Team Meeting Notes 04
October 4-6 Team Meetings
Team Meeting Objectives
Each section will focus on preparation for the upcoming sketch model review. The presentation is this Thursday evening. Your section should be working on details for the four concepts that you have chosen within the team’s subtheme.
This team meeting should be focused on running a very efficient meeting so there is time to work on sketch models and complete other tasks.
What's due
Individuals
There are no formal individual deliverables for the meeting this week except sketch model preparation and a design notebook review by your instructor.
Team
Prepare for Sketch Model and populate DHF
Preparation Before Team Meeting #4
Make sure that you understand the requirements for the sketch model review and detailed logistics and order for the presentation (when available).
Make sure that your task forces are organized to give yourself enough time to prepare the different types of materials needed to refine your ideas for the sketch model review. Be sure to allow time for making sketch models and to allocate time to practice your presentation.
Be prepared to give a status report on the items you are responsible for at the start of the team meeting.
The system integrators should prepare an agenda for the lab. Plan to have a meeting that allows a significant amount of time for working on tasks.
Team Meeting #4 Activities
Each task force should give a brief status report to the section, indicating what you have completed, what needs to be done, issues that are of concern, and whether the assigned tasks are on-schedule. Using your work-in-progress (models) as props can facilitate this discussion.
Based on the reports, decide if resources need to be reallocated to different tasks or if new task forces need to be created.
Either during your next team meeting or before your next team meeting, you will decide which three concepts your section will pursue for the mockup review. You may end up selecting three concepts from your sketch models, or even decide on new directions.
You want to pick your best options that are driven by user needs. You want to pursue products that have a strong value proposition for a broader population of users or an underserved community/individual. Product development is different from working on a "pet project". Also, you want to feel ownership of the direction of your idea.
If you make your decisions before your next lab, you must wait for the written feedback from instructors, and be sure to apply a rational process for making this decision. You may want to invite your instructor to participate in the process.
Work!
Other Notes
All section members that were auditioning for an officer position should have now served in the role, so the section should vote to select the final officers by no later than 5 PM Friday, October 7. When the officer positions are finalized please submit the updated officer information to the course staff.