Educaship fellow
Any WorldOpp fellow (hereinafter, the Fellow) is the apprentice who works as a CNM Cyber Project Coordinator and a learner, who is enrolled in the WorldOpp Pipeline.
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Accessibility requirements
- The Fellow shall need to:
- Be ready to be paid through PayPal or Payoneer. The Fellow can also choose some freelance marketplaces, but, in that case, he or she shall be willing to pay their fees and compensate other possible expenses.
- Have an access to the Internet if he or she works remotely.
- Use his or her computing device such as a desktop computer, laptop, and/or smart phone. No software is needed to be installed in order to work on the Project; however, some freelance marketplaces such as Upwork may require to install time-tracking software.
Customer
- Gary Ihar (herein, above, and after, the Customer) is the customer and, currently, product owner of CNM Cyber. That means that he authorizes the work of the Fellow and pays his or her bills.
Financial procedures
To be paid, the Fellow should follow the procedures as follows.
Billing
- The Fellow is expected to bill the Customer. Unless another payment method is agreed on, the Fellow must request the pay through PayPal or Payoneer. The request must include the sum and link to the Billable items report.
Billable items
- The Fellows can be paid for completed Sprints only. That means that any Fellow shall start and finish one Sprint in order to be paid. Those DevOps instruments that the Fellow may produce outside those Sprints that he or she claimed must be bulked as a Miscellaneous Sprint. All the work to be billed for shall be included in the report.
- For any SBI, the report shall include the Sprint version, the number of hours worked, a brief description of work done, the overall completion rate of the SBI after the work, and the challenges that have been discovered during the work and need to be further addressed.
Pay rates
- The Coordinitor's work is paid according to one of two types of rates:
- Hourly rate, which must be negotiated with Customer individually until an WorldOpp incubator has been developed. In order to be paid, any hourly work must be authorized.
- A half of profits from the activities, which are paid by third parties. Third parties are entities different from the Friends Of CNM and the Fellows. For instance, if the Fellow organizes an event, which has generated $60 in sales with $10 of expenses, this Fellow will receive ( $60 - $10 ) * 0.5 = $25. Or, if the Fellow mentors a client for 10 hours on a subject of passing the CNM Cyber Welcome Session and the client pays $10 per hour, the Fellow will receive $10 * 10 * 0.5 = $50.
Weekly basis
- The Fellows are paid on the weekly basis. That means that all the payments are processed on a weekly basis. Any other period must be negotiated and agreed on in advance. Working without billing is considered volunteering, which fits into the CNM IT Project Coordinator's category.
Work authorization
- To be authorized, any work shall meet two requirements:
- Be stated in one of primary backlogs; and
- Not be actively claimed by any other Fellow. To claim the work, the Fellow shall follow the Sprint Zero procedures.
- Only authorized work is budgeted; that means that the Fellow can be paid while only working on the authorized work.
Sprints
In CNM Agile, every CNM Agile Sprint is a project that consists of three project phases:
- Sprint Zero Phase is an endeavor undertaken to prepare and plan for the Shippable Sprint.
- The goal of Shippable Sprint Phase is to create a deliverable that aims to complete, partially or fully, one SBI.
- The last phase, Billable Sprint Phase, is an endeavor undertaken to bill the Customer for a completed work within the whole CNM Agile Sprint. Billing the Customer closes that Sprint.
Unless other duration is agreed on, every CNM Agile Sprint lasts up to one week. Every Sprint must have one or more phases, each of them may consist of several DREPD cycles. During every Sprint, the Fellow must follow the Any time, any phase's guidelines.
Sprint Zero Phase
- In CNM Agile, Sprint Zero Phase (or, simply, Sprint Zero) is a project phase undertaken to prepare and plan for work on a deliverable that addresses one SBI. To prepare and plan, the Fellow must follow the Any time, any phase's guidelines and shall:
- Pick up one unclaimed SBI. The SBIs can be found in three Sprint backlogs, which are requirements', DevOps instruments', and shippable deliverables' backlogs.
- Type the date in the
2-digit-month/2-digit-day/4-digit-year
format name after the text of the SBI that the Fellow picked up. For instance,04/12/2020
would indicate the twelfth of April, 2020. This action would claim the SBI. - If the SBI doesn't contain its wikipage link, link the SBI to the wikipage.
- Go to the discussion page paired with the linked wikipage.
