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
Focus on elbow movement(up and down)
Focus on his dominant right arm
Make the arm lightweight to avoid causing damage to patient's shoulder
Secondary Priority Objectives
Both left and right arm orthosis
Move circuitry to arm itself instead of on a backpack
Make attaching it simple for the patient's parents
Have a battery life of up to 4 hours, reusable
Other Constraints and Issues
Size of the orthosis is the main constraint
WOW Design Solution
Movement of the elbow in multiple planes
Risk Reduction Strategy
Create a test bed for the orthosis
Simulate patient's arm
Simulate constraint's of his arm
Gain idea of feasible solution
Will reduce danger to patient if the arm is tested before being mounted on the child
Will accurately simulate the desired goal of the project
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.
Research on similar ideas
Create a model for patient's arm
Obtaining parameters/dimensions of patient's abilitiles for design purposes
First Concepts
Prototype
Revisions
Final