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Originally Posted by JaneYoung
Stepping away from the word, Captain, as a team leader - it is interesting to see what options/opportunities open up to think about and explore when one uses the word, Project Manager, instead.
Jane
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This is an interesting concept and also one that our team tried last year.
We had three seniors who were all put in leadership positions: one was the technical sub-team leader, one the mechanical sub-team leader.
The last person who was referred to colloquially as the captain was put into a new sub-team consisting of himself and the lead mentor known as the "systems engineering" subteam.
The purpose of the systems engineering subteam was to ensure that each of the other subteams was communicating effectively, ensure that everyone had something to do, etc. This is very similar to the role of systems engineers at major corporations.
In answer to the original question:
Our team has never guaranteed our captain a role on the drive team. We select from our entire team those most capable of driving the robot efficiently and making strategic decisions. Due to the nature of the student leader's role on the team and the youthful composition of our team in past years, he/she has historically always been on the drive team though.