The Mars Settlement Design Competition is an industry simulation game that both shows and requires use of corporate communication techniques to get the job done. Your disadvantage is that you have an inexperienced staff - but so do all your competitors. Some basic skills you need for accomplishing this task will be taught in your training sessions on Saturday morning, and each training session will provide clues for solving a different part of the problem. You will have to organize your team into a company with appropriate departments and managers. In order for your company to get an effective design, the people in all of your departments must communicate with one another.
Every department influences the work of all the others.
You need to find a balance between efficiency in producing the design and efficiency in communicating by having people doing different things, but with a way to be sure the whole project fits together. Your CEO is a professional manager and does this all the time. Your President, Vice-Presidents, and Department Directors will have to learn this quickly. You will still have plenty of latitude for innovation in your design because the customer wants you to figure out the details that will make it work the best. You will do best if you also have a good presentation.