What Makes a FIRST Team Successful?

[av11d]

Success can be measured on many different levels. I think any team that has changed any person's attitude on science & technology or inspired a member to pursue engineering constitutes success.

However, I think success should be relative to the goals of the team. If an 8th year team is only inspiring one student a year then there is a problem. Veteran teams need to be held to higher standards in terms of success.

Fostering teamwork skills, gracious professionalism, and project management are also skills that students should learn. I don't really know any way to tangibly measure the success of this.

Just my 2 cents.

[StephLee]

It seems to me that people often confuse the success of the robot with success of the team. They're two entirely different things, at least in FIRST.

[Koko Ed]

If you managed to build your robot within the 6 week period as team and it runs you are successful.
If you are able to come back as a functioning team year after year after year you are successful.
If you are able to not only inspire your own students but other students in the school who are not on the team you are successful.
If you promote not only the growth of your own team but of other teams at other schools you are successful.
If you graduate productive citizens of the world who willingly want to give back not only to the FIRST community but to society as a whole you are successful.
Success can be neasured in more than just a trophy. It can be measured in the difference your team makes in the world around it.

[katiyeh07]

Originally Posted by Koko Ed

If you managed to build your robot within the 6 week period as team and it runs you are successful.
If you are able to come back as a functioning team year after year after year you are successful.
If you are able to not only inspire your own students but other students in the school who are not on the team you are successful.
If you promote not only the growth of your own team but of other teams at other schools you are successful.
If you graduate productive citizens of the world who willingly want to give back not only to the FIRST community but to society as a whole you are successful.
Success can be neasured in more than just a trophy. It can be measured in the difference your team makes in the world around it.

definately all of that, but somethings that I think are a must for having a successful team are:
-repsect for eachother (students to mentors, and mentors to engineers)
-individuality, but at the same time teamwork, becuase without the unique concepts of an individual, its impossible to brainstorm; but at the same time teamwork, cooperatition, and being open to new ideas
-have fun!!! if you're not having fun, its hard to be successful
-and last but not least,pizza, our team would not be successfull without pizza

[Koko Ed]

Originally Posted by katiyeh07

definately all of that, but somethings that I think are a must for having a successful team are:
-repsect for eachother (students to mentors, and mentors to engineers)
-individuality, but at the same time teamwork, becuase without the unique concepts of an individual, its impossible to brainstorm; but at the same time teamwork, cooperatition, and being open to new ideas
-have fun!!! if you're not having fun, its hard to be successful
-and last but not least,pizza, our team would not be successfull without pizza

I'm so tired of pizza.