= Team Structure 2016-2017 Season =

The team itself is broadly split into three teams:
- mechanical,
- control systems, and
- operations.

The leads can be split into 2 categories: "systemic" or "departmental". The "systemic" leads are the Team Captain, Strategy Captain, !Systems/Integration Captain, and the Project Manager. The "departmental" leads include the subteam leads and the subsystem leads.

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== Team Captain - inter-team coordination, ensuring overall team effectiveness ==

'''Responsibility''': overall team effectiveness, ensure all teams interact smoothly/resolves conflicts, team building/esprit de corps, pre/post-season training/skills development, development of team processes, backup for all other Captains.

'''Authority''': final decision on conflicts between captains/sub-teams, Final decision on team processes and organization,

'''Duties''': in cooperation with other captains/leads
- Study best practices of top teams
- Outreach to other teams
- Coordinate other captains and sub-teams
- Develop/enhance, socialize, and document team processes and shared vision
- !Inter/Intra team building to maximize effectiveness
- Maximize value of fall and post-season training
- Backstop all captains


== Project Manager (PM) - planning, scheduling, running build-season ==

'''Responsibility''': overall technical project execution (i.e. construction of the robot): finish robot on schedule with best possible results, track award/application due dates and ensure technical support is provided.

'''Authority''': all technical and systems leads are directly responsible to the Project Manager including reporting status at least weekly, flagging concerns, meeting schedule milestones, and working with PM to resolve schedule and risk issues.

'''Duties''': work with systems and technical leads to develop project schedule w/suitable software such as  !ProjectLibre
- Identifies project milestones and dependencies
- Update/track schedule throughout the build season
- Identify and mitigate risks as early as possible
- Keep leads and rest of team informed of schedule


== !Systems/Integration Captain - how everything fits together, interface specification, test plans/execution

'''Responsibility''': ensures all sub-systems will interface and work together effectively, functional and design requirements.  Arbitrates (not dictates) design decisions between sub-teams when needed (e.g. sensor locations, selections, etc.)

'''Authority''': final decision over all interactions between subsystems

'''Duties''': work with technical leads to ensure sub-systems work together
- Space allocation
- Power budget
- Weight budget
- Cost budget
- Bill of materials management
- !Hardware/Sensor/Software interfaces


== Strategy !Captain/Lead - on field w/drive team, negotiates alliances, scouting, overall strategy planning ==

'''Responsibility''': ensures that the team can deliver an effective strategy at competitions

'''Authority''': at competitions, final decision over game strategy and changes to the state of the robot


== Operations Lead and Deputy(s) ==


== !Software/Control Systems Lead and Deputy ==


== Electrical Lead and Deputy ==


== Mechanical Lead and Deputy - mechanical design of the robot, coordination of build efforts ==

'''Responsibility''': 


=== Mechanical !Subsystem/Component Leads and Deputies ===


=== !Field/Pit/Safety Lead ===


== Drive Team Lead and Deputies ==

'''Responsibility''': control the robot while on the competition field