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How to select the right partners, coaches and students
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How to select the right partners, coaches and students
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Plan initial meetup to define project(s)
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Confirm projects (optional: invoice 50%)
Have an intake with potential coaches
Select coaches
Balance full and half-time
Balance skills (devs, designers, comms, ...)
Balance experience
Have first-timers participate as assistant coaches.
Brief first-time coaches
Availability means being there for key moments, when the team needs a coach. Depending on the size of the team and how hard the project is, a coach can handle one or two teams.
Scope Think a big or complicated web-application — or a medium project with a lot of students with different skills (for example hardware mixed with software or for instance exhaustive research / creativity required).
Size Usually has a lot of students (more than 8 team members)
Coach Needs a full-time coach, or two half-time coaches. This requires a lot of availability. A mini project on the side is possible but not required (for instance an easy website or a very experienced team with a student-coach).
Scope Think a website, maybe with an integration with a fixed design. A project that is well-defined or easy to scope along the way.
Size Minimum three students
Select students (with coaches) based on CV and/or motivational letter
Call the ones you're uncertain of
Coach There is always a coach available to manage the smaller team and the client, but probably won't be occupied the entire time. It is possible that a coach (or two half-time coaches) is managing two small projects at the same time. The coach however, should be available for both teams to coach them whenever they need it — see "".