- On that discussion page, add the Sprint Zero version in the
Service-name X0.x
format as a new topic. TheService-name
is the one-word name of one of CNM Cyber's 12 services: Cabin, Cert, Lab, Linkup, Mail, Page, Servers, Social, Venture, Talk, Tube, Wiki. The uppercaseX
should be substituted with the Sprint phase letter and the lowercasex
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint Zero. The concept of Sprint versions is detailed at the Development cycle section. The Sprint phase letter shall be one of six options: A, B, C, D, E, or F. If no Sprint Zero has occurred, the ordinary number shall be substituted with1
. For instance,Cert B0.1
would indicate the first Sprint Zero undertaken to plan one's creation of a user story out of the CNM Cert product epic. - Prior to interviews, conduct preliminary research on the claimed SBI. The Fellow must study any relevant content on CNM Cyber, especially CNM Wiki, and browse the World Wide Web.
- List possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. According to the Any time, any phase requirement, this activity can iterate several times at various points of the Sprint.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the whole Sprint.
- Publish the Sprint Zero version and its link in the Sprint log section of the CNM Cloud Usable wikipage as a part of the next CNM Cyber standup in the
Standup Sprint-Zero-version
format. If no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for the Fellow or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule, contact the Customer and schedule a personal standup. - Participate in a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research.
- Shape the vision of the product epic that is the Sprint deliverable, as well as other plans and estimates based on results of the research.
- Add the Sprint version in the
Sprint Xx.y
format as a new topic on the discussion page paired with the wikipage that serves as a product epic. The uppercaseX
should coincide with the Sprint Zero letter, the lowercasex
should coincide with the Sprint Zero number, and the lowercasey
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint. If no Sprint has occurred, substitute with1
. For instance,Wiki A1.3
would indicate the third Sprint undertaken to plan one's improvement of the CNM Wiki wikipage as the product epic for this service.
Shippable Sprint Phase
- In CNM Agile, Shippable Sprint Phase (or, simply, Shippable Sprint) is a project phase undertaken to create a deliverable that aims to make real, partially or fully, one SBI. To work out an SBI, the Fellow must follow the Any time, any phase's guidelines and shall:
- Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in the Sprint Zero.
- When any new data emerges and/or any changes are needed, get back to the Sprint Zero to update its documentation.
Billable Sprint Phase
- In CNM Agile, Billable Sprint Phase (or, simply, Billable Sprint) is a project phase undertaken to bill the Customer for the work within the whole CNM Agile Sprint. To bill, the Fellow must follow the Any time, any phase's guidelines and shall:
- Publish the Sprint version and its link in the Sprint log section of the CNM Cloud Usable wikipage as a part of the next CNM Cyber roundtable in the
Retrospective Sprint-version
format. If no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for the Fellow or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule, contact the Customer and schedule a personal standup. - Participate in a CNM Cyber roundtable as a part of the Sprint retrospective session.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Mark the completion rate of the SBI after the Sprint Zero date at the end of the SBI. If the just-finished Sprint made the whole SBI 100% real, enter
100%
. - Request the payment from the Customer.
- Publish the Sprint version and its link in the Sprint log section of the CNM Cloud Usable wikipage as a part of the next CNM Cyber roundtable in the
Any time, any phase
- At any time, in any phase, the Fellow must:
- Ask the Customer as many questions as the Fellow needs.
- Conduct the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki unless the work occurred on the shippable deliverables other than CNM Wiki.
- Document all the Fellow's work at the discussion page paired to the wikipage that serves as a product epic for the claimed SBI about the topic that shall reflect the Sprint or Sprint Zero version.
- State the reason why that SBI is no longer attractive to work on after the Sprint Zero or Sprint version if the Fellow decides to no longer work on the claimed Sprint.
- Update the list of SBI stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. Listing and reaching out may occur many times in any sequence. All updates must be indicated in the reports after the SBI text (or user story in SBI Sprints).
Development cycle
In CNM Agile, any target deliverable, its part, or feature, as well as all the other deliverables that need to be developed for the Project, are going to be developed in a few Sprints, which will continue until the particular target deliverable, its part, or feature is completely developed. These Sprints make up the development cycle as follows:
- Product epic Sprints (Sprints A0+) that aim to produce a product epic or a general description of the service or any product such as a software application that supports that service.
- User story Sprints (Sprints B0+) that aim to produce a user story or a specific description of the desired function from the end-user point of view. Product epics may serve as a source for user stories.
- SBI Sprints (Sprints C0+) that aim to produce a Sprint backlog through including user stories as PBIs into a product backlog and grooming that backlog.
- Prototype Sprints (Sprints D0+) that aim to produce a prototype of a future deliverable based on a SBI that is taken out of the Sprint backlog.
