Satellites
From an organisational point of view, women++ wants to ensure proper communication flow during deploy(impact). Team satellites are the main point of contact or bridge between the project teams and the women++ core team.
From a role's perspective, the satellite is part of the team in a supporting role by facilitating resources to tackle issues during the program.
As a satellite, you will accompany your assigned team from beginning to end, acquiring an understanding of the different key elements that go into the development of software solutions. Some of these include the different roles within a distributed agile team, the sprint retrospectives, the feedback sessions with the product owner, etc...
You are curious to learn more. You like finding solutions to any problem, without necessarily being the expert in the matter. You are a good communicator and find it easy to deliver key information to different parties. You thrive or wish to have the experience of being part of a dynamic project environment, where every sprint is different :) Communication is one of your strengths or you wish to put it into practice, by being the key link between your assigned team and the core deploy(impact) team.
As a supporting role to a deploy(impact)'s project team, you are welcome to attend all the different workshops held by industry leaders from the sponsoring companies on topics like project management, pitch, or design architecture, to name just a few.
As a team satellite, you are part of your assigned team, however, you do not have to solve the issues or develop the solution. You help spot early when a team needs support and help them get the right mentor/resource available. You are the elongated arm of the women++ organisation, sharing information about your assigned team with the rest of women++ and vice versa. In addition, you are in close contact with each team's satellite, being able to share your experience and support each other with questions that participants might have.
You are the main link between the project team and deploy(impact)'s core team. Most important, you will be key at providing feedback to the teams after each sprint.
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During the program, you are assigned to one project team and will be responsible to review the team's retrospective exercise after every sprint.
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You will analyze the team's retrospective and provide a feedback report with further action points to solve issues during every sprint.
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As part of the feedback report, you will act as the mediator to ensure the issues (external and internal) are being solved. This includes suggesting the right person (women++ core team or mentors) to follow through for issues that need external support to the team.