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CASE 4: Accommodating a Team Member’s Scheduling Problems

Your technical-communication instructor has organized you into groups of three in which you will collaborate on a series of projects throughout the semester. Before your first assignment is due, you learn that one team member must deal with a family emergency that will interfere with his ability to participate in the project for some time. Now, you and your other teammate must devise a plan to proceed with the project. You also decide to propose a classwide policy for communicating with teammates when problems arise. To get started on your assignment, go here to access relevant documents and get started on your project.

For even more practice with the concepts covered in this chapter, complete the LearningCurve activity "Understanding the Technical Communication Environment."