Club Project Management

Project organization for loosely coupled organizations is always a challenge, so it is worth some thought on how best to manage projects within the club. Presently I am most attracted to the successful DARPA model. (check out their site) Their ideas distilled down to the scale of our club look like this. Project management and organization is structured around the project manager. To become a project manager, you propose a project to the club leadership or to the club as a whole. If there is enough interest and the project is deemed feasible, the club approves the project. Then the project manager is turned loose to recruit his or her team. Resources are raise by the team or are made available from club sources. Project progress is reported to the club and this team stays together for the duration of the project This approach provides ownership and responsibility and does not create a whole lot of bureaucracy. Please comment on this structure or better yet suggest a project that you would like to lead. Projects may be anything from research,to analysis, to home or lab projects.