ECE361
Engineering Practice
Design Review Prep
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Design Process Assures Design
will meet Requirements
Stage 1 – Problem
Definition & Potential
Solutions
Stage 2 – Design
Stage 3 – Verification
Requirements
Specification
Brainstorming
Trades
Preliminary
Design
Requirements
vs. Capabilities
Detailed
Design Review
Implementation
Testing
Reporting
This process is part of what
we call Systems Engineering
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Deliver = $$$
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Design Review Overview
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Purpose: To inform instructors of your design
– Instructors should understand your strategy,
implementation, and concept of operation
– Important/critical details should be explained
– Identify risk areas
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Audience: Instructors, considered knowledgeable
in the problem but not your implementation
– Expect questions and critiques
– Your secrets are safe with us
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Suggested Design Review
Content
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Team introduction
Problem overview
Strategy and implementation overview
Contents: include information necessary to
describe your approach and implementation
– Subsystem/function enumeration
– Sketches are preferred (scanned is fine), but
appropriate detail must be included
Team assignments
Not necessarily one slide
Status and risks
per topic on this page, and
other topics may be
Future plans/tasks
required/appropriate
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Team Activity
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Prepare for Project Design Review
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PowerPoint presentation – 15 minutes allocated
per team including instructor questions
Given Session 12 in class
Each team will present alone, perhaps to
audience of faculty
Random order of presentation (attend only your
presentation)
Presentation should be practiced, team selects
presenters
Before presentation, slides should be sent via
email to instructor
Each team member should be prepared to
discuss their portion of the design
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ECE 361 Assignments
TEAM ASSIGNMENT - Prepare Project Design Review Package
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Project Design Reviews held 10,11 October by
appointment
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Submit softcopy of PowerPoint package to instructor by
Sunday evening, 9 October
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