FTWs were brainstormed at the 2007 Citizen Science Toolkit Conference (read Overview of FTWs...).

What features work when forming and supporting a project team?

• articulating goals as clearly as possible
  
• identifying areas where your project can benefit from expertise
• educators?
• evaluators?
• researchers?
• technologists?
• database managers?
  
• bringing in partners early in the process
  

• keeping the project goals at the forefront
• being honest and transparent about your goals
  
• listening to the needs of other partners
• maintaining ongoing communication of needs and goals
  

• providing resources they can't find elsewhere
  
• the means for accessing useful data
• a new network of contacts (other academics, stakeholders)
  
• the prospect of long-term community presence
  
• offering research support
• mini-grants
  
• credits for their undergraduate students who assist
• possibility of lower institutional overhead on shared funding
  
• supporting the education aspects of the project
• help achieve "broader impacts" mandated by research funds
  
• work with scientist-educator liaison
• reinforce the importance of their connection with volunteers
  

• revealing cost/resource boundaries
• guiding practical use of available resources
  
• using an iterative development process for prototype-testing
  

Know of any FTWs for this step?  Soon you will be able to share them through our discussion forum.