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Intellectual Property Considerations
Following the completion of a successful final product, we will assign ownership of the product to our customer and sponsor, Marcos Esterman, for continued refinement of the project in future iterations of MSD.Team Setup
Role | Name | Major | Description |
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Project Manager | Caleb Wheelock | IE | Maintains documents, ensures team meets objectives, and coordinates scheduling and risk management |
Facilitator | Melissa Grace Valdez | BME | Coordinate peer evaluations, ensure adequate cooperation between team members, and maintain efficiency |
Communications | Thomas Kraemer | ME | POC between team, guide, customer, and design review attendees |
Systems Engineer/Purchasing | Jacky Ren | EE | Design & innovate existing sensor system. Purchase materials & reduce cost |
Lead Engineer | Keshab Bhattarai | ME | Tracking Engineering Requirements. Interface requirements between sub-systems |
Lead Technician | Armand Laury | CE | Maintain EDGE and SVN |
Team Values and Norms
Project Plans & Schedules
Problem Definition Phase Schedule
A working document of the schedule can be found here.
Risk Assessment and Growth Curves
Purpose
- Facilitate anticipation, avoidance, abatement and accommodation of problems.
- Assess team process capability to drive risk importance total to zero by project end.
The working document for risk management can be found here
Other Team Resources
An outline of the team's change management system can be found below:
The working document for change management can be found here.
Your team may have other resource requirements. With your customer and guide, your team should identify:
- Planned meeting space (default is MSD Design Center)
- Planned build & test space (e.g., Design Center, EE Senior Design Lab, CE Projects Lab, ME Machine Shop, Brinkman Lab, other faculty lab on campus, onsite at customer location, etc.)
- Any RIT or customer safety training required to use
the space.
- RIT Training may include, for example: lab/studio safety, fire safety, laser safety, hazardous waste management, radiation safety, gas cylinder training, shop safety
- Full list of available RIT courses is available here. If you have an external customer, they may require additional training.
Meeting Minutes, Notes, & Actions
Peer Reviews
Purpose
Provide feedback that enables improvements in effectiveness and efficiency of individuals and the whole team.Problem Definition Phase Peer Review
The working document for this phase of peer evaluations can be found here.
Systems Level Design Peer Review
The working document for this phase of peer evaluations can be found here.
Peer Review Trends
The working document for this phase of peer evaluations can be found here.
Communication
Customer Information
- Dr. Marcos Esterman
- Preferred method of contact
- Email: mxeeie@rit.edu
- In Person: Office
- Frequency: Weekly meetings Thursday 4pm in MSD main area or as needed
- Preferred method of contact
Team to Customer Communication
- Communications Lead: Thomas Kraemer
- Email: txk6268@rit.edu
- Expectations:
- All team members will be included on all emails with the customer
Internal Communication
- Methods
- GroupMe
- Expectations for when to include Guide
- The guide will be included on every email with the customer.
- The guide will be sent weekly progress updates as well as completion of any specific task.
- Expectations for internal team emails
- All group members will be included on all emails regarding the project. Same goes for messaging via GroupMe.
Project Reviews
Gate review materials can be found here: Gate ReviewsHome | Planning & Execution | Imagine RIT
Problem Definition | Systems Design | Preliminary Detailed Design | Detailed Design
Build & Test Prep | Subsystem Build & Test | Integrated System Build & Test | Customer Handoff & Final Project Documentation