This project served as a continuation to the Break It Apart project. Our table group was assigned an item that one of us previously disassembled. We were tasked with writing a report and making a presentation on how the object we got functioned, and how we could possibly improve it. Our group worked on a small, portable, LCD projector. Here is what we found.

This project was pretty involved. There were a lot of different parts and tasks that needed to be accomplished in a relatively short of time. That is why I am very grateful for the group I was in, and how we divided the work. Using a GANTT chart, we delegated each role of the project to best optimize our workflow. I was tasked with the Material Analysis, as well as working collaboratively on the Purpose and Hypothesis. The end result was a high amount of collaboration and communication between all group members, and a product we were all happy with.

Something I think I learned from this project, or more specifically presenting our findings, was conciseness. We had to pari down our large report into easily legible and clean presentation. I learned that less is often more when giving large scale presentations. Everything on the presentation should be understood at a baseline level just by looking at the slides, while also being greatly enhanced by oral presentation. It taught the way I will be presenting for the rest of this class, and for the foreseeable future.