Team Vision
Solving problems through innovative solutions and emerging technologies.
Team Mission
We are committed to realizing our vision by creating a collaborative and inclusive environment to achieve client goals and facilitate learning. The team will operate with integrity and set the industry standard by developing, producing, and distributing innovative solutions.
Team Norms
We strive to:
- Openly communicate our ideas, opinions and feelings in a timely manner,treating each other with dignity and respect.
- Challenge each other towards attaining personal and organizational excellence while learning from our differences.
- Continually evaluate and improve our processes, products and services.
- Presume positive motives and work towards creating an atmosphere of trust and non-defensiveness.
- Reach consensus and support group decisions to produce high quality results.
Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities continue to evolve based on project/learning needs and demands. The team has established a role transition process to capture role-specific tasks, exemplary work products, and lessons learned as they occur. Evolutions in the following table are noted in italics.
| Role |
Responsibility
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| Project Manager |
- Keeps track of the big picture, where we are, where we need to be, and what’s missing.
- Assigns tasks and keeps people on schedule.
- Maintains project schedule.
- Anticipates upcoming issues and solutions, all from the perspective of client needs
- Reviews status reports
- Facilitates meetings.
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| Project Coordinator |
- Creates meeting agendas
- Assists / meets with Project Manager
- Updates timeline
- Updates work breakdown structure
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| Scribe |
- Takes internal Meeting Minutes
- Formats using Meeting Minutes template
- Authors Status Reports using Status Report template
- Provides formatted Meeting Minutes and Status Reports to Quality Assurance Manager for review
- Records weekly events (such as “attended DAU kick-off meeting”)
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| Technology Manager
Role is not currently active
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- Navigates the internet for the team as required during meetings
- Responsible for ensuring all required technology is accessible and prepared for all presentations to professors or client
- Responsible for facilitating video/audio conferences when needed
- Helps train other team members on new technologies
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| Webmaster |
- Manages the ongoing development of the external web site
- Posts new content in a timely manner, including team meeting minutes, status reports, deliverables, etc.
- Gives all content a final once-over to ensure proper grammar, punctuation, and adherence to style guidelines
- Performs site design tweaks and troubleshooting as needed
- Primary contact for web site technical issues
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| Workspace Manager |
- Responsible for organization, cleanliness and posting of PB Works
- Responsible for organization and cleanliness of Google Docs
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| Interdisciplinary Resource
Role is not currently active
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- Prepared to assist any other team member as required
- Research as needed
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| Quality Assurance
Role is assigned as needed
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- Responsible for editing, finalizing, and forwarding completed document for posting on client site (Webmaster) and or wiki (Workspace Manager).
- Responsible for ensuring consistent look and feel to all produced documents (creating and maintaining stylesheet).
- Identifies terminology consistency and naming standards and makes sure documents comply.
- Establishes and maintains document layout consistency.
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| POC Liaison |
- Stands up and represents the group in situations when the “group” isn’t available.
- Primary contact for client, SMEs, and Instructors.
- Responsible for obtaining “sign-off” from necessary parties.
- Ensures that no team member is operating unilaterally.
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