Business, Operations & FundraisingModule 4 of 14

Sustainability, Documentation & the Business Plan

Great teams outlast their founders. This module covers member recruitment and retention, knowledge documentation, the team business plan, and how the business sub-team supports the whole team at competition.

Sustainability, Documentation & the Business Plan is module 4 of 14 in the Business, Operations & Fundraising guide. It picks up where Budgeting, Finance & Fundraising left off and hands over to The FIRST Impact Award. Its 4 lessons are about 100 minutes of the guide's ~20 hours.

4 lessons~100 min49 lessons in this guide

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In this module

4 lessons

01Recruitment and RetentionLearn how to attract new members and, just as importantly, keep them, building a stable membership base year over year.25 min read

02Documentation and Knowledge TransferCapture what your team knows so it survives graduation, using handbooks, wikis, the team portfolio, and engineering documentation.25 min read

03Writing the Team Business PlanBuild a business plan that defines your team's mission, goals, budget, and sustainability strategy, the document that anchors fundraising and the Impact Award.25 min read

04Business at Competition: Scouting, Strategy, and LogisticsSee how the business sub-team supports the whole team at events through scouting, match strategy, logistics, and award presentations.25 min read

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FRC terms used in Sustainability, Documentation & the Business Plan

ScoutingSystematically collecting data on robots' performance to inform strategy and alliance-selection decisions.

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