[Conor Ryan]

So I've worked with 80+ member teams, to tiny ones. One of my current teams which has about 13 members on paper, but with Mid-terms looming for the last week has really been about 5 people that we can expect to show up. Its a challenge to manage no matter what, you have 6 weeks to build.

The trick with both big and small teams is prioritization. Whats most important to work on at any given moment? Ok, so you hit a roadblock, those are normal, pick up a different issue and we can come back to the other one, but we need to keep moving forward today.

Earlier this season, we had a Saturday work session and one of the mentors wanted to have a big team strategy discussion, we actually had to say no, lets do that on Monday because we needed the extended work session to get the kitbot wired, programmed and driving with the extended time we had. Bigger teams could have easily done both at the same time with proper guidance, but when you are a small team you need to be able to say what is most important at any given moment.

The second biggest trick with a small team is to divide and conquer, and don't get bogged down into roles. Everyone helps on everything, its a fact of life.

But remember, at the end of the day you'll have a fantastic experience no matter what, you'll learn something cool and you can make it your own.