ECEN 490 Project Management Lectures

Winter 2008

Instructor:

Douglas Clifford

Office:  Room 437 Clyde Building, Hours Tuesday and Thursday  9-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m.

phone: 801-389-0942 (cell)

           

email: dmcranch@byu.edu

ECEn 490 Business - Web site

http://www.ee.byu.edu/ee/srprojects/business/

 

Text

The text that has been used for the last few years is, "Product Design and Development, Karl T. Ulrich and Steven D. Eppinger, McGraw - Hill Inc.  We are using the 3rd edition this year.  The text is also used for the Mechanical Engineering Capstone Program and has a lot of valuable resource material for project management.  It can be purchased in the bookstore in the ME section and I understand that paperback versions are available on the internet.  The text is not mandatory, but if you plan on being involved in project management in your career, it is an excellent resource.

 

For Winter 2008, all sections of EE 490 will meet together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 12:00 – 12:50 p.m. in room 256 Clyde Building.   

 

Overview

ECEn 490 integrates a challenging senior design project with a simulation of an industrial workplace environment.

The students will learn a structured design methodology similar to what most engineers use in the actual workplace.

The students will work in teams, and each team will be responsible for defining, scheduling, completing, and documenting their project. 

Each project is expected to develop a website to communicate the progress of their project.  This website should contain the latest versions of the project control documents, and progress reports.

Grades will be based on the results of 1. The team performance, 2. The actual execution of the project, 3. The quality of the project documentation, and 4. Written and oral presentations.  There will be four written documents associated with the class plus three oral presentations.  These are to be done as a team, and the team will be graded as a group.

 

Class Objectives

Complete a substantial design project and learn new technical skills.

Learn to use a structured design process to take your design from concept to final prototype.

Learn to function as part of an engineering team.

Learn and practice written and oral communication and presentation skills.

Work in a design environment with real-world design constraints.

Have fun!!

 

Project Management Class Content

·        Project Management Lectures

The lectures will be focused on the design processes associated with completing a Senior Project. We will have several types of projects represented in the class. The lectures are intended to parallel the actual technology development that will be taking place during the semester, but may not align exactly with each project.

·        Homework assignments

Most of the homework assignments will focus on the delivery of key information needed to complete the design process.

·        Produce three control documents and a Final Report; namely,

o       A Functional Specification for your project,

o       A Concept Generation & Selection Document, (CG&S)

o       and Project Plan/Schedule.

A few brief written assignments and possible quiz on the class materials

 

Recent Postings

 

Class instruction and follow-up notes can be found in the Downloads  section of the website.  Look there for up-to-date information and instruction.

 

I have added the letter to the team leaders highlighting their responsibilities. 

If you would like to see an example of a CG&S Document that scored a “5” look in wetnet_concept.

 

Electronic copies of the lectures and course handouts may be obtained on the website.   Current information that is available is highlighted below.  Click on the links below for access.

Downloads

 

Winter 2008_Schedule  –All reading assignments are from Ulrich and Eppinger unless noted.

Date 

Lecture Topic

Reading Assignment

Other Assignments

Addition resources

Tues, Jan 8

Introduction to the Class

Chapter 1

Determine team membership

Functional Specification Description

FSD example 1

 

Thurs, Jan 10

Working in teams

Chapter 3

 

 

Tues Jan 15

Development Processes and Organizations

Chapter 2

*Teamwork Assignment Sheets due via email.

*Team Website up

Introduction of in-class exercise.

Thurs. Jan 17

Capturing the voice of the Customer

Chapter 4

 

FSD example 2

Tues Jan 22

Establishing Product Specifications

Chapter 5

Turn in the 5 critical product specifications for your project.

Concept Generation and Selection Doc Description

Example 1

Example 2

Wetnet Example

Thurs Jan 24

Importance early concept generation

Chapter 6

10 concept fragments for your project next class

 

Tues Jan 29

Concept Selection

Chapter 7

Functional Specification Document due

Matrix CG&S doc

Thurs Jan 31

Effective Presentation

Class notes

 

Scoring sheet for 1st design review

Tues Feb 5

First Design Reviews

 

 

 

Thurs Feb 7

First Design Reviews Continued

 

Concept Generation and Selection Doc due

 

Tues Feb 12

Project Scheduling

Chapter 16

 

Schedule example 1

Example 2, Example 3

Thurs Feb 14

Prototyping

Chapter 12

Submit a copy of your schedule task list

 

Thurs Feb 21

Manage your boss

Class notes

Project Schedule due

 

Tues

Feb 26

Business Economics

Chapter 15

 

Spreadsheet example

Homework example

Thurs Feb 28

Product quality  Robust Design

Chapter 11 & 13

 

 

Tues

Mar 4

Paradox of Choice

Class notes

 

 

Tues Mar 11

2nd Design Reviews

 

 

 

Thurs Mar 13

2nd Design Reviews-cont

 

 

 

Mar 18-April 15

Open for team meetings, technical instruction, consulting, etc.

 

 

 

Tues April 15

Final Reports and presentations, (last day of class)

 

 

Sample final reports

Final report 1

Final report 2

April 18-23

Finals, Presentations, Reports

 

Final Reports due