I think a little bit of both would be the best in terms of creating a team. If you know who you want to work with, you already have an idea of that person’s skill set and their capabilities of getting things done when prompted to do so. However, sometimes there may be another individual that you may not know well, but who is more knowledgeable in a special area and you are not giving them a chance because you know someone that may fill that role but at an average pace. This is an oddly difficult question because I found myself always picking people I am comfortable working with as a group. There may have been certain instances where the professor picks the group, or I am in a class where I do not know anyone. This is where I am put out of my comfort zone to work with new people and adapt to the situation where I am able to provide enough assistance to get the project to completion. For this final project, I am working with a mix of people whom I know and those I do not know very well. This is an interesting mix because we are forced to work together and collaborate in order to do well and get a good grade essentially.