DPM: Design Project Management
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Course Calendar

Course Topical Calendar
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
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

Prepare to Interview The Instructor

Course Topical Calendar
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
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

HW - Interview Workshop

2 Wed

10-11:50am

16 Sep 2009

Assigning DPM Students to Projects and Roadmaps for the duration of the quarter

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
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
Course Topical Calendar
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

DPM Classroom Example

DPM R10005 Lessons Learned

DPM R10004 Lessons Learned

DPM R10003 Lessons Learned

DPM R10002 Lessons Learned

DPM R10001 Lessons Learned

09-2139 Bring Your Laptop if you have one Edward Hensel Using Affinity Diagrams to Organize Information from Customers and Stakeholders

HW - Affinity Diagram

Course Topical Calendar
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
4 Mon

10-11:50am

28 Sep 2009

Background Presentation Powerpoint Template to Download

Background Presentations
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
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!

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

Download pdf

09-2139 Edward Hensel Using Objective Trees to Prioritize Information from Customers and Stakeholders HW - Objective Tree
Course Topical Calendar
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
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

Electrical Engineers

Industrial Engineers

ComputerEngineers

Software Engineers

Microelectronic Engineers

Staffing Requirements

Allocating Resources & Initial Project Budget

5 Fri

10:00 - 11:50am

09 Oct 2009

EE Examples

Using QFD and The House of Quality to Correlate the Voice of the Customer to the Voice of the Engineer

HOQ Example for Bicycle

09-2139 Work Closely with your Tech Support People Suggestions for your Project Status Update House of Quality
Course Topical Calendar
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
6 Mon

10-11:50am

12 Oct 2009

Project Status Update Template
Project Status Updates
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
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

Peer Review Forms Due DPM Mentors at Midnight Tonight

6 Wed

10-11:50am

14 Oct 2009

Project Status Update Template
Project Status Updates
Group DPM Mentor
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
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

Peer Review Forms Due DPM Mentors at Midnight Tonight

6 Fri

10-11:50am

16 Oct 2009

Project Status Update Template
Project Status Updates
Group DPM Mentor
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso

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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
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

Peer Review Forms Due to DPM Mentors at Midnight Tonight

Course Topical Calendar -- Fundamentals of Project Management
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
7 Mon

10-11:50am

19 Oct 2009

Project Management Overview

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.


Team Values and Norms

Working Together as a Team

Download the role playing cards and facilitator instructions for use with your own team.

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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
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

DISC Assessment Reading

Course Topical Calendar -- Fundamentals of Project Management
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
8 Mon

10-11:50am

26 Oct 2009

Adapting your leadership style to the team's development stage, and to the personality type of your team members.

09-2139 Edward Hensel

Work Breakdown Structure Overview

Scheduling Tasks Overview

SD Sample 3wk Plan (Letter Size)

SD Sample 3wk Plan (Tabloid Size)

SD Sample 3wk Plan (MS Project format)

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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
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

Dealing with Staff Problems

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

Course Topical Calendar -- Fundamentals of Project Management
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
09-2139 DPM Mentors As assigned by your DPM Mentors As assigned by your DPM Mentors
9 Wed

10-11:50am

04 Nov 2009

Risk Assessment & Mitigation

DFx: Safety in Design and Product Development

09-2139 Edward Hensel

Risk Assessment HW

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
Course Topical Calendar -- Final Project Plan Presentation Agenda
Week Day Topic Location Class Lead Reading Assignment
10 Mon

10-11:50am

09 Nov 2009

Final Project Presentations
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
09-2139 Students Review the Course Deliverables and Grading DPM Presentation Expectations

Peer Review Forms Due to DPM Mentors at Midnight tonight

10 Wed

10-11:50am

11 Nov 2009

Final Project Presentations
Group DPM Mentor
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
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.

10 Fri

10-11:50am

13 Nov 2009

Final Project Presentations
Group DPM Mentor
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso

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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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.

Breakout Meetings
Group DPM Mentor
Assistive Devices Prof. Beth DeBartolo
Process Engineering Prof. John Kaemmerlen
Wireless Command and Control System Mr. Phil Bryan
Low Energy Printing Mr. Gerry Garavuso
Land Vehicle Prof. George Slack
Individual Students and DPM Mentors Individual Students and DPM Mentors

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