Team members do not understand the tools of consensus building. Team is not meeting regularly. Resentment among the team members builds over time, and is not brought out as grading time approaches. The project advisor may need to provide some help with models of communication styles and conflict resolution. Conflict management skills should be discussed before project work begins.
Students often attribute failure of communication to others.
The value of interdependence and balanced participation should be discussed. Arrangements are made to monitor levels of participation honestly, with the understanding that different levels will be rewarded differently in grades. All problems should be considered group problems and confronted directly with all team members present. The team can negotiate a signal for the person who tends to monopolize discussions. Or the advisor can request that the person who does not listen can be asked to reflect back to partners what they said.