| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment |
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| 1 |
Mon
10-11:50am 07 Sep 2009 |
View What to expect from Multi-Disciplinary Senior Design I (MSD1) and II ( MSDII) or Download pdf version How to be Successful in Multi-Disciplinary Senior Design I (MSD1) and II (MSD2) Tour of the 4th floor design center, and resources available for MSD |
09-2139 | Mark Smith |
Read U&E: Ch 1 and Ch 2
Review the Syllabus Review the Course Calendar Review the Institute Policies Review the Project Track Information Review the Project Family Information |
DPM Intro |
| 1 |
Wed
10-11:50am 09 Sep 2009 |
View Introduction to Set Based Concurrent Engineering. or Download pdf version View What to expect from, and how to be successful in Design Project Management (DPM) or Download pdf version |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel |
Review the Historical Project Archives Mechanical Engineering article related to product stewardship |
DPM Essay |
| 1 |
Fri
10:00 - 11:50 am 11 Sep 2009 |
View Introduction to Technology Roadmapping. or Download pdf version |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel |
Review the Course Deliverables and Grading Example of a Preliminary Project Roadmap Engineering Logbook guidelines Review the Proposed Family Roadmaps |
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| 2 |
Mon
10-11:50am 14 Sep 2009 |
Brief review of Challenges facing design teams, and matrix management organization, based on homework submitted last week. Please read the following before class View Workshop on Interviewing Customers, Clients, and Stakeholders or Download pdf version View Identifying Customers and Stakeholders or Download pdf version |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel | Please read the following after class: U&E: Ch. 3 | |||||||||||||
| 2 |
Wed
10-11:50am 16 Sep 2009 |
Assigning DPM Students to Projects and Roadmaps for the duration of the quarter
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09-2139 or other room as desired. | DPM Mentors DPM Mentor Roles and Responsibilities |
Read the article Family-based Project
Approach to Multidisciplinary Senior Design
You can access the Multi-disciplinary Senior Design Project Archives here. |
HW - Background Presentation | ||||||||||||
| 2 |
Fri
10:00 - 11:50am 18 Sep 2009 |
Individual and breakout group work time. Use this time to plan your tasks with the other members of your group. No Formal class meeting today. |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel | U&E: Ch. 4 |
| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 |
Mon
10-11:50am 21 Sep 2009 |
EDGE Quick Start Tutorial Using the Wiki Interface Editing simple text notes Creating links to wiki nodes Creating links to images Creating links to MS Office documents |
09-2139 Bring Your Laptop if you have one | Edward Hensel | View the EDGE Quick Start Tutorial or Download pdf version | EDGE Intro |
| 3 |
Wed
10-11:50am 23 Sep 2009 |
EDGE Subversion and Engineering Document Revision Control Installing Tortoise SVN on your computer Making a Sandbox on your computer Checking out a project to your sandbox Using the Public area of your repository Using the Private area of your repository Creating your own directories Setting file types from tortoise svn Using the revision control history |
09-2139 Bring Your Laptop if you have one | Edward Hensel |
View the EDGE Version Control Tutorial or Download pdf version Review the Structure of Project Organization |
You should be actively working on interviews and background research now. |
| 3 |
Fri
10:00am - 12:00pm 25 Sep 2009 |
Using EDGE and the FACETS Toolkits
How to Participate in an Affinity Diagramming Session Future Topic: How to Create a new Affinity Diagramming Session for your team |
09-2139 Bring Your Laptop if you have one | Edward Hensel | Using Affinity Diagrams to Organize Information from Customers and Stakeholders |
| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment | ||||||||||||
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| 4 |
Mon
10-11:50am 28 Sep 2009 |
Background Presentation Powerpoint Template to Download
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors DPM Mentor Review Forms Due for Monday of Week 5 Breakout Meetings | As assigned by your DPM mentor. |
Your DPM mentor may provide specific tasks for you to
work on, based on your background presentation, and
your progress so far.
Submit your student Peer Review Forms to myCourses Dropboxes no later than Midnight on Wednesday! |
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| 4 |
Wed
10-11:50am 30 Sep 2009 |
No Formal Class Meeting Today. Fall Career Fair is today! | 09-2139 | Edward Hensel | Read the article Family-based Project Approach to Multidisciplinary Senior Design | Set aside two hours in place of this class time to update your web site and publish all information completed to date. | ||||||||||||
| 4 |
Fri
10-11:50am 02 Oct 2009 |
Using Objective Trees to Interpret Affinity Diagram Raw Data | 09-2139 | Edward Hensel | Using Objective Trees to Prioritize Information from Customers and Stakeholders | HW - Objective Tree |
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| 5 |
Mon
10-11:50am 05 Oct 2009 |
Breakout meetings by sub-groups. If you do not meet at this pre-arranged time, please make arrangements for an alternative meeting time with your DPM Mentor.
