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- Individual and Company recognition on TM Forum website and in Community
- Individual and company recognition in published documents
- If required part-take in interviews interviews for both internal TM Forum and industry publications on work of team deliverables
- Quotes in press releases
- Special recognition at Accelerate Action Week events
- Letters of recognition to management
- Access to Team Leaders Group Conference calls
- Team Leader Recognition
What are the responsibilities of a team leader?
The team leader assists is responsible for planning, executing and promoting activities that a project undertakes. At a high level, the team leader is responsible for:
- Ensure project is developed in line with TM Forum IPR policy
- Encourage all participants to take an active role in the project
- Ensure participants have a clear understanding of what they need to complete and when
- Drive the project team for on time delivery
- Lead the design, planning and execution validation activities
- Assist TMF Theme Lead in identify Identify key companies required to position for industry adoption
Specifically, some of the activities required are:
- Point of contact for members wishing to join and participate in the project.
- Set-up and management of team meetings
- Organize any necessary meetings to progress team work (weekly, daily, or ad-hoc as appropriate)
- Assist in planning Plan and executing execute meetings at Accelerate Action Week and any other face-to-face meetings as required.
- Work with TM Forum staff to:
- Define roles within the team and and staffing needs, and to reach commitment on owning team activities for any given sprintstaffing and deliverables.
- Manage escalation activities and organize discussions to address issues related to program members not fulfilling commitments.
- Define and manage team structure and associated modifications
- Assign team responsibilities
- Manage delivery of the agreed roadmap items, specifically as applies to the project and outlined within the charter.
- Monitor progress and manage risks to and recovery of any schedule slippages
- Owner and principal editor for the team charter including oversight of any sub-team charters.
What experience and skills are required for the team leader position?
- Experience of managing collaborative development projects with fixed deadlinesManage team using JIRA and Confluence on weekly calls
- Encourage team members to use the tools provided by TM Forum
- Track record of presenting to stakeholders, ability to understand their requirements and find pragmatic ways to meet their needs
- Strong communications skills – verbal, written and presentation
- An ability to work well with people from diverse backgrounds
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While the amount of actual time will depend on various factors such as experience, if it is a co-leader position and maturity of the given project topic, this role typically requires approximately 5 - 10 hours per work week time committed to the role, namely:
- Including two full-week dedicated attendance at
- Action Weeks, one in Europe, one in the US
- Including attendance at
- bi-weekly Collaboration Program Team Leader coordination one-hour conference call meeting
- Group meetings as deemed necessary to deliver to project charter commitments
- Administrative time as necessary to fulfill responsibilities above
How do I apply to be a team leader?
- Please send an email indicating your interest to [email protected].
Here is the application to become a Team Leader Team-Leader_Application_Template_Ver1-2.docx
Here is the team leader process Team-Project_Leader_Appointment_process_V2.pdf