One of the core tenants of HARRT is the desire to have everyone on the team feel valued and heard.
Therefore, we developed a model for our team roles that would allow for fluidity in the importance of team roles. Our hierarchy of roles allows us to work as a collaborative unit.
By eliminating power dynamics in the team, we have allowed all team members to maintain a sense of purpose and responsibility towards the success of the project. All of the roles are rotated and allow for all team members to demonstrate their individual leadership abilities.
For the Fall 2021 Semester, the team has decided to use a rotation of various team roles to help facilitate our progress and communication. These roles have various levels of responsibility which is beneficial given the rotating nature that we have established. In the Spring 2022 Semester, we plan to further solidify the following roles as people develop areas they are passionate about pertaining to our project.
Description of Roles and Expectations
Team Role |
Role Expectations |
| Note-Taker | Preps meeting agendas prior to meeting times and be the primary note-taker. |
| Trello Updater | Adds cards to Trello to establish deadlines and creates clear communication of deliverables. |
| Facilitator | Moderates team discussion / keeps the group on task / distributes and assigns work by end of each meeting. |
| Assistant Facilitator | Ensures everyone participates, assists with moderating team meetings keeps the group on task and distributes and assigns work by end of each meeting. |
| Purchasing/Acquisition Manager | Completes purchases through McMaster-Carr and other sites. |
| Budget Person | Keeps track of how much money is being spent and how much we have to spend. |
| Sub-team Reporter | Posts Friday updates on Slack, reports on action items, deliverables, and goals completed for each sub-team. Rotates weekly. |
| Website Manager | Ensures website functionality and link completion. |
| Gantt Charter | Determines a software to use for team organization, monitors the Gantt chart or similar software, and updates as necessary with priorities and dates. |
| Accountability Manager | Ensures that everyone is accountable for the deliverables that they are assigned. |
| Communications/Public Liaison | Converts technical writing and concepts to a medium more palatable to general audiences. |
| Quality Control | Review work contributed by team members and ensure a minimum level of quality is achieved |
| Wild card | Brings lightheartedness to the meetings, keeping motivation high in some way. Encourages all efforts. |
This is the rotation of roles that HARRT is using for the Fall 2021 semester. In the below spreadsheet, the orange represents previous weeks and the yellow indicates the current roles.
