2005 6 week schedule

[nathanielreindl]

Originally Posted by Swampdude

Plans are good, but don't hang yourself by them.

This is especially true if you're a rookie or second-year team that hasn't got a clue. We in 1208 started our first two years off that way and found out that, halfway through the build season last year, we were actually being counterproductive in doing that.

Also, instilling a sense of authority into your cats^H^H^H^Hteammates will help move things along too. If they don't feel that you're in a position of authority, they won't listen, and you won't get any meaningful work done.

Originally Posted by Swampdude

Many teams can't seem to get together enough.

If you can, meet every single day. Our team here revolves around the second-year physics class, and the students in there have all of third quarter to concentrate on the robotics build season, so a lot of the gruntwork goes on from day to day. The subteams all have their own two- to three-hour meetings during the week, and Saturdays are generally when everyone comes in to do work for eight hours. We also come in and treat snow days like Saturdays.

For what it's worth, the more time you invest in it, the more you'll get out of it.