IGEM - Organizing an iGEM team lyrics

Once you have your great idea, you have to make sure the project will be completed before the deadline. So some management sk**s are needed. Here are a few tips from our own experience. We a**igned 1-3 people to each sub-project. People generally perform better when working in small groups and having precise tasks. When you are performing this task for the very first time, have your advisors a**ist you. Once you master a protocol or technique, you can a**ist your teammates. Make sure that everyone has an a**igned responsibility. For instance, in the lab, there should be one person who supervises the cleanliness, another person to take care of the orders. You will also need someone to organize fundraising, a team budget manager, and a person in charge of the dissemination of the project. It is important to have a well organized lab notebook, So that you can keep track of what you have done. Having good documentation enables you to share your protocols and allows others to follow your work and progress. Weekly meetings are important for the team morale. This is where you tell each other your subprojects progress and obstacles, so that the team can work through problems and find solutions collectively. Open science is one of the main pillars of iGEM. Document your work online (for example on a wiki), so that people can easily access and follow the project or give you feedback and advice. Following these tips should help you along the way to iGEM success. We encourage you to experiment with your own team management techniques and to share them with the iGEM community.