Team Cytokines Joshua Martinez

Nepenthe Cervantes

Mission statement: ​Our team seeks to thoroughly review and synthesize findings from existing
research, in order to supplement the background section of a journal article regarding our lab’s
recent work on chronic inflammation.

ASSIGNMENT CHECKLIST & DEADLINES

ACQUIRE & ANNOTATE SOURCES

❏ STEP 1: (SOURCE 1 ACQUIRED) SOFT DEADLINE: MAR 9
❏ STEP 2: (SOURCE 2 & 3 ACQUIRED) HARD DEADLINE: MAR 16
❏ STEP 3: (SOURCE 1 & 2 ANNOTATED)
❏ STEP 4: (SOURCE 4 & 5 ACQUIRED)
❏ STEP 5: (SOURCE 3 & 4 ANNOTATED)
❏ STEP 6: (SOURCE 5 ANNOTATED)

SUMMARIZE SOURCES
❏ STEP 1: (ASSEMBLE KEY IDEAS SOURCE 1) SOFT DEADLINE: MAR 16
❏ STEP 2: (ASSEMBLE KEY IDEAS SOURCE 2) HARD DEADLINE: MAR 23
❏ STEP 3: (DRAFT SUMMARY SOURCE 1)
❏ STEP 4: (ASSEMBLE KEY IDEAS SOURCE 3)
❏ STEP 5: (DRAFT SUMMARY SOURCE 2)
❏ STEP 6: (ASSEMBLE KEY IDEAS SOURCE 4)
❏ STEP 7: (DRAFT SUMMARY SOURCE 3)
❏ STEP 8: (ASSEMBLE KEY IDEAS SOURCE 5)
❏ STEP 9: (DRAFT SUMMARY SOURCE 4 & 5)

REFINE SUMMARIES & COMPILE REVIEW

❏ STEP 1: (REFINE SUMMARY SOURCE 1 & 2) SOFT DEADLINE: MAR 23
❏ STEP 2: (REFINE SUMMARY SOURCE 3) HARD DEADLINE: MAR 30
❏ STEP 3: (REFINE SUMMARY SOURCE 4)
❏ STEP 4: (REFINE SUMMARY SOURCE 5)
❏ STEP 5: (REFINE & PROOFREAD ANNOTATIONS, AS NECESSARY)
❏ STEP 6: (COMPILE SUMMARIES INTO REVIEW)
❏ STEP 7: (REFINE & PROOFREAD REVIEW AS NECESSARY)

GROUP ASSEMBLY OF REVIEW

❏ STEP 1: (COMPILE BOTH REVIEWS)
❏ STEP 2: (EDIT AS NEEDED)
SOFT DEADLINE: MAR 30
​HARD DEADLINE: APR 6

EXPECTATIONS & RESPONSIBILITIES

Personal Goals: ​Joshua Martinez:​ Improve summarizing skills (maximize information given in least
amount of words, >30) and working on being less of a procrastinator. ​Nepenthe:​ Achieve Student
Learning Objectives 1-6 (as listed in prompt)
Individual commitment: ​Joshua Martinez​ is willing to give as close to 110% while also working full
time. ​Nepenthe ​will devote as much time and attention as necessary to satisfactorily complete the
assignment within a reasonable time frame. She makes no guarantees regarding how much personal
effort that will require.
Conflict resolution:
If a conflict arises within the group, though that is not very likely to happen, a group meeting will
be held to discuss any and all issues and come to a compromise. If an in-person meeting is not feasible,
members may attempt to discuss the issue via telephone or email. The following template will be utilized
in discussions​* ​:

★ STEP ONE: REFERENCE CHARTER: Ensure the conflict is more than a simple
misunderstanding of expectations.
★ STEP TWO: DETERMINE DEGREE OF SEVERITY: Will one of you ​absolutely die​ if this
isn’t solved immediately, or can you wait a few days while the other party sorts this out on
their own time? Is this going to make or break the project, or are you willing to miss a few
points over it?
★ STEP THREE: DISCUSS PLAN OF ACTION: Outline active steps to be taken towards a
compromise or, ideally, complete resolution of conflict. Steps should be tangible and
achievable within a given timeline. BOTH parties should participate in the plan of action,
even if one feels they have contributed very little to the actual conflict. It takes two to
tango.
★ STEP FOUR: AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION. Identify root source of conflict (clash of
personal goals/interests, lack of time investment/management, miscommunication, &tc.).
Identify other conflict(s) that could later arise from the same source. Plan for such
conflict(s) and construct a generalized Plan of Action to reference in the future. Add this
plan to the charter section (as needed).
*If these steps are undertaken and revealed unsuccessful, or if the steps are (for whatever reason)
unable to be undertaken at all, an appointment will be made with the professor to have her mediate conflicts.

Missed deadlines:
There are two sets of deadlines offered to team members. There is a​ ​ soft ​ deadline, by which
completion of the designated tasks would be ​ideal​. If this soft deadline is missed, there is a one-week
grace period before the arrival of the ​ hard ​ deadline, by which completion of the assignment is​ required.
For a deadline to be considered met, the work must be ‘Proficient’ or above in quality​ (see
individual assignment rubrics for specific standards)​.​ If the work does not meet these standards, the
deadline will be considered missed.
If a member becomes aware that they will be unable to meet a deadline, be it soft ​or​ hard, they
should notify the others as soon as possible. ​UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES​ should a deadline be
missed without notifying another team member in advance.

If a soft deadline is missed,​ the group may fall slightly out of sync with goal-completion for
a few days or weeks; this is a minor inconvenience and team members will discuss strategies to
return to scheduling equilibrium if feasible. If returning to equilibrium is not feasible, members will
discuss strategies to ensure there is no danger of missing a ​hard​ deadline in the future. Root
source of conflict for the missed deadline will be identified and, if possible, compensated for. If the
root source of conflict is non-negligible, a potential redistribution of responsibilities and
expectations will be discussed.
If a hard deadline is missed​,​ this means there must have been some sort of emergency
or non-negligible root cause that neither member could control. The member missing a hard
deadline will have already informed the other members of this issue and the team will construct
an immediate plan of action to ensure the OVERALL assignment remains on track. ​NOTE:​ ​HARD
DEADLINES ARE STRUCTURED IN SUCH A WAY THAT THERE IS A 3-DAY GRACE
PERIOD TO MAKE UP WORK FROM A ​SINGLE​ MISSED DEADLINE.​ If a member still cannot
make up the work from a missed hard deadline in three days, or if a hard deadline is missed more
than once, responsibilities will be redistributed amongst other group members to ensure the
project will still be completed in a timely fashion.
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 CONTACT INFO AND AVAILABILITY
Nepenthe:
cell phone: (562)652-5563
email: cervantes.mb@csu.fullerton.edu
MW: 1:10-2:00pm, 4:00-5:00pm
T: 9am-10:00am, 1:10-5:00pm
Th: 9am-5:00pm [only day I read/send emails]
F: 10:00am-11:30pm, 1:10-5:00pm
S/S: UNAVAILABLE

Joshua:
Cell phone: (714)496-4155
Email: ​josh.mrt10@gmail.com
M/W: unavailable
T/TH: 3pm-6:30pm
F/Sat/Sun: all day availability