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Proposed organizational structure:
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See [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2012/01/organizational-development-2012/ corresponding blog post]
See initial post [http://blog.opensourceecology.org/2012/01/organizational-development-2012/ corresponding blog post]. This line/staff strategy is diversifying as of April 8, 2012 to a strategy of lower reliance on 'career professionals' and higher reliance for those with 'skin in the game' - those who share development risk as on-the-ground developers at volunteer pay with stipend. We are currently willing to privide a $2k/month stipend to Project Managers, while a Project Director would be between $2-5k/month depending on fit to the program.


=Job Description - Intro=
=Job Description - Intro=
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The Projects Director job description is:
The Projects Director job description is:


Role in OSE:
#Technical Recruiter - Recruits Project Managers
*Oversees Project Leaders (or Project Team if the Project Leader is not yet recruited) in development of each of the 50 GVCS technologies
##Maintains recruiting record at [[Teams/XM_Project_Page_Prototype_Recruiting]]
*Oversees creation of and compliance with development procedures and policies with assistance of the Project Leaders  
##Collaborates with [[Extreme Recruiting]] team
**Develops overall development procedure leading to the open source development pipeline
#Oversees Project Leaders (or Project Team if the Project Leader is not yet recruited) in development of each of the 50 GVCS technologies
*Collaborates with Executive director on defining Product Specifications/Design Rationales for each technology
#Oversees creation of and compliance with development procedures, strategies, and policies with assistance of the Project Leaders, approved by ED. This is an emergent process as we develop the methodology.
**This sets the pathway for how a product is design in essence and its adherence to OSE Specifications
#Develops overall development procedure leading to the open source development pipeline
*Determines development strategy in collaboration with Project Leaders
#Collaborates with ED on defining product specifications/design rationales for each technology. This sets the pathway for how a product is designed in essence congruent with OSE Specifications
**This is an emergent process as we develop the methodology
#Oversees development of documentation procedures and quality controls such as logging, blogging, and vlogging of progress on an ongoing basis .The aim of this transparency is to be able to involve a global development effort
*Oversees development of documentation procedure and quality controls such as logging, blogging, and vlogging of progress occurs on an ongoing basis
#Identifies and manages an enterprise-level project management suite in collaboration with ED
**The aim of this transparency is to involve a global development effort
#Recruits subject matter expertise to each project. This is a formal, directed effort of search through strategic recruiting channels. This assists Project #Leaders in completing their projects (see below).
*Identifies and manages an enterprise-level project management suite in collaboration with ED
#Reviews budgets from Project Leaders, and submits to ED for approval on an ongoing basis.
*Rectruits subject matter expertise to each project
#Makes on-site visits to collaborators as needed.
**This is a formal, directed effort of search through strategic recruiting channels
#Keeps a daily log on the wiki. Collaborates with Factor e Farm Documenter in preparing a weekly update vlog/blog.
**This assists project leaders in completing their task
#Communicates assessment of projects and recovery plans in a weekly meeting with Executive Director, or as often as needed.
#Responsible for supervising staff who support the overall development process.


==Project Leader Duties==
The Projects Director is responsible for ensuring that [[Project Leader]] fulfills duties.
*Follows up with CAD and project leaders with commits to the design repository
*Follows up with team members on a regular basis to maintain progress, morale, and rapport with development team
*Blogs on a weekbly basis to provide development updates to the greater community
*Engeages in a weekly strategy/progress meeting with Executive Director
*Creates project budget with Development Team members, and submits budgets to Executive Director for approval.
*Recruits documenters to produce instructionals, master PDFs, Connexions documentation material, and other indispensable documentation
*Makes on-site visits to collaborators as needed
*Assists Factor e Farm Blogger in p reparing consistent project developmetn updates, synthsizing results from all 50 projects.
*Reports directly to Executive Director
*Engages Factor e Farm Director in product testing of GVCS machines
*This person may collaborate directly (independendly of the Exec. Dir) with the Factor e Farm Director in the pursuit of improved design and performance when protoypes need to be tested by Farm staff.
*Maintains an open, daily log of all relevant activity, including links to performance results obtained in field testing. This includes maintaining logs of  expenditure on Financial Transparency wiki pages and communicates assessment of projects and recovery plans in a weekly meeting with Executive Director or as needed.
*This person is responsible for recruiting and supervising both on-site and virtual staff that support the production and testingof protypes.
*This person directly supervises all Project Leaders for each Protype and its completion.
*Collaborates with Factor e Farm Documenter in preparing a weekly update vlog/blog.


=Organizational Mapping=
[[Image:map.jpg]]


*Deliverables (Promises/Work Product)
[[Category:Recruiting]]
**repare and build a workshop for fabrication and prototyping of all GVCS equipment..
**Recruit and hire all production staff in collaboration with each Project Leader.
**Provide (in writing) feedback for change to Founder from observations of OSE operations quarterly.
**Submit written financial accounting of all operations monthly.
**Maintain a presence on the web for production transparency to the public.
 
