Hi! Welcome to the start of our blog series! We are Team 7 for the IPPD program, and we will be working with Fanatics, Inc for the Fall and Spring Semesters. In this blog series, we will document our experiences on this journey of innovation and discovery. Our team name is FAST, and it stands for Fanatics Apparel Search Tool.

As the first week comes to an end, we are happy to share some of the fun moments with our team. It was uplifting to know that every single one of the five members was given their 1st choice project because it shows that we are all very passionate and committed to this project. Getting to know each other and working together during this week’s lecture, also gave a great outlook on how well we will communicate throughout this project. We also worked on a Scope of Work (SoW) document in which we all worked individually and then compiled the best responses to form a unified SoW. This unified SoW helped us to understand the project on a deeper level and it sparked some really interesting questions.

We are looking forward to meeting with both our coach and liaison next week to help clarify our questions, and to learn more about the project’s deadlines and requirements.

If you wish to know more about our individual team members, make sure you visit our Meet This Team tab for more information!