- MVP Sprints (Sprints E0+) that aim to produce a minimum viable product (MVP) out of the tested prototype.
- Marketable product Sprints (Sprints F0+) that aim to produce a marketable product as an improved MVP.
Product epic Sprint
- In CNM Agile, product epics are usually wikipages that describe those services and other products that are deliverables of the Project. All the Fellows are encouraged to work as product owners on product epics.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Pick any unclaimed SBI at the Epics to be available sub-section of the requirements' backlog. Any SBI that doesn't have its Sprint version at the end is unclaimed.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint A0.x
format at the end of the SBI text. - Guess what this deliverable, its parts, and features should look like.
- Search for any relevant information in order to know the current state of the deliverable and its development, as well as to test your vision of the deliverable. You may ask questions, browse available sources, and test existing resources.
- List the possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup is not convenient to attend.
- Shape your vision of the deliverable and estimates based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Ax.y
format at the end of the SBI text. - Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in Sprint Zero, if possible. While working, the Fellows cannot bill the Customer for any work outside of CNM Wiki. If one needs to work outside of CNM Wiki, he or she can do so as a volunteer only.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
- Product epic Sprints can be called Sprints A0+ because they are coded as Sprint A0, A1, A2, A3, etc.
User story Sprint
- In CNM Agile and other Agile methodologies, a user story is a brief description of a solution requirement to a desired system that is written from the point of view of a customer or end-user of this system. All the Fellows are encouraged to work as business analysts on user stories.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Pick any unclaimed SBI at the Stories to be available sub-section of the requirements' backlog. Any SBI that doesn't have its Sprint version at the end is unclaimed.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint B0.x
format at the end of the SBI text. - Research the existing service, system, or component related to the claimed SBI and its product epic.
- Identify the differences between the existing service, system, and/or component as it is (i.e. its as-is status) and its product epic (i.e. its to-be status). These differences are problems to be solved in order to develop the deliverable.
- List the possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for you or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule.
- Shape your plan of the Sprint based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Bx.y
format at the end of the SBI text. - Draft your user story or user stories that would reflect problems to be solved in order to develop the target deliverable, its part, or feature. For example,
As a candidate to be the CNM project coordinator, I would like to obtain information about that position. This information shall be sufficient to know what I would do when hired.
- Publish your user story or user stories on the discussion page linked to the deliverable you picked.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
- User story Sprints can be called Sprints B0+ because they are coded as Sprint B0, B1, B2, B3, etc.
SBI Sprint
- In CNM Agile, a Sprint backlog item (SBI) is the requirement, usually, the user story, that is included in the Sprint backlog. Consequently, a Sprint backlog is a collection of those product backlog items (PBIs) that development is funded.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Look for user stories published on the discussion pages of CNM Cyber's deliverables.
- Pick up any found user story.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint C0.x
format at the end of the user story text. - Prior to interviews, conduct preliminary research on the claimed SBI.
- List possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. Listing and reaching out may occur many times in any sequence. When the list is updated, new reaching outs shall take place. This can happen at any point of the Sprint.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for you or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule.
- Shape your vision of the Sprint deliverable and estimates based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Cx.y
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should coincide with the Sprint Zero letter, the lowercasex
should coincide with the Sprint Zero number, and the lowercasey
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint. If no Sprint has occurred, substitute with1
.The Fellow's mark would indicate that the SBI has been claimed. - Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in Sprint Zero, if possible.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki unless the work occurred on the shippable deliverables other than CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
- SBI Sprints can be called Sprints C0+ because they are coded as Sprint C0, C1, C2, C3, etc.
Prototype Sprint
In CNM Agile and other Agile methodologies, a prototype is a partial or preliminary conceptual model of a deliverable developed or to be developed; this model is used as a reference, publicity artifact, or data-gathering tool. The Fellows are invited to execute what they or other product owners defined as to be done. If you choose to do so, you may:
- Select one of the first ten user stories in the primary backlog (scroll up or click here).
- Create a solution that would solve the problem that the selected user story represents. In order to do so, you are welcome to discover what has already been done and what needs to be done, analyze possible solutions, make decisions what they should do in order to solve it, and plan for their actions. Then, they undertaking whatever legal and ethical activities it takes in order to execute their plans and document their findings.
- Deliver the target result, which can be one deliverable of the target deliverables, its feature, or its requirements to the Customer.
- If Gary Ihar invites you to do so,
- Evaluate whether any of user stories published on discussion pages linked to the wikipages of the target deliverables can be moved to the primary backlog.
