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It was agreed that groupwork was distributed such that: Jason wrote the case study introduction, Valerie wrote four(4) arguments in support of the case study, Omael and Caleb each wrote two(2) arguments in opposition of the case study, Theran wrote the evaluation of the case study and Jason and Caleb made the website.