Senior Design II paper
Administrative Content Milestone Discussion
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Administrative Content
The milestones are a crucial part of this project. The milestones present the goals so that the team can complete the project on time. The milestones allow the group to collaborate efficiently while staying focused on the tasks at hand. The group recognized that it was important to have a well-organized schedule that can be referred to throughout the development of the project. Because of that observation, the team has developed two schedules; one for Senior Design I and one for Senior Design II. The Senior Design I schedule focuses on the planning and design of the project. It allows all group members to prepare for collaborative decisions, research, design, and project costs. The Senior Design II schedule focuses on the assembly and testing of the project. It is important to note that the design work during Senior Design I (Spring 2012) is tentative; therefore, it is subject to change between the completion of Senior Design I and Senior Design II (Summer 2012) semesters. However, this initial design will be followed as planned and described unless additional testing or more efficient methods are discovered during the building phase of the project.
The first step of Senior Design I is to brainstorm various ideas for the project. The brainstorming also considers the plausibility, cost, and difficulty of those projects. After the group has many ideas on the table, the team may proceed to the final selection of the project. The final selection process should take several days due to the amount of work that it involves. As the research develops, different brainstorming factors described above, some project ideas may be eliminated. After the project decision is made, it is necessary to split up the different sections for research. The research for the selected project takes a minimum of one month to complete. Particularly with a complex project like this one, the research can be a long process. While research is being conducted, the group makes writing the information down a priority. The information that the group finds for each part, process, and its cost is written down for its use in this cumulative report. Once all group members feel that the research is finished, project design shall commence. Although a preliminary design has been developed, the team is still watching its cost and difficulty. All group members now have a better understanding of the concepts the project requires. The research conducted allows all group members to have references that they can look back on should questions or conflicts arise. Table 22 illustrates the milestones this team will accomplish during Senior Design I:
Table : Senior Design I Milestones Senior Design II is the building phase for the prototype. The preliminary design was completed in Senior Design One. The design for this project is likely to change throughout the building stages of the project. The team’s major milestones for building the project are divided into four major parts, or systems. These parts and systems consist of the PCB, the headphones, the GUI, and the RF triangulation. Table 23 illustrates the milestones this team is planning on accomplishing during Senior Design II. The first step that is required for the build process is to have a group discussion that details how work will be divided up. Since the group already broke up the pieces of the project in Senior Design I, the group can start the building process immediately. The biggest issue that has been foreseen in the building process concerns the parts. Although the chosen parts did not have any lead time, there is always the off chance that manufacturers will run out of parts. The schematic needs to be checked more than once before ordering the PCB. The reason is that if there is something wrong with the schematic, the team will lose time when reordering the PCB.
Table : Senior Design II Milestones
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