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
Completely automated grinding and brewing system
Users fill water reservoir, bean hopper, press a button and walk away
Integrate a Burr grinder into the system
Detailed BOM with complete assembly instructions
Ready-to-print/cut files if needed
Easy to clean
Second Priority Objectives
Swappable Brewing Canisters
Easy to assemble
Other Constraints and Issues
Limited-run production (kit style)
Assembly instructions
Water heated to below boiling
WOW Design Solution
A fully automated self cleaning french press machine that will employ volume, concentration, and timer control to vary coffee amount, strength, and add the functionality to set it to automatically make coffee int he morning.
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
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.