=Executive Director=
 
The role of the executive director is:
 
*The primary role of this position is to establish best management practices for the entire OSE operations. This person will collaborate with the Founder to evolve written procedures and practices that give structure and guidance to every person and position in the organization.
*This person shall ensure that all financial and fiduciary procedures are . They will oversee the accountant position.
*This person will assist the Founder in designing work roles and procedures for the campus and virtual sites so that production is efficient and on-time for the entire operation.
*This person will assist the Founder in recruiting and may interview candidates in the absence of the Founder. (no hiring, however)
*This person shall assist the Founder in designing and implementing line staff communication and decision making that is consistent with the OSE vision.
*This person will provide assistance to line staff in establishing their internal departmental controls and communications.
*This person will also act as a mentor to the Founder as this organization takes shape.
 
*Responsibility:
**Support the Founder in establishing procedures so that work is efficiently undertaken.
**Provide on-site leadership when the Founder is absent the campus.
**Assist with recruiting.
**Oversee the daily financial transactions and prepare a monthly statement for the Founder.
**Offer conflict resolution advice to the Founder or line staff with their subordinate staff.
 
*Deliverables (Promises/Work Product)
**Produce a clear and concise organizational plan for all OSE personnel and production.
**Establish legal and efficient financial operations in writing that sustain work and maintain morale.
**Provide (in writing) feedback for change to Founder from observations of OSE operations quarterly.
**Manifest a total commitment to ethical character and professional deportment toward all staff and the public.
 
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Latest revision as of 20:42, 8 April 2012

Introduction

Proposed organizational structure:

See initial post corresponding blog post. This line/staff strategy is diversifying as of April 8, 2012 to a strategy of lower reliance on 'career professionals' and higher reliance for those with 'skin in the game' - those who share development risk as on-the-ground developers at volunteer pay with stipend. We are currently willing to privide a $2k/month stipend to Project Managers, while a Project Director would be between $2-5k/month depending on fit to the program.

Job Description - Intro

The Global Village Construction Set (GVCS) is a modular, DIY, low-cost, high-performance platform that allows for the easy fabrication of the 50 different Industrial Machines that it takes to build a small, sustainable civilization with modern comforts. The GVCS is a project of Open Source Ecology (OSE). The goal of OSE is to create an open source economy - an economy that optimizes both production and distribution - while providing environmental regeneration and social justice.

See OSE Enterprise Plan:

Our first step is deployment of the 50 GVCS tools by year end 2012. Our second step is determining whether such a tool set can produce a modern standard of living for a community of Dunbar's number in size – using autochthonous technology. Such a model community would require 2 hours of work per day - facilitating the pursuit of higher purpose in its populace - towards the solution of pressing world issues. The approach revolves around eliminating artificial material scarcity - as a prerequisite for providing people with the type of autonomy that allows the pursuit of mastery, consistent with higher purpose - or Civilization 2.0.

We are a global network of entrepreneurs, engineers, builders, farmers, and supporters. We see that the key to economic democracy lies in distributed productive potential, spread throughout the populace. Our tactical platform revolves around developing an open source product development pipeline – with economic significance that produces distributive enterprise. Key participants in the OSE experiment are an on-site development team at Factor e Farm, OSE's global headquarters. The Factor e Team is expected to grow to 12 full time, executive developers by year-end 2012. These developers are supported by hundreds of remote collaborators, True Fans, and other supporters who contribute to: our wiki, product design, fabrication, testing, documentation, organizational development. and replication of our technology for private use and for enterprise startup. 

Our current challenge is building a team. This team includes executive capacity that blends the power of a learning organization with the paradigm of Open.

We are currently prioritizing the search for a Projects Director (see initial blog post) and Executive Director.

Job Description

The Projects Director job description is:

  1. Technical Recruiter - Recruits Project Managers
    1. Maintains recruiting record at Teams/XM_Project_Page_Prototype_Recruiting
    2. Collaborates with Extreme Recruiting team
  2. Oversees Project Leaders (or Project Team if the Project Leader is not yet recruited) in development of each of the 50 GVCS technologies
  3. Oversees creation of and compliance with development procedures, strategies, and policies with assistance of the Project Leaders, approved by ED. This is an emergent process as we develop the methodology.
  4. Develops overall development procedure leading to the open source development pipeline
  5. Collaborates with ED on defining product specifications/design rationales for each technology. This sets the pathway for how a product is designed in essence congruent with OSE Specifications
  6. Oversees development of documentation procedures and quality controls such as logging, blogging, and vlogging of progress on an ongoing basis .The aim of this transparency is to be able to involve a global development effort
  7. Identifies and manages an enterprise-level project management suite in collaboration with ED
  8. Recruits subject matter expertise to each project. This is a formal, directed effort of search through strategic recruiting channels. This assists Project #Leaders in completing their projects (see below).
  9. Reviews budgets from Project Leaders, and submits to ED for approval on an ongoing basis.
  10. Makes on-site visits to collaborators as needed.
  11. Keeps a daily log on the wiki. Collaborates with Factor e Farm Documenter in preparing a weekly update vlog/blog.
  12. Communicates assessment of projects and recovery plans in a weekly meeting with Executive Director, or as often as needed.
  13. Responsible for supervising staff who support the overall development process.

The Projects Director is responsible for ensuring that Project Leader fulfills duties.

Organizational Mapping

Map.jpg

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