I am in the process of creating a Competition Standard Operating Procedure for our team to use as a guide for competing. Any suggestions for the structure of such a document? I’m going to study my work SOP to get some ideas.
Team 540 SOP:
About 40-50 people show up Thurs. and Fri.
35-45 of those people run around, get in the way, and panic if the robot breaks
5-10 of those people fix the robot, scout, tweak, etc.
We all go to Hardees or Subway for Lunch
10-15 people show up Saturday
Much calmer in the pits
Go to Hardees or Subway with Tucker
Pack up, get back to school, realize we are missing most of our tools
(Repeat at Nationals)
Start getting ready for next year
Hope this helps
What kind of SOP are you trying to make? Is it for everything your team is doing at the regional, or for on-the-field strategy, or what?
We send our drive team down to our regional a day earlier than the rest of the team. This way, the robot can be unpacked and worked on without the entire team getting in the way. When the rest of the team gets there, we assign teams for people to scout. Then some people just fix the bot.
SOP… I have bad memories of those three letters. Anybody who’s worked at Best Buy knows what I’m talking about! :]
*Originally posted by f22flyboy *
Pack up, get back to school, realize we are missing most of our tools
So true yet so funny, specially the umm wait WE NEVER had one of these OH NO!!
*Originally posted by rbayer *
**SOP… I have bad memories of those three letters. Anybody who’s worked at Best Buy knows what I’m talking about! :] **
Hmm…is there something I should know about them? I’m going to be applying for a job there…well…in one of their warehouses 
(Woops…I dented a box for a 70" Plasma tv…guess I’ll just have to get rid of it throws it in truck)
*Originally posted by rbayer *
**SOP… I have bad memories of those three letters. Anybody who’s worked at Best Buy knows what I’m talking about! :] **
All I can do is laugh… However, remember the fun meetings watching the Best Buy guy… what was his name?