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Re: Keeping an Eye on the Big Picture

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Originally Posted by sanddrag View Post
This seems to be a good point in the discussion where I can add something JVN posted a while back in a similar thread. It was something to the effect of "We will never vote on a design. Voting is not an engineering decision making process."

I agree completely with that, and not everyone should have an equal say, or even a say at all.

If you look at how some of the most successful teams operate, you'll notice that they often have one person driving the design, from big picture to minute detail. They can delegate the work, but they are beginning with the end in mind, and know what the whole thing should look like before any of it is CAD modeled or built. These individuals are often mentors with many years experience in FIRST, and they have often closely studied the successes of others.
This is how the teams I've been on/mentored operated, I was typically that person, or it was a "brain trust" of 2-3 people fulfilling that role.

I think the mentor leading up this role also has the responsibility of keeping an eye out for students capable of assisting in his/her duties though a capable/motivated student may not exist every year so it tends to require flexbility/awareness in the role.
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