You're working on a semester-long Computer Science capstone project with a diverse 4-person team developing a campus ride-sharing app.

Your team includes: Alex (experienced in mobile development, knows Swift/Kotlin), Sam (database specialist, strong in SQL/NoSQL), Jordan (machine learning enthusiast, Python/R background), and Casey (web development focus, JavaScript/React expertise). Communication challenges are affecting your project progress as you approach the midterm demo.

Sam is explaining the database design to the team: "I've normalized the tables to 3NF, set up foreign key constraints, and created indexes for our main queries." Casey and Jordan look confused but don't ask questions.

According to common ground theory, what is the most effective approach to address this?

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You're working on a semester-long Computer Science capstone project with a diverse 4-person team developing a campus ride-sharing app.  
 
 Your team includes: Alex (experienced in mobile development, knows Swift/Kotlin), Sam (database specialist, strong in SQL/NoSQL), Jordan (machine learning enthusiast, Python/R background), and Casey (web development focus, JavaScript/React expertise). Communication challenges are affecting your project progress as you approach the midterm demo. 
 
 Sam is explaining the database design to the team: "I've normalized the tables to 3NF, set up foreign key constraints, and created indexes for our main queries." Casey and Jordan look confused but don't ask questions. 
 
  According to common ground theory, what is the most effective approach to address this?

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Have separate technical meetings for each specialization

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Tell Casey and Jordan to research database concepts on their own time

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All of the above

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None of the above

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Continue since Sam knows databases best—the others will figure it out during implementation

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Ask Sam to explain database normalization, then check everyone's understanding before proceeding

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