Douglas Clifford
Office: Room 433
phone: 801-389-0942 (cell)
email:
ECEn 490 Business - Web site
http://www.et.byu.edu/groups/ecebuslecweb/
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 4th 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 and paperback versions are available on the internet at Amazon.com. The text is not mandatory, but if you plan on being involved in project management in your career, it is an excellent resource. (By the way, this course is available from MIT for engineering managers in a 5 day format for $7950. You get it for free with your BYU Tuition!!”)
For Winter 2010, all sections of EE 490 will meet together on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 9:00 – 9:50 a.m. in room 256 CB.
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, minutes of project meetings, progress reports, pictures, etc.
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.
· Complete a significant 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 Lectures
These lectures will be focused on the design processes associated with completing the 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 are the management documents that contain the key information needed to complete the design process.
· The team will 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.
· There will be several brief homework assignments that are to be emailed to Brother Clifford.
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.
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.
Winter 2010_Syllabus –All reading assignments are from Ulrich and Eppinger unless noted.
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Date |
Lecture Topic |
Reading Assignment |
Other Assignments |
Addition resources |
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Tues, Jan 5 |
Chapter 1 |
Determine
team membership |
Functional Specification Description |
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Thurs, Jan
7 |
Chapter 3 |
Complete
Team Assignment sheets |
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Tues Jan 12 |
Chapter 2 |
*Teamwork Assignment Sheets
due via email. * Develop
the Body of Facts (BOF) for your project. |
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Thurs. Jan
14 |
Chapter 4 |
Complete
the “customer needs” process and table |
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Tues Jan 19 |
Chapter 5 |
*Team
Website up * Work on
the FSD. *Develop 5
specifications from Cust needs |
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Thurs Jan
21 |
Chapter 6 |
10 concept
fragments for your project next class |
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Tues Jan 26 |
Chapter 7 |
* FSD due * Complete
a scoring matrix for one design concept |
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Thurs Jan
28 |
Class
notes |
* complete
the CG&S doc |
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Tues Feb 2 |
First
Design Reviews |
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Concept
Generation and Selection Doc due |
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Thurs Feb
4 |
Design
Reviews Continued |
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Tues Feb 9 |
Chapter 16 |
Develop
your schedule task list |
Schedule example 1 |
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Thurs Feb
11 |
Chapter 12 |
Project Schedule due |
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Tues Feb 16 |
Monday
Instruction No class |
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Thurs Feb
18 |
Class
notes |
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Tues Feb 23 |
Chapter 15 |
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Thurs Feb
25 |
Product quality Robust Design |
Chapter 11
& 13 |
Develop a
“test plan” for the key product specs in the FSD. |
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Tues Mar 2 |
Class
notes |
Test Plan
due |
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Thurs Mar
4 |
2nd
Design Reviews |
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Tues Mar 9 |
2nd
Design Reviews, Cont |
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Mar 11
—April 13 |
Open for
team meetings, technical instruction, consulting, etc. |
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April 13 |
Final
Reports and presentations, (last day of class) |
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Sample
final reports |
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April 21
Last day of finals |
Finals,
Presentations, Reports |
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Final Reports due (probably
due sooner) |
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