheartening.