Team Organization Guidelines

[nitneylion452]

I want to write a document that lays out all of the procedures and ways to organize a team in order to be successful. After the way this build season played out, I think we need some rigid guidelines on how we operate. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on what we can do? I know every team is different, and I will sort through and tweak all of your suggestions to be more specific to my team. Thanks in advance for your suggestions!

(I would like to note that I do know of team 365's MOEmentum guidelines, and am following them in writing these protocols.)

EDIT: By team organization, I mean team structure, i.e., division into sub-teams working together to complete the robot.

[RoboMom]

Some ideas:

NEMO has some resources on this topic: http://www.firstnemo.org/resources.htm

Many teams have generously posted GREAT Team Handbooks in the white papers on this site. [I'm working on a paper on Great Handbooks for NEMO but not ready yet]. Look through the format and examples of what other teams have created and see if any of these seem to be a good fit for YOUR team.

And the nice thing to do is credit the teams/resources that helped you create your document.

Documentation is an incredibly important step in sustaining a team.

[Kims Robot]

FIRST also has a lot of sample resources on their site.

The Presidents Circle page (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/for-teams-by-teams) has links to a bunch of handbooks and other types of team guidelines.

And FIRST's Team organization and management (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/team-organization-and-management) page has a lot of useful resources as well.

1511 also sees emails from time to time from teams that have used the resources on their website (http://penfieldrobotics.com/), and even just recently their handbook (http://penfieldrobotics.com/docs/TeamHandbook.pdf), so you can check those out for ideas as well.

Good luck!

[RoboMom]

FIRST also has a lot of sample resources on their site.

The Presidents Circle page (http://www.usfirst.org/roboticsprograms/frc/for-teams-by-teams) has links to a bunch of handbooks and other types of team guidelines.


Unfortunately many of the links to these documents are 404. They were a great resource. I wish the links could be updated.