| Documentation, Team Building and Project Planning |
| 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 | |||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
Communication and the design Process
| Engineering Drawings | ||
| Word Graphics | ||
| Visio | ||
| CAD | ||
| Written Documentation | ||
| Memos | ||
| Technical Reports | ||
| Oral Communications | ||
| Preparation | ||
| Presentation Materials | ||
| The Gantt Chart | ||
| Tasks | ||
| Dependencies | ||
| Duration | ||
| Resource Requirements | ||
| MS Project | ||
| The PERT Chart | ||
| Critical Path Analysis | ||
| 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 | |||