The Design Brief
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Including How to Organize Your Team and What Job
Roles Must Be Covered
You are the Formula One team commissioned to
design, construct, and race the fastest Formula One
car of the future, powered by new compact CO2
(carbon dioxide gas) power plants. In order to enter
the championship, you must work in a team of at
least three to a maximum of six people, allocating
job roles to the members of your group. Ideally, one
role should be allocated to each person. However,
you may have to double or triple up on your roles
and responsibilities – depending on the number of
people you have available.
The members of your team should cover the following
job roles:
Team Manager (maximum of one person)
This person will be responsible for managing
the team and ensuring that the primary and backup
cars are ready for competition. The team manager
works closely with all members of the team offering
assistance when necessary.
Resources Manager (maximum of one person)
This person organizes time, materials, and
equipment for designing and making the cars and is
also responsible for developing ideas regarding team
marketing (presentation). The resources manager will
need to work with all members to ensure tasks are
progressing on time and offer additional help, if
needed.
Manufacturing
Engineer (maximum of two people)
These people are responsible for advising
team members regarding the manufacture of the car
and the constraints of the machining process.
Manufacturing engineers will need to work with the
design engineers to report and help solve any
problems with the construction of the car.
Design Engineer (maximum of two people)
These people are responsible for the styling
and aerodynamic performance of the car design.
Design engineers will need to work with the
manufacturing engineers to ensure their ideas can be
realized.
Graphic Designer (maximum of one person)
This person will be responsible for
producing the color schemes applied to the vehicle,
including any special sponsorship decals, together
with the final graphic renderings and any additional
team marketing materials. The graphic designer will
need to work with the design engineer (to ensure the
schemes will fit the shape of the vehicle) and with
the resources manager for additional marketing
development.
There are so many tasks that must be mastered in
order to design, manufacture, prepare, and finally
enter a car for racing that teamwork will be vital
to your success. A real F1 team succeeds because all
the people learn to work together and support each
other. Remember, no one person is more important
than another.
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