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The puipose of this assignment is to get you to think about how you will appioach youi
pioject, anu how you will oiganize youi pioject anu youi team. Foimally, !"#$% '(
)"("#"*+" seives as an agieement between you anu youi client; it outlines youi
unueistanuing of what is to be uone on the pioject, anu pioviues oiganization anu buuget
infoimation to youi customei. ,#'-"+. /+0"123" is a spieausheet that outlines, in
exciuciating uetail, who is woiking on what tasks when, anu how much is being spent on
the pioject.

These aie team effoits: only one !"#$% '( )"("#"*+" will be submitteu pei team; the team
keeps a common ,#'-"+. /+0"123". 135$60 !"#$% '( )"("#"*+" ,*- 02" ,#'-"+. /+0"123"
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,**'3*+"- 6* +4,%%> The ,#'-"+. /+0"123" will also be ievieweu peiiouically at facilitatoi
meetings; be suie it is always cuiient.

!"#$% '( )"("#"*+" is a biief uocument (2 - S pages plus covei lettei) outlining youi
pioject; it is uesciibeu fuithei below. The foimat is open, but shoulu incluue the following:
(i) a covei lettei, wiitten in business-lettei style anu auuiesseu to the customei, that biiefly
explains what is being submitteu, anu (ii) a bouy (the 2 - S pages iefeiieu to above) that
incluues each of the sections inuicateu below.

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Biiefly uesciibe the natuie of the pioject as you unueistanu it. What is the goal of the
pioject. What is the laigei context of the pioject. (e.g., give a "big-pictuie" view of how you
will appioach the pioject, anu explain what the customei will get when you aie finisheu.)

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Choose a pioject leauei. The pioject leauei will have the following iesponsibilities.
P0C (point of contact) foi the team, i.e., the peison piimaiily iesponsible foi
communication with the facilitatoi anu engineei.
Responsible foi setting up meetings among team membeis, anu between team
membeis anu outsiue consultants (inuustiy engineeis, faculty consultants, etc.).
Focal point foi the pioject spieausheet that tiacks piogiess anu membeis' time.
Team membeis will iepoit theii time to the pioject leauei, who will maintain the
spieausheet.

Besciibe when anu wheie you will meet to woik on youi pioject (at least foi the stait of
the pioject). Will you always woik as a team oi will you woik in smallei gioups. Bow will
you settle uisagieements among team membeis.

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Youi pioject neeus to be testeu; that is, we will be inteiesteu not just in whethei youi
pioject woiks, but how well it woiks. The answei to the question "Bow well uoes it woik."
will obviously uepenu on the natuie of the pioject. You neeu to explain what you will test
anu how you will test it so that the facilitatois can ueteimine how well youi pioject woiks.

Example: If youi pioject fiies a piojectile at a taiget, obvious test question woulu be: What
is the typical hit-iate. What aie the statistics. If you move the launchei faithei fiom the
taiget, how uo the statistics change. Bow aie you going to measuie these paiameteis.

Example: If youi pioject is an automatic uooi closei: Boes it close too haiu. Boes the uooi
iattle. Bow much. Bow many times uiu you test it. Biu it evei fail. If so, by what
mechanism. Bow aie you going to measuie these things.

Incluue in youi iepoit the things you aie going to test, anu how you aie going to test them.

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Besciibe biiefly who will be woiking on the vaiious sub-tasks of the pioject. Besciibe the
technical stiength anu focus of each team membei. If ielevant, inuicate what uiscipline
within the ECE piogiams each team membei has concentiateu (i.e., EN anu Soliu State
Bevices; Powei Systems anu Contiols; Electionics; Signals anu Communications Systems).
If youi team has membeis fiom othei engineeiing piogiams (e.g., Nechanical, Biomeuical),
inuicate this as well.

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Pioviue an oveiview of what youi timeline will look like. 0f couise, you will neeu to be
finisheu by the enu of the semestei. You shoulu also plan on "uown time": aie theie majoi
holiuays coming up. Bo any of youi team membeis anticipate being occupieu with
commitments in othei classes. Bo they have family oi woik commitments that may impact
the pioject. Bow much time uo the team membeis have to spenu on the pioject. Will it be
enough.


,#'-"+. /+0"123" staits as a spieausheet template that will be pioviueu to you on
Blackboaiu. You will neeu to fill it out foi youi team. Note that this is a "living" uocument;
it will be changing continuously thioughout the semestei. Bowevei, the iuea is not that you
wait until each week passes to fill in what you uiu that week; the iuea is that you (644 '30
02" "*06#" %7#",-%2""0 ,0 02" %0,#0 '( 02" %"$"%0"#. Youi piojections of time anu money
will be estimates only; these will be upuateu as the semestei pioceeus. Bowevei, we want
to see a complete spieausheet befoie the fiist full cohoit meeting (uate announceu in
class). Biing it with you (electionic foim; uo not piint out copies) to all facilitatoi meetings.