Thursday, November 13, 2014

Project Management

Joe Martin '15
With a new space on campus and a new sponsorship from Exelon, our team expanded our horizons to take on a variety of different tasks. We have the Chump car racer with Virginia Tech, we want to help our fellow middle school robotics team, and we want to partner with more sponsors.

All these ideas are excellent when they are enacted and well run but our team had one big problem, planning.
Mr. Gus Cicala is a Malvern alum who is an expert on all things that have to do with making a company run efficiently. He has written a book on how to use Microsoft Project, which is a project management software that gives any project manager the tools to be successful.

This makes Mr. Cicala the perfect guy for the job when it comes to helping us get organized. Mr. Cicala volunteers around 3 hours of his personal time close to 3 times a month. Since our first meeting, our team has finished one task, making good progress on the Chump Car Racer, and is holding a sponsorship night for all our past members and sponsors. 

There is no doubt in my mind as a 4 year member of the club that this year has the potential to be our most successful year under Mr. Cicala's guidance. Because of him, we are more focused, confident, and in control then ever before and we look forward to a great future.