team writing

A team project approach to writing uses principles of design thinking and agile project management to plan, monitor, and continuously improve the work of writing teams. Including a team writing project in your course supports team productivity by guiding students to focus on high-priority activities. The framework also supports individual learning about course content, discipline-specific writing, and teamwork.

We have found that three principles of agile project management*--transparency, inspection, and adaptation--are highly effective when applied to team writing and learning: 

Transparency

Making ideas, assumptions, and written work visible for ease of review by teammates and instructor.

Inspection

Frequent review of work, team processes, and communication