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Chīmu:
Teams in Motion

Made for college students looking to have the best in-class team experience.

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This project is part of a capstone project from the University of Washington Information School. This project is a continuation of a previous iSchool capstone project, Tadashi. More information can be viewed about Tadashi here.


College students often have bad team experiences.

According to an online survey consisting of 30 University of Washington students, approximately 40% of respondents noted that their biggest painpoint was communication, and another 30% of respondants said their biggest painpoint was equity of work among team members.

Chīmu gives guidance for classroom-based teams to work well together will help teams have higher likelihood of team satisfaction and project success.


Core Features.

Ice Breakers.

First impressions matter. Icebreakers help teammates get to know each other, engage in conversation, and build interpersonal trust.

Team Agreement.

Establish a team agreement to ensure a level of accountability. Team members understand expectations, tasks, role and responsibilities and abide by them.

Pulse.

Reflections and check-ins throughout project lifecycle. Promotes a communicative environment and ensures issues are addressed and team agreement is adhered to.

What Makes A Good Team?

Features designed in Chīmu surround these three concepts.

Accountability/Setting Standards

Setting standards ensure team members understand the groups expectations, their tasks, roles and responsibilities and abide by them.

Reflecting to Improve

As a team, periodically evaluating progress through check-ins throughout the project lifecycle keeps team members accountable and ensure issues are addressed and meets the team expectations.

Established Communication

Great communication builds intepresonal trust, boosts morale, and helps teams stay engaged.

Project Status

After 5/22/2023, this project will be open-sourced and passed off to a future capstone group or team to work on future extensions of the project. Our code is included in the link below. Please reach out to us if interested!

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