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
Minimal bone footprint (small drill hole diameter)
Maximize pullout strength
Second Priority Objectives
Temperature analysis
predict how barb will deploy based on temperature
Ease of deployment
Product lifetime
Other Constraints and Issues
Material (nitinol, peek)
Work for variety of bone qualities
WOW Design Solution
Winged anchor composed of Peek (radiolucent material), and is competitive against existing anchors on the market.
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
5-10x scale prototype (3d printed)
CAD and FEA
Proof of concept test
Do not consider deploying method (yet). Test post-deployed structure.
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 - confident in design
Prototype (3d print) and proof of concept (test with styrofoam)
Simulated bone and cadaver testing
Optimistic: predict how barb will deploy based on temperature