1. 1 Welcome to EE490: Senior Capstone Winter 2007 Schedule: MW 2:00-5:00, CEB 229

2. 2 Administrative Issues Instructor: Claudio TALARICO Office location: Computer & Engineering Bldg., Rm. 336 Office hours: MTWR 11:00-12:00, and by appointment Phone: (509) 359-4780 e-mail: ctalarico@ewu.edu ctalarico@ewu.edu Class URL: http://www.ewu.edu/x30360.xmlhttp://www.ewu.edu/x30360.xml Blackboard: http://blackboard.ewu.edu/http://blackboard.ewu.edu/ follow the link …

3. 3 References 1.C. S. Park, Fundamentals of Engineering Economics, Prentice-Hall, 2003 2.D. Packard, The HP Way. How Bill and I Built Our Company, HarperCollins, 1995 3.Harvard Business Essentials, Managing Projects Large and Small, Harvard Business School Press, 2004 4.L. J. Brooks, Business and Professional Ethics, 4/e, Thomson, 2006 5.P. Mornell, Hiring Smart, Ten Speed Press, 1998 6.M. A. Maidique, R. H Hayes, The Art of High Technology Management, Sloan Management Review, vol.25, no.2, 1984, pp. 17-29. 7. G. A. Moore, Crossing the Chasm, HarperCollins, 2002

4. 4 Grading 20% assignments 15% midterm 25% project reports and documentation 15% final project presentation 25% final project product Late work will NOT be accepted ! ALL assignments must be handed in !

5. 5 Grading

6. 6 Tips to do well in this course Galileo Galilei: “You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself.”

7. 7 Course Overview … Project management Team work Professional Presentations Resumes and Interview Process Ethics High Tech. Business Organization Basic Concepts of Engineering Economics