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09-2139 or other room as desired. | DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM mentor. | Your DPM mentor may provide specific tasks for you to work on, based on your background presentation, and your progress so far. | ||||||||||||
| 5 |
Wed
10-11:50am 07 Oct 2009 |
Team Staffing
Roles of Technical Disciplines Allocating Resources Budgeting the Project |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel | Mechanical Engineers | Staffing Requirements | ||||||||||||
| 5 |
Fri
10:00 - 11:50am 09 Oct 2009 |
09-2139 | Work Closely with your Tech Support People | Suggestions for your Project Status Update | House of Quality |
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| 6 |
Mon
10-11:50am 12 Oct 2009 |
Project
Status Update Template
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors DPM Mentor Review Forms Due for Friday Breakout Meetings |
Suggestions
for your Project Status Update
Review the Course Deliverables and Grading |
Logging Feedback | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Wed
10-11:50am 14 Oct 2009 |
Project
Status Update Template
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors DPM Mentor Review Forms Due for Friday Breakout Meetings |
Suggestions
for your Project Status Update
Review the Course Deliverables and Grading |
Logging Feedback | ||||||||||||||||
| 6 |
Fri
10-11:50am 16 Oct 2009 |
Project
Status Update Template
Meet with your DPM mentor, and get debriefing feedback on your update presentation. Ask them to provide you with detailed feedback and constructive criticism based on your preliminary presentation. Breakout meetings by sub-groups. If you do not meet at this pre-arranged time, please make arrangements for an alternative meeting time with your DPM Mentor.
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors DPM Mentor Review Forms Due for Friday Breakout Meetings |
Suggestions
for your Project Status Update
Review the Course Deliverables and Grading |
Logging Feedback |
| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment | ||||||||||||
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| 7 |
Mon
10-11:50am 19 Oct 2009 |
Personal Leadership Skills Intro Team Dynamics Role Play |
09-2139 |
Edward Hensel
DPM Mentor Review Forms Due to Course Professor at Midnight Wednesday Week 7 |
Read Ch.9 of the Complete Idiot's Guide to Project Management You may need to install the ebrary reader to read the link. Download the role playing cards and facilitator instructions for use with your own team. |
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| 7 |
Wed
10-11:50am 21 Oct 2009 |
Breakout meetings by sub-groups. If you do not meet at this pre-arranged time, please make arrangements for an alternative meeting time with your DPM Mentor.
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | ||||||||||||
| 7 |
Fri
10-11:50am 23 Oct 2009 |
Situational Leadership and Tuckman's Theory of Team Dynamics | 09-2139 | Edward Hensel | MBTI Reading |
| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment | ||||||||||||
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| 8 |
Mon
10-11:50am 26 Oct 2009 |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel |
Work Breakdown Structure Overview SD Sample 3wk Plan (Letter Size) |
Work Breakdown Structure HW | |||||||||||||
| 8 |
Wed
10-11:50am 28 Oct 2009 |
Breakout meetings by sub-groups. If you do not meet at this pre-arranged time, please make arrangements for an alternative meeting time with your DPM Mentor.
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | ||||||||||||
| 8 |
Fri
10:00 - 11:50am 30 Oct 2009 |
Conducting Effective Meetings | 09-2139 | Edward Hensel |
Sample Agenda for a Generic PDCA Meeting (MS Word format) Sample Agenda for a Needs Assessment Meeting (MS Word format) Sample Agenda for a Concept Development Meeting (MS Word format) Sample Agenda for a Feasibility Assessment Meeting (MS Word format) |
Develop an agenda for the first meeting with your team |
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| 9 |
Mon
10-11:50am 02 Nov 2009 |
Breakout meetings by sub-groups. If you do not meet at this pre-arranged time, please make arrangements for an alternative meeting time with your DPM Mentor.
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09-2139 | DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | ||||||||||||
| 9 |
Wed
10-11:50am 04 Nov 2009 |
09-2139 | Edward Hensel | |||||||||||||||
| 9 |
Fri
06 Nov 2009 |
Attend relevant senior design review meetings of projects currently under way, as assigned by your DPM Mentor |
09-2139 | DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors | As assigned by your DPM Mentors |
| Week | Day | Topic | Location | Class Lead | Reading | Assignment | ||||||||||||
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| 10 |
Mon
10-11:50am 09 Nov 2009 |
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09-2139 | Students | Review the Course Deliverables and Grading | DPM Presentation Expectations | ||||||||||||
| 10 |
Wed
10-11:50am 11 Nov 2009 |
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09-2139 | Students | Review the Course Deliverables and Grading |
DPM
Presentation Expectations
Peer Review Forms Due to DPM Mentors at midnight tonight There were some questions in class on Wednesday about the correct forms to use for the final peer review. The links presented here are correct. I am not sure why there is confusion. If you see inconsistent instructions elsewhere regarding the peer reviews, please let me know. |
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| 10 |
Fri
10-11:50am 13 Nov 2009 |
Second Hour: Project Overview & Marketing Demo marketing video - not to exceed 2 minutes per project, no sound, no copyrighted material allowed! |
09-2139 | Individual Students and DPM Mentors | Review the Course Deliverables and Grading |
Marketing Video
Peer Review Forms Due to DPM Mentors at Midnight tonight There were some questions in class on Wednesday about the correct forms to use for the final peer review. The links presented here are correct. I am not sure why there is confusion. If you see inconsistent instructions elsewhere regarding the peer reviews, please let me know. |
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| 11 |
Room TBD Monday 16 Nov 2009 8:00 am - 10:00 am |
Please arrange a time for your roadmap team to meet with your DPM Mentor AFTER your final presentation and BEFORE the end of finals week. You should request feedback on your final presentation, and final suggestions for your future preparations.
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