Proj. Manag.
Project Management
Guidelines for Weekly Progress Reports
Weekly Progress Reports (see sidebar), the Gantt chart, and this Project Management page should be printed out before meetings with the sponsor and instructor.
All team members should be able to explain all items on the progress report.
Place a "*" at the beginning of the title of the active week Progress Report (see * in sidebar).
Project Objectives
Concisely list and prioritize the project objectives and constraints
High Priority Objectives
Improving the efficiency and versatility of the machines
Sending revised specs for machines so people can take these specs and improve their own machines so they can more rapidly prototype products
Second Priority Objectives
Making the model accessible for the needs of various communities.
Other Constraints and Issues
Some plastics have chlorine in them, posing a health hazard when melting these plastics
Not all plastics have enough homogeneity (#2 and #5 are good for this project)
Some plastics can’t be reused after melting them once
WOW Design Solution
Ask what would their dream design solution would be like. You may not achieve this, but it is good to know what it would be like.
Increasing the life cycle of plastic through an accessible federated model that empowers local groups to change the life cycle of plastics using efficient machines. Creating a user friendly model that can be easily replicated and modified for use in any location would help make this more accessible and widespread.
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
All parts need to withstand high temperatures for the injection molded plastics. Researching heat-proof materials and rapid prototyping will help us determine which materials we can use to create the nozzle.
The designs need to be easily replicated so tolerances have to be accounted for. Creating and testing nozzles with different shapes will help us determine which design is the easiest to manufacture and reproduce without any problems.
Intermediate Milestones
Identifying meaningful intermediate milestones is a critical for effective project management. Together with your sponsor identify such milestones, and specify specific performance requirements you aim to meet at each milestone.
Design Nozzle on CAD - create a few different nozzle designs to test and compare ease of manufacturing.
Fabricating Nozzle Prototypes - manufacture nozzles of different shapes and materials to test.
Test Control Systems Performance
Delivery of Machines
Create coupling mechanism between mold and injector