Weekly 3x3 Updates (Due Mondays)

After team’s have been assigned is expected that everyone will email a individual weekly Three-by-Three reflection to their capstone team on or before class on Mondays on days the class meets. Then on Monday the team will summarize their individual 3x3’s into one group 3x3 reflection that they send to their instructor for feedback:

A 3x3 reflection consists of three major topics with exactly three bullet points in each topic (not 2 or 4). The three topics include:

1. What was accomplish since the last reflection.
2. Challenges, Questions or problems you are trying to solve.
3. Your plans for next week.

Each of the 9 bullets in the 3x3 reflection should be no longer than a couple of sentences. Additional details can be placed in the same email after the report (not required).

Only email your personal reflection to your team and not to the instructors. Instead copies of your personal reflections need to be added to the team’s Microsoft Teams folder so that both the team and instructors can review them as needed. Please add individual reflections in chronological order inside a single word file inside the Weekly3x3 folder in your team’s drive. The file name should be based on your MSU NetID. For example, your instructor’s netid is “colbrydi” so the file would be named colbrydi_3x3s.docx Here is the recommended structure:

Team_Folder:
    Team_Managment_Files
        Weekly3x3
            <<NETID>>_3x3s.docx
            <<NETID>>_3x3s.docx
            <<NETID>>_3x3s.docx
            <<NETID>>_3x3s.docx
            <<NETID>>_3x3s.docx
            TEAM_3x3s.docx

It is expected that team member’s will read each other’s reflections and provide support and feedback either in-person or via email.

On Mondays each team will then summarize the information from their personal 3x3s into a team Three-by-three (3x3) reflection which they will email to the instructors (cc all team members). The team 3x3 reflection will consist of the same three major topics with exactly three bullet points but from the team’s perspective. The instructors will read and respond to the team’s 3x3 each week.

Please send the team reflection to the instructors as formatted email text and not as an attachment. Also cut and paste a copy in the TEAM_3x3s.docx word document.

A typical individual 3x3 reflection would have the following format:

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SUBJECT: <<Your Name»: 3x3 for DATE

Hello Team,

Below is my 3x3 reflection for the week. << A few extra sentences to highlight something of importance>>

• <<Your name»

My accomplishments for the week:

• <<First thing»
• <<Second thing»
• <<Third thing»

Questions/Challenges:

• <<First Question/Problem»
• <<Second Question/Problem»
• <<Third Question/Problem»

My plans for next week:

• <<First goal»
• <<Second goal»
• <<Third goal»

<< Additional Details if needed»

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A typical team 3x3 reflection would have the following format:

SUBJECT: CMSE495: <<TEAM NAME» for <<DATE»

Hello CMSE495 Instructors,

Below is our team 3x3 reflection for the week. << A few extra sentences to highlight something of importance>>

• <<Your name»

My accomplishments for the week:

• <<First Team Accomplishment for the week»
• <<Second Team Accomplishment for the week»
• <<Third Team Accomplishment for the week»

Questions/Challenges:

• <<First Team Question/Problem»
• <<Second Team Question/Problem»
• <<Third Team Question/Problem»

My plans for next week:

• <<First Team Goal For Next Week»
• <<Second Team Goal For Next Week»
• <<Third Team Goal For Next Week»

<< Additional Details if needed»

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After mailing your 3x3, don’t forget to put a copy of the reflection in the file inside your team drive.

Written by Dr. Dirk Colbry, Michigan State University
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.