1.4  Project Management

    The HummingBird project is a large and complicated project.  Consequently, careful project management is essential.  We have divided the management of this project into four areas:  Team Leader, Responsibilities, Meeting Attendance, and Problem Resolution.  Each of these four categories are explained below.

    1.4.1 Team Leader

    The role of team leader carries a tremendous amount of responsibility.  The team leader must schedule meetings, prepare agendas, run presentations, and make sure the team is on track.  Since being team leader is such a large job, we have decided to break the responsibility up among the team members.  We have divided the semester into four segments, based on major milestones.  Each team member has chosen a segment for which they will assume the duties of team leader.  Since we only have three team members, there is an extra time period.  The team leader for this period will chosen in a democratic manner.

           The semester has been divided as follows:

                    Week 1 - 4    :    James Cooper
                    Week 5 - 8    :    Jamie Marconi
                    Week 9 - 12  :    Sam Gerlach
                    Week 13 - 16:    to be decided
     
    1.4.2 Responsibilities

    Team E will meet on a regular basis to divide up duties.  These duties will be split up equally amongst the team.  We will meet as often as deemed necessary.  At these meetings, we will discuss our progress and what needs to be accomplished next.  No single person will be responsible for all of the documentation, coding, etc.  Everyone will get a chance to work on each aspect of the project.  However, this division  may not be completely balanced.  For example, someone may do more coding than documentation, or vice versa.  However, everyone will put in an equal share of time and effort overall.

    1.4.3 Meeting Attendance

    If a team member is unable to attend a scheduled meeting, the other team members should be notified well ahead of time.  This can be done via e-mail, in person, or by phone.  If a team member unnecessarily misses a meeting or is more than fifteen minutes late, a penalty of $1.00 will be assessed.  At the end of the semester, a vote will be taken to decide how to spend the penalty fund.

    1.4.4 Problem Resolution

    If a member of the team feels there is a problem developing, they are encouraged to use open communication to relate this to the other team members.  We would like to catch and resolve problems before they become out of control.  At the end of each meeting, there will be an opportunity to bring up any grievances.  We are a committed team and would like to make this semester go as smooth as possible in a business-like manner.