Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 1 Spring Quarter 2003 Engineering H193 Project Notebook & Brainstorming Sketches Week 1 Day 2

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 2 Spring Quarter 2003 Overview Due Today –Signed teamwork agreements –Coupons for course materials –Readings: Chap 1, Sec 1.1, 1.2; Chap 3 from Martin Today’s Topics –Project Notebooks –Brainstorming, Sketches, & Strategy Electronic Journal Topics –How have you matured in the last two quarters? –What evidence of this change exists? –What needs improvement?

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 3 Spring Quarter 2003 Documentation Topic: The Notebook With final report, allows someone to repeat your work -- or avoid your mistakes Serves as legal document for court cases if necessary Serves as a reminder of what was done and how it was done Bring new team member up to speed Helps you prepare needed reports (both written & oral)

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 4 Spring Quarter 2003 Notebook Contents (Everything) BRAINSTORMING IDEAS DESIGN SKETCHES CALCULATIONS DATA COLLECTED GRAPHS OF DATA PHOTOGRAPHS DRAWINGS TEST DESCRIPTIONS PROJECT SCHEDULE BUDGET AND COSTS TEAM MEETING NOTES DECISIONS MADE SOURCE OF INFO REASONS FOR DECISIONS NAME (OR INITIALS) AND DATE ON EVERY ENTRY

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 5 Spring Quarter 2003 Documentation Areas (Sets) Management Set –Project Schedule, Status Assessment Reports, Configuration Management, etc. Requirements Set –Design Problem Statement and Specification, etc. Design Set –Brainstorming Ideas, Architecture, Design Sketches, Calculations, Data Charts & Graphs, Photographs, etc. Implementation Set –Source code, manufacturing drawings, etc. Deployment Set –Release documentation, final report, etc.

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 6 Spring Quarter 2003 Documentation Naming A key process area for maintaining organizational consistency and repeatability Important for ISO certification

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 7 Spring Quarter 2003 Notebook Requirements In a 3-ring binder for this class Table of contents and tabs for major sections (put those in NOW and add/modify as needed – keep it organized from the beginning) Should truly allow someone to repeat your project Must be neat--sketches and drawings on engineering problem paper or grid paper Turned in on last day of class

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 8 Spring Quarter 2003 Notebook Grading ItemPoints Content Ideas4 Decisions4 Sketches4 Meeting Notes4 Scheduling & Budget4 Contacts & References4 Testing Log4 Drafts4 Organization10 Overall Usefulness8 TOTAL50

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 9 Spring Quarter 2003 The Writing Component At the end of the quarter your team will have to submit a final engineering report. Drafts will be written along the way. Read Chapter 6 in Writing as an Engineer (WE) to make sure that your project notebook has sections for all of the things that you will need to refer to as you write your final report.

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 10 Spring Quarter 2003 Brainstorming Ideas and Strategy Documentation

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 11 Spring Quarter 2003 Sketches Of Strategy & Brainstorming Ideas Write or sketch strategy - how your team will attack the problem (multiple scenarios should be considered and ranked because strategy will change with time) Each potential concept should be briefly sketched to capture the idea Sketches to be done on engineering problem paper & put in notebook Initial sketches will likely focus only on a particular feature or idea -- not necessarily a complete robot

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 12 Spring Quarter 2003 Sketch Layout – Engineering Problem Paper Top FrontSide Pictorial Scale Who When Overall Dimensions Notes All on one page Options: 3 Views Pictorial ENG H191 grid paper

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 13 Spring Quarter 2003 Sketches Of Strategy & Brainstorming Ideas For Monday - Week Two Turn in categorized, typed list of ideas Turn in sketches of good concepts for features Turn in a written and/or sketched strategy Turn in sketches of three overall concepts Put a cover sheet on the assignment

Fundamentals of Engineering for Honors - Team Project P. 14 Spring Quarter 2003 Brainstorming, Sketches & Strategy Grading ItemPoints Cover Sheet2 Brainstorming List Organized5 Sketches (3 view, etc)10 Notations / Scale3 Identification Info (draftsperson, date)2 Clarity & Formatting (Neatness)3 Strategy Discussion/Sketches5 TOTAL30