CSC Senior Design Center Senior Design Projects Spring 2017 Class 2 Notes Teaming, Requirements, Meetings CSC Senior Design Center Ms. Margaret Heil, Director Dr. Lina Battestilli, Dr. Sarah Heckman, & Dr. David Sturgill, Technical Advisors Mr. Michael DeHaan, Industrial Consultant Nick Freeman, Stefan O’Neil, Alexander Card, TAs

Class 2 Topics & Activities Teaming Exercise Preparation: First Sponsor Meeting Meetings: Agendas & Minutes System Requirements – Dr. Heckman Time with Advisors

Why Teams, Anyway??!! Team Exercise

Team “A Team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performance goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable.” From The Wisdom of Teams, Creating the High-Performance Organization - Katzenbach & Smith, 1993

Sponsor Meeting Prep

Team Meetings Guided By An Agenda Purposeful Recorded Using Minutes

Agenda Sample on Course Website Best When Distributed Prior to Meeting Helps Team Members Prepare Control Maintain Focus

Agenda Continued Contains Info About Meeting When Where Begin & End Time Purpose & Topics Who Will Talk About What Time Allotted For Each Topic Extra Materials

Meeting Details Provide Agenda Before Meeting Know & State Purpose of Meeting Determine & State Desired Outcome of Meeting Define Time Limits Plan on Time for Consensus Building Assign Recorder Who Will Write & Distribute Minutes

Meeting Details Continued Assign Tasks Leave Time to Evaluate Meeting Plan Agenda for Next Meeting

Meeting Minutes Sample on Course Website Record of Team Discussions & Decisions Record of Task Assignments & Assignees Used as a Communication Tool

Sponsor Meeting Preparation System Requirements Dr. Sarah Heckman

Sponsor Meeting Action Items Research Sponsor & Problem Formulate Questions Prepare Agenda – Send Rough Draft to MRH Don’t forget introductions! Clarify resources needed Explore requirements Ask the questions! Appoint recorder

Sponsor Meeting Preparation Cont. Time With Advisors