- Prioritize product backlog items in the primary backlog.
- Start your new Sprint while identifying a new problem to be formulated. If you have no problem in mind, you are welcome to pick another target deliverable up.
- Prototype Sprints can be called Sprints D0+ because they are coded as Sprint D0, D1, D2, D3, etc.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Pick up one unclaimed SBI. The SBIs can be found in three Sprint backlogs, which are requirements', DevOps instruments', and shippable deliverables' backlogs.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint X0.x
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should be substituted with the Sprint phase letter (the concept of Sprint versions is detailed at the Development cycle section) and the lowercasex
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint Zero. If no Sprint Zero has occurred, substitute with1
. - Prior to interviews, conduct preliminary research on the claimed SBI.
- List possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. Listing and reaching out may occur many times in any sequence. When the list is updated, new reaching outs shall take place. This can happen at any point of the Sprint.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for you or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule.
- Shape your vision of the Sprint deliverable and estimates based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Xx.y
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should coincide with the Sprint Zero letter, the lowercasex
should coincide with the Sprint Zero number, and the lowercasey
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint. If no Sprint has occurred, substitute with1
.The Fellow's mark would indicate that the SBI has been claimed. - Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in Sprint Zero, if possible.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki unless the work occurred on the shippable deliverables other than CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
MVP Sprint
- In CNM Agile and other Agile methodologies, a minimum viable product (MVP) is a version of a new marketable that includes sufficient features to satisfy early adopters and allows a team to collect the maximum amount of validated learning about customers with the least effort.
- MVP Sprints can be called Sprints E0+ because they are coded as Sprint E0, E1, E2, E3, etc.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Pick up one unclaimed SBI. The SBIs can be found in three Sprint backlogs, which are requirements', DevOps instruments', and shippable deliverables' backlogs.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint X0.x
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should be substituted with the Sprint phase letter (the concept of Sprint versions is detailed at the Development cycle section) and the lowercasex
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint Zero. If no Sprint Zero has occurred, substitute with1
. - Prior to interviews, conduct preliminary research on the claimed SBI.
- List possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. Listing and reaching out may occur many times in any sequence. When the list is updated, new reaching outs shall take place. This can happen at any point of the Sprint.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for you or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule.
- Shape your vision of the Sprint deliverable and estimates based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Xx.y
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should coincide with the Sprint Zero letter, the lowercasex
should coincide with the Sprint Zero number, and the lowercasey
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint. If no Sprint has occurred, substitute with1
.The Fellow's mark would indicate that the SBI has been claimed. - Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in Sprint Zero, if possible.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki unless the work occurred on the shippable deliverables other than CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
Marketable product Sprint
- In CNM Agile, a marketable product is any marketable that can be sold on the market.
- Marketable product Sprints can be called Sprints F0+ because they are coded as Sprint F0, F1, F2, F3, etc.
- To complete Sprint Zero, the Fellow may:
- Pick up one unclaimed SBI. The SBIs can be found in three Sprint backlogs, which are requirements', DevOps instruments', and shippable deliverables' backlogs.
- Mark the Sprint Zero version in the
Sprint X0.x
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should be substituted with the Sprint phase letter (the concept of Sprint versions is detailed at the Development cycle section) and the lowercasex
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint Zero. If no Sprint Zero has occurred, substitute with1
. - Prior to interviews, conduct preliminary research on the claimed SBI.
- List possible stakeholders and reach out to them to collect their requirements. Listing and reaching out may occur many times in any sequence. When the list is updated, new reaching outs shall take place. This can happen at any point of the Sprint.
- Estimate the work on the claimed SBI and, particularly, suggest what the Fellow is going to do and what completeness of the claimed SBI the Fellow expects at the end of the Sprint.
- Document the plan on the next CNM Cyber standup's wikipage of CNM Wiki.
- Attend a CNM Cyber standup as a part of the research. Contact the Customer and schedule a personal CNM Cyber standup if no standup is scheduled or a scheduled standup's time frame doesn't work for you or doesn't fit the Sprint schedule.
- Shape your vision of the Sprint deliverable and estimates based on results of your search and update the documents.
- To complete Shippable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- Mark the Sprint version in the
Sprint Xx.y
format at the end of the SBI text. The uppercaseX
should coincide with the Sprint Zero letter, the lowercasex
should coincide with the Sprint Zero number, and the lowercasey
should be substituted with the ordinary number of a new Sprint. If no Sprint has occurred, substitute with1
.The Fellow's mark would indicate that the SBI has been claimed. - Work on the claimed SBI according to or close to the plan developed in Sprint Zero, if possible.
