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Outline
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Team Project Planning
  • Documentation, Team Building and Project Planning
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Agenda
  • The Team Project
  • Communication and Documentation
    • Drawings
    • Written Communications
    • Oral Communications
  • Preparing Technical Documents
    • Technical Style
    • Lists
    • References and Footnotes
  • Project Planning
    • The Gantt Chart
    • MS Project
      • The PERT Chart
      • Critical Path Analysis
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The Team Project
  • Organize into teams of 2-3
  • Brainstorm project proposals
  • Select a project
  • Follow the “Systematic Design Process”
    • Problem definition
    • Research
    • Generate alternatives
    • Analyze and select solution
    • Test and reevaluate
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Organize for Innovation
  • Teamwork
    • Variety of backgrounds
    • Differing points-of-view
    • Differing skill sets
  • Brainstorming
    • Acceptance of initial ideas – don’t critique
    • Praise innovative ideas
    • Stress quantity
    • Combine ideas
    • Record everything … analyze later
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Communication and the design Process
  • Engineering Drawings
    • Word Graphics
    • Visio
    • CAD
  • Written Documentation
    • Memos
    • Technical Reports
  • Oral Communications
    • Preparation
    • Presentation Materials
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Project Planning
  • The Gantt Chart
    • Tasks
    • Dependencies
    • Duration
    • Resource Requirements
  • MS Project
    • The PERT Chart
    • Critical Path Analysis
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Review
  • The Team Project
  • Communication and Documentation
    • Drawings
    • Written Communications
    • Oral Communications
  • Preparing Technical Documents
    • Technical Style
    • Lists
    • References and Footnotes
  • Project Planning
    • The Gantt Chart
    • MS Project
      • The PERT Chart
      • Critical Path Analysis