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
Automated injection process
Second Priority Objectives
High accuracy and consistency
Convoy system
Other Constraints and Issues
Packaging and sealing
Pressure gauges having different sizes and geometries
WOW Design Solution
A fully automated workstation that can heat up oil to specific temperature, inject preset-volume of oil accurately into each pressure gauge that were transported by a convoy system. Then the products can be automatically sealed and bagged after oil-filling. The convoy system needs to be able to carry different types of pressure gauges. The ideal solution would include auto-recognition of the size of each pressure gauge, and maybe computer interface.
Risk Reduction Strategy
List areas of risk and strategy that will be used to eliminate risk really in the design process.
Holder - early prototyping
Injection process - contact manufacturers for different component early to confirm their functionality.
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.
Achieve preset injection with some accuracy and consistency
Achieve required accuracy and filling time
Build the convoy system to carry pressure gauges automatically
Calibrating the convoy system so it stops at the correct position for filling