- Document the Fellow's work at CNM Wiki unless the work occurred on the shippable deliverables other than CNM Wiki.
- Mark the Sprint version in the
- To complete Billable Sprint, the Fellow may:
- After the Sprint version, publish a brief description of the work done and the link to the fuller report.
- Review your Sprint as a brief Sprint retrospective in the next CNM Cyber standup.
- Report the work at CNM Wiki using the format described in the Billable items section above.
- Request the payment from the Customer.
Recruitment process
Sourcing of potential candidates is an ongoing endeavor, which cannot be limited to the following channels and tools.
Channels
- Freelance marketplaces are the only channel for now; the other channels are yet to be developed. The CNM IT Project Coordinator wikipage may or may not be taken as a starting point.
Legacy announcement
- The following announcement was developed to source the Fellow candidates at freelance marketplaces, but wasn't successful:
IT Project Coordinator (Agile) is needed -- no tech skills are required to start
Do you want to know what exactly you need to do? Do you want to know your tasks? Are you a detail-oriented freelancer willing to do everything accurately, patiently, and on time? Please stop this reading here and do something else. The incumbent of this position will work on various deliverables and perform those tasks that are required in order to deliver those deliverables. And, because no one has done those tasks before, there is no chance to accomplish those unknown yet tasks accurately or on time.
Hey, guys, we need an IT Project Coordinator (Agile) -- no education, no experience is fine, but curiosity, willingness to take risks and make errors, as well as love to document are the musts. Although this role is not just about writing, yes, the incumbent of this role may do some technical writing for the project -- this is an opportunity to learn information technology if one needs to. That also means that no IT skills are required in order to start, but you should be willing to learn on your job.
On-the-job training will be provided through our mentor-to-protege program if you are hired. You will not be hired unless you start asking meaningful questions and, factually, perform as a tester.
The most detailed and up-to-date job description is published at https://wiki.friendsofcnm.org/en/CNM_Cloud_Project_Coordinator (please visit that page).
We have no preference with regard to your schedule of work; at the end of the day, all we need is the developed technology. Technology development is not your task; documenting the technology, organizing team's meetings, as well as hiring and/or managing other developers might be yours. Your upwork contract is a-la-carte -- you should choose what part you would like to work on and establish your tasks. No priorities are established. This project is agile -- when you accomplish one tasks, you should move to some others; correct -- the work you should do most of time may not possibly exist.
No further instructions, particular tasks, nor details would be available unless you or another candidate ask specific questions about what needs to be done and what is available. No one can tell you what your next step should be; vice versa, you can always expect my response whether your proposed actions would be funded. And, of course, you are welcome to ask any number of questions about your job description or expected deliverables.
You are welcome to create your own schedule if you decide that you need one.
Current announcement
- Launch or enhance your IT career today! Apprentices are urgently needed! Neither education nor experience is required to start! Create an account (a.k.a. "register") at opplet.net, click on CNM Cert, enter your login and password, and enroll yourself (a.k.a. "Self-enrollment") into the "Welcome Course." Your login name is not significant; the system will assign you a student alias. Your email is not necessary -- you can leave it blank. Alternatively, you can access this course at cert.cnmcyber.com -- log in and click Site home. Training and other promising employer's services are free of charge.
Onboarding process
- Any training path concentrates on general methodologies in product ownership and project management such as CNM Agile rather than specific instructions. If a candidate is able to use CNM Agile, or any other topic, he or she can skip that part.
- The promising Fellows shall reach three milestones in order to get onboarded:
- Pass the Welcome Session, which is designed to introduce promising Fellows to CNM Cyber and CNM Cloud.
- Get graduated from the CNM Cyber Orientation, which is designed to introduce promising Fellows to career administration, the Career Network Ministry and the Team.
- Start producing deliverables listed in the target deliverables while being enrolled into the CNM Cyber Placement. This training literally places a Fellow candidate in the job. Because of variety of the Fellow's activities, no unified placement training exists. This seminar can be described as an individualized combination of learning and hands-on training, which shall include a deal of guided self-study and experiments.
- When an aspiring candidate is prepared theoretically, he or she is placed on the job as an apprentice first. He or she becomes a protégé and shall be assigned one or more mentors through the mentor-to-protege program. The Fellow is welcome to attend weekly meetings with his or her mentor, which can last up to one hour, and request more time and/or mentors when they are needed.
See also
Frequently asked questions
- The discussion page publishes both frequently asked questions and the answers.