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Planning Shop Teams

Set up your teams, plan them around skills, and tie them to the stages they run.

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Updating and Planning Teams in Building Swell: A Guide to Team Configuration

Introduction

A team is a group of people who work together on the floor. You will update teams, plan them around the skills each person has, and tie them to the stages they run.


Step-by-Step Guide

Navigating to Teams

  • Go to the "Rules Engine" and click on the "Teams" tab.

Creating a New Team

  • Click on "Add New" in the top left corner.
  • Name the team (e.g., "Welding").
  • Select the shop for the team, like "Headquarters".
  • Set a "Required Through Date" if the team is temporary. If not, leave it blank.
  • Save the newly created team.
Creating a new team

Adding Members to the Team

  • Navigate to the newly created team.
  • To add members, click on the left-pointing arrows.
  • To filter members based on skills, use the skills dropdown (e.g., "Carpenter"). This can help in adding specific members like "Cassandra".
  • To remove an unintended member, use the right-pointing arrow beside their name.
Adding members to a team

Assigning Teams to a Stage

  • Click on "Assign Stage".
  • Choose the appropriate stage (e.g., "Ceiling Set").
  • Save the changes.
Assigning a team to a stage

Assigning Members to Teams (via People)

  • Go to the "People's tab".
  • Click "Edit" next to a member's name.
  • Under "Team", select the desired team (e.g., "Welding").
Assigning a member to a team from the People page

Editing and Archiving Teams

  • To edit the team, click on the "Edit" option.
  • You can modify the team's Leads, its name, and set an expiration date.
  • To archive a team, click the "Archive" button in the top right and confirm. Archived teams will no longer be visible.
Editing and archiving a team

Tips

  • Please look over your teams regularly to make sure they are updated with the right members and skills.
  • Use the skills filter when adding members, so a specialized team gets people who can do the work.
  • Instead of deleting, consider archiving teams for historical reference.

Conclusion

Create teams, change them, and keep them current as the work changes.


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