WHAT IS A CHAIR OR CO-CHAIR OF A PROJECT?
A Chair or Co-Chair is an essential member of a collaborative project team. This individual or group of individuals is responsible for planning, executing, and promoting a project's activities.
A project may also have several team leaders who lead on particular deliverables.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF CHAIRING/CO-CHAIRING?
As a Chair/Co-Chair, you and your organization will be seen as an industry leader, with the following particular benefits:
- Individual and company recognition on TM Forum website and in the Community
- Individual and company recognition in published documents
- If required, part-take in interviews for both internal TM Forum and industry publications on team deliverables
- Quotes in press releases
- Special recognition at Accelerate events
- Letters of recognition to management
- Access to Chair/Co-Chair Conference calls
WHAT ARE THE RESPONSIBILITIES OF A CHAIR/CO-CHAIR?
The Chair/Co-Chair assists in planning, executing, and promoting activities that a project undertakes. At a high level, the Chair/Co-Chair is responsible for:
- Ensure the 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 of validation activities
- Assist TMF Theme Lead in identifying key companies required for industry adoption
Specifically, some activities required are:
- Organize any necessary meetings to progress teamwork (weekly, daily, or ad-hoc as appropriate)
- Assist in planning and executing meetings at Accelerate and any other face-to-face meetings as required
- Work with TM Forum staff to:
- Define roles within the team and reach commitment on owning team activities for any given sprint
- Manage escalation activities and organize discussions to address issues related to program members not fulfilling commitments
- Assign team responsibilities
- Manage the delivery of the agreed roadmap items, specifically as applies to the project and are outlined within the charter
What are the responsibilities of a team leader?
The team leader assists 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 key companies required for industry adoption
Specifically, some activities required are:
- Organize any necessary meetings to progress team work (weekly, daily, or ad-hoc as appropriate)
- Assist in planning and executing meetings at Action Week and any other face-to-face meetings as required
- Work with TM Forum staff to:
- Define roles within the team and reach commitment on owning team activities for any given sprint
- Manage escalation activities and organize discussions to address issues related to program members not fulfilling commitments
- Assign team responsibilities
- Manage delivery of the agreed roadmap items, specifically as applies to the project and outlined within the charter
WHAT EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS ARE REQUIRED FOR THE CHAIR/CO-CHAIR POSITION?
- Experience in managing collaborative development projects with fixed deadlines
- Manage 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
HOW DO I APPLY TO BE A CHAIR/CO-CHAIR?