1. Surf Scoter: Electronic Ballast for a Fluorescent Lamp
Post Mortem Review
Wednesday, April 23rd

2. What Worked Well Good attention to detail on documents
Flexible scheduling
Constant meetings during designing and building periods
Good team chemistry

3. What Went Wrong
Hard to find documentation on exact lamp operation power requirements
Started project from scratch in fall
Fell behind schedule
Didn’t order parts until after break
Time spent finding transformer held up entire project
Monotony of testing high voltage project

4. Recommendations Don’t make assumptions on resources
Accessibility of important information
Correct functionality of ordered parts
Don’t do an analog project
Break project into pieces that can be completed independently with tangible results for each