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For Phase I, the team focused on understanding the problem at hand to create viable solutions. Phase I was considered the 'planning' stage for the rest of the project. The team had to create a project mission statement as well as research products currently on the market in the State of the Art Review. In addition to market research, the team had to understand the needs and specifications of the project from a customer need survey.
Below is a week by week breakdown of the team's progress:
Week of Sep. 29, 2022
The team met this week to:
Create a concept generation table
Finalize concept designs
Finish writing the report
The team met this week to complete the above tasks. The team created a concept generation table and then the team proceed to finalize the concept designs. The team met with advisor Fontaine to go over the concepts that was created.
View the Design Concepts tab for:
Concept Generation & Scoring
View the Market Research tab for:
Customer Survey Results
Week of Sep. 22
The team met this week to:
Create a customer survey
Create a Needs table and metrics table
Create a Gantt Chart
The team met this week to complete the above tasks. The team created a customer survey and brought it to the weekly advisor meeting to receive feedback on the questions before sending it out the following day.
Action Needs to be Completed
Concept generation
Concept Selection (Weekend)
Work on the report, email questions to Fontaine by the end of the weekend (before we do concept selection) by Sunday morning. Finish presentation on Monday (present on Thursday).
Week of Sep. 15, 2022
The team met this week to:
Create a brief State of the Art review of product on the market
~4 items were chosen
The team met and prepared a summary PowerPoint (shown below) on current market products.
View the Market Research tab for
State of the Arts Table
Week of Sep. 8, 2022
The team met this week to:
Create a team name
Decide on functionality of the modules
Research existing products on the market
The team decided to name their team MDO (Modular Desk Organizer), however this name could possibly change later in the process. The team researched existing products on the market and chose aspects of each product that they wanted to include in their future product.
Action items:
Collect pictures, websites, and competitors.
Market size estimate.
Phase I Presentation
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