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
Create a actuation device that can be self contained within a biological organism
Lengthening of 20 mm in at most 2 weeks (~2 mm/day)
Second Priority Objectives
Easy to use for medical professionals (easy to set)
Non-motor actuation
Actual application of device on rabbits
Other Constraints and Issues
Heating
Material is bio-compatible
Limiting strain on nerves
Slipping
WOW Design Solution
Wireless Actuation
Wireless powered (i.e. wireless charging)
Works for different nerve injuries
Continuous strain instead of incremental strain increase
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
Making sure the actuation works
Wireless
Fine strain control
Testing alternatives to the motor
Shape memory alloy
Piezoactutor
Analysis on heat generated
Material encasing
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.
Read through documents sponsor sent us
Go through lab safety manuals
Brainstorm different design ideas and come up with a list of pros and cons
Conduct a feasibility analysis on designs
Meet with prior capstone team to discuss their progress on the project