August 27th, 2022

Fall 2022 Term Goals

• Competition is approaching quickly and we need to start picking up the pace

• Aggressive competition goal for this term - hard push

  • every subsystem must be functional by end of term (first build for autonomy, tested and functional comms, moving drivetrain and arm, working science system)

• Communication goals

  • weekly leads meetings - communication will be key to keep things moving!

  • meetings must have purpose and be concise - largescale group meetings will be capped at 30min for updates, technical discussions will be scheduled separately

• Team culture goal

  • In-person work sessions for each sub-teams at least once a week

  • update the website

Subteam Recruitment Goals

• Which subteams are looking to take on more members?

• Overloading recruitment can be a burden so we should be a bit more careful with recruitment - fall term will bring in a lot of 1A students

  • Science looking for new members, firmware also needs more members

  • Business is open to new members (grey zone)

PM Tool

• UW Robotics - Project Management Timeline (F2022-S2023)

  • PM emails for edit access

• This tool will be managed by team leads to track every active task the team is working on

• With proper implementation, PM timeline would dictate task assignment and work distribution for each week (offload from subteam leads at weekly leads meetings)

• For more clarification, we are aiming to get all subsystems to an M1 build minimum by end of term

• Team leads to meet with subteam leads individually to discuss sheet before term starts

• Feedback open and appreciated

SDC Showcase

• Recruitment event for the team - what are we working on?

  • Sep 7, 2022 in E5-E7 in the bay, 3pm-5pm

• Showcase Goals:

  • Clean bay!

  • Mechanically assembled subsystems

  • Check with Logan and Orson for attendance

• Preparation

  • Competition background and information

  • What are we currently working on ? What is next?

  • What are we mainly recruiting for? What would a new member be working on?

Action Items for Next Week

• General team meeting format - figure out how to establish useful and fun team meetings to foster team culture - to revisit ideas for this next week

• meet with subteam leads regarding spreadsheet