IED Class 9, Thurs Feb 16
- Announce project teams.
- Activity 9-1, initial team meetings.
Miniproject presentations, postponed from last Thurs.
Cancelled because RPI closed.
Miniproject competition.
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In the real world, there are hard deadlines. Last Thursday, I submitted and National Science Foundation proposal. It was due at 5pm. Some time ago, I was on a team for a preproposal that was submitted 15 minutes late. It was rejected.
So, my techniques are:
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We will do Activity 4-2 (Establish specs) and then 5-1 MBTI.
The specs will go into the Mini Project Memo to satisfy these lines of the grading rubric:
Customer Requirements Prioritized and with Metrics
We covered activity 4-1 Public Speaking.
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We will cover 01-02-1-Activity Gantt charts and then 03-1 and 03-2.
memo due when?: | Presentation day |
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what to do with this material we're creating?: | |
Put it in the memo. Also give WRF your Gantt charts at the beginning of next class. Later in the semester we will ask how you're doing compared to it. |
2/6: | miniproject competitions |
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2/10: | miniproject presentations and memo |
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This page is http://www.ecse.rpi.edu/Homepages/wrf/Teaching/ied-s2017 .
It will have notes for IED section 6, MR12-2.
It is maintained by W. Randolph Franklin and Glen Gross.
LMS is at https://lms9.rpi.edu/
I showed this news story: Metric mishap caused loss of NASA orbiter. The point is that, on large projects, little details can cause disaster. That is the point of this course: to teach you procedures for managing large projects.
My interest, as an RPI professor, is purely selfish. If you learn this, you have a better chance of getting rich. Then you'll be better able to buy RPI new performing arts centers or whatever.
We covered the material in 01-02-1-Activity up thru Customer Reqs.
For the mousetrap car, are we graded on max distance, or on accuracy for reaching exactly the prescribed distance?: | |
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Both. This is also true for the launcher. E.g., see the Launcher Competition Rules. | |
Where is the miniproject presentation?: | |
The syllabus says in week 4. Each team gives a 4 minute presentation, and both partners must speak. | |
The columns on the Gantt chart say 2008?!: | |
The first column is set by the date of the earliest task. Successive columns count up from that. |