1. CSC Senior Design Center
Senior Design Projects
Fall 2016
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
Nick Freeman, Christa Cody, Stefan O’Neil, TAs

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

3. Director of Engagement &
Mr. Ken Tate
Director of Engagement &
External Relations

4. Why Teams, Anyway??!!
Team Exercise

5. 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

6. Sponsor Meeting Prep

7. Sponsor Meeting Preparation
System Requirements
Dr. Sarah Heckman

8. Team Meetings
Guided By An Agenda
Purposeful
Recorded Using Minutes

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

10. 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

11. 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

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

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

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

15. Sponsor Meeting Preparation Cont.
Time With Advisors