Solo Techno Park

I decided not to post yesterday because we were in the office and meetings most of the day - which doesn't make for an interesting blog. Today was more of the same.

The most exciting part of the week so far is that we got the Head of Solo Techno Park to sign off on our revised scope of work (SOW)! My sub-team came up with the revised SOW late Friday afternoon. We presented it to our host yesterday and he informally agreed to it. Today we typed it up in the official SOW form and both parties signed the agreement. We've already been working on discovery for our deliverables, but there is something assuring about having the SOW approved and signed off on.

"Solo Technopark is an integrated area that combines information technology and innovation for business and industry needs. It is a Local Public Service Agency which is part of the Regional Work Unit formed to serve the community by providing certain products and/or services on a nonprofit basis. It centers its activities on the principles of efficiency and productivity."

Essentially, STP is a government supported non-profit organization that trains students for work in the manufacturing and industrial sectors. It also has a business incubator to assist new tenants develop, create and market new products. Their goal is to bring benefit to the community through training, job placement and new business development.

My sub-team consists of Aban (from India), Donnacha (from Ireland) and me. Additionally, we have our project assistant/translator Candra and another translator, Bayu, from STP. From the beginning of the work we essentially have three to three and a half weeks to do discovery, revise the original scope of work delivered to us, deliver on what has been agreed upon in the newly approved SOW, present this to the client and finally give a presentation to all the stakeholders involved in CSC for Indonesia 8 (the team I am on).

Our sub-team is acting as consultants to assist STP in further developing their database, recommending best practices for the incubator, reviewing and possibly making suggestions for updates to their training program and providing information on how to find outside financing to assist with incubator projects.

It feels a little overwhelming, but we'll make it!

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