Interview Script LeadTeam
Good morning, I would like to start by thanking you for your availability in participating in this interview. We are students from Catlica- isbon !aster in "usiness #dministration and we are taking a course named $ntrepreneurship and "usiness %lan where we are to develop our own start-up within a semester. &o do so, we are following a concept born in 'ilicon (alley which is ean 'tartup, where we need to validate our hypothesis by contacting with our potential customers and adapt the "usiness !odel accordingly. )ne way is through one-on-one interviews, and this is where you will be helping us* Questions Regarding Segmentation Firstly, just some questions about you.
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Are you currently studying? Are you taking an Undergraduates or Masters degree? n !"ic" subject are you s#eciali$ing? &"ere are you studying, currently? (ust to )inis", "o! old are you?
Questions Regarding the Problem identifying and validating *o!, !e identi)ied some #roblems regarding team !orks in Uni+ersity, !"ic" !e !ould like to +alidate !it" you.
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-o you usually "a+e di))erent grou#s in eac" course, !it" students !it" com#letely di))erent sc"edules?
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/o! do you )eel about team !ork #rojects online communication and discussion? 0)rom +ery !ell to )rustrated1 a. ) )rustrated 2 &"y?
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From t"ese #roblems in team !ork, !"ic" are yours to# 3?
Time consumed to book meetings
Discussion tracking (too many comments that you missed)
Files management (tracking changes and many versions of the same document)
!sage of more than one platform (keep track of more than one)
(nvolvement at different levels
eople that are not available to promptly respond
You dont really understand what the teacher wants and what are the expectations
#etting distracted by notifications while doing a group work on Facebook
You never (or some from your group) remembers the deadline
!sed to different tools making it difficult to synchroni"e everything
Different perspectives and expectations for the final grade
Fights among team members
Find a place to meet (school is not always convenient for everyone)
'o peer review
$ery difficult to form a group % fitting problem& you dont know everyone (keep changing)
Identify and Validate Solutions
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4urrently, !"ic" #lat)orms do you use bot" to do t"e team!ork and communicate !it" team mates?
Moodle
"aceboo# $rou%
&niversity Platform
Cloud Service 'ro%bo() $oogle 'rive) S#y 'rive
Turnitin
Instant messaging *%%
E mail
Pro!ect management tools
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15. 6egarding +acebook,
a. -o you use it mainly to do !"at? b. /o! many "ours do you s#end on +acebook )or team !orks #er !eek? c. -o you belie+e it is a good solution? &"at do you like or dislike about it?
11. /o! satis)ied are you !it" t"is multi#lat)orm current solution?
a. /a+e you e+er tried a di))erent one, like team!ork #lat)orms suc" as #-endoo or $vernote? Yes &"y didnt it !ork?
12. &"at !ould be like t"e #er)ect solution )or you?
'o &"y not?
)ur pro.ect aims to develop a platform which provides a team work integrated solution for both students and /niversities. It accompanies students from the teacher0s assignment description and initial research, all the way to the bibliography, providing, at the same time, user-friendly communication and file sharing tools between group members. 7aking t"is into account8
13. From t"e )ollo!ing )eatures, #lease rank by order o) +alue )or you8
7em#lates )or #lanning Additional storage 6e)erences 9rgani$er 0:ibliogra#"y tool1 6eminders 6esearc" 9rgani$er Assistant 0Ad+iser1 File s"aring in cloud 4"at !it" easy tracking 7ask Allocation ;c"eduling 2 4alendar Find #eo#le ;tudent <ro)ile
1%. &ould you be !illing to #ay )or any o) t"em?
a. /o! muc" yearly? i. =5,' ii. =1 iii. =1,' i+. =2 1'. -o you "a+e any additional suggestion?
&hank you very much for your time, your insights will be crucial for our success* "y any chance would you know someone that fits our target with whom you could put us in contact with1 &hank you very much* 2ave a nice day
