Team Definitions are posted in your deliverables website. You will need to create a team for you project. The team consisting of 3, 4, or 5 students must be clearly defined. The best number of team members is 4. NOTE BELOW PROTOCOL FOR COMPLAINTS ABOUT YOUR TEAM. The team of students (the max) consisting of the following members: 1. PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR or TEAM ADMINISTRATOR 2. PROJECT MANAGER, LEADER or DIRECTOR 3. TECHNICAL LEADER or DELIVERABLE DIRECTOR ( omitted for 3 member teams) 4. DATA ADMINISTRATOR 5. ASSISTANT PROJECT LEADER (omitted for 3 or 4 member teams) 3. TECHNICAL LEADER DUTIES 1. PROJECT ADMINISTRATOR The project administrator is responsible for the following: a. setting up all meetings of the team b. settling team and project disagreements c. compiling minutes of the meeting d. posting minutes to the deliverables (minutes required each week). e. managing meeting calling meeting to order, setting meeting agenda, organizing next meeting (best to do at beginning of meeting), conducting, and dismissing meeting. f. is the only one who can bring a personnel issue to professor - usually cost points. g. working on project deliverables 2. PROJECT MANAGER or LEADER The project manager is responsible for the following: a. compiling "original project deliverables" which has been accomplished by all team members. b. directing the project therefore leading the project portion of the meeting. c. reporting to professor project issues not resolvable in the team. 3. TECHNICAL LEADER ( without this member - duties taken by project leader) a. The technical leader is responsible for the following: b. Publishing project deliverables on the web. 4. DATA ADMINISTRATOR The data administrator expert is responsible for the following: a. getting ready (in final form) all "project deliverables" with the help of the team prior to publication. b. checking for consistency of deliverables. 5. ASSISTANT PROJECT LEADER The assistant project leader is responsible for the following: a. helping the project leader with his/her duties b. aiding to compile deliverables TEAM COMPLAINTS The Project Administrator will handle all personnel issues. So be careful when you take on this responsibility. It will look good on your resume that you served in this role but you have to be able to do the job. These duties include items such as mitigate complaints about another team member. resolve inappropriate behavior between team members cover and make assignments when ateam members scheduling time off resolve conflicts between team members listen to general whining The Project Manager will handle all project issues. Make sure your strongest technical person has this position. These duties include items such as mitigate conflicting methods of approaching the problem resolve project decisions when team members conflict on technical approaches THE PROTOCOL FOR COMPLAINTS 1. Project Administrator ONLY the Project Administrator can come to the professor with personnel complaints. If a team member complains to the professor (even SLIGHTLY) about a team member or the team in general, the complaining team member will loose points on that specific deliverable. Additionally, if the project administrator was aware of the problem AND did not resolve it, he/she will also loose points on that deliverable. 2. Project Manager ONLY from the Project Administrator can bring problems regarding the technical aspects of TEAM deliverables and decisions of the system to the professor. Technical problems should be worked out by the Project Manager if possible. There is NO points removed for bringing a technical question to the professor by the Project Manager. However be carefull NOT to mingle any personnel issues in these issues, as it will be treated as a team member bringing a personnel issue to the professor. While team members cannot ask technical question of the professor on TEAM deliverables, any team member may ask questions regarding individual deliverables. Note the difference on the calendar. Meetings between team members and the Project Manager with the professor to discuss technical issues are arranged by the Project Manager. These can be done via conference call, chat sessions, email sessions. 3. Team Members NO team member should berate or be disrespectful to other team members. No cursing, using inappropriate words in emails, etc. If you would not say it in the FRONT PAGE of the LOCAL newspaper, or if you would not write it in a letter to your grandmother, DONOT put it in an email. Be Respectful. Issues of beratement or disrespect should be reported to the Project Administrator with a FORMAL email stating "This is a formal complaint regarding....." Warning, these type of formal complaint DOES NOT help get the team to work better together. So be VERY careful to use them ONLY as a last resort. If the Project Administrator warns the offending team member an adequate number of times regarding bad behavior and notifies them that a formal complaint has been made against them. However, it the Project Administrator CANNOT stop the bullying or abuse, he/she should notify the professor. Points will be lost for these offences. Part of your grade is your ability to work as a team.