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
High Priority Objectives
Identify cause of false triggering
Redesign race
Second Priority Objectives
Prevent warping on the race
Other Constraints and Issues
Time - Prof. Lucas will start testing what we have in May
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.
Recreate Failure Mode - Week 1
Select Design - Week 3
Implement Design - Week 5
Testing Design - Week 7
Refinement - Week 9
Fully Functioning Latch - Week 10