EECS 398, 399: Senior Project I, II

Design Review Meetings

There will be two design review meetings held during the semester. These reviews will be verbal and are not intended to be technical in nature but rather will focus on project planning matters such as the project plan, design specifications, and performance to intended results. These project reviews will be approximately 30 minutes in duration. Each team will sign up for an appointment time — instructions on how to sign up for these meetings will be given later in the semester

Initial Project Review:

The first design review meeting, entitled the Initial Project Review, will be held immediately after the First Oral Status Report. The meeting will consist of a short oral presentation to Prof. Merat and/or Gura. Entire team participation is mandatory. Each team member will present his/her contribution to the project during this meeting and the team must present an Updated Project plan during this review.


You will not have a computer or computer projector for this presentation, but may bring printed materials which can be shared with everyone present. This is called a “lay down” presentation. The content of this presentation shall be the following:


1. Brief description of the project, presented by the project leader including the reason for the project and the approach taken. Approximate time - 3 minutes
   
2. Team responsibilities, presented by each team member. Approximate - 3 minutes
   
3. Discussion of Deliverables, Specs., and/or Functional Requirements presented by the team leader. Approximate time – 4 minutes
   
4. Discussion of the updated project plan, including
   
   • What was planned to happen
     
   • What actually happened
     
   • What problems were encountered and what was done to overcome them (work arounds)
     
   • Are there any problems threatening satisfactory completion of the project.
     
5. This discussion should be lead by the team leader but all should participate. Approximate time - 15 minutes
   
6. Assessment of the likelihood of satisfactory project completion including a description of the verification plan by the team leader, and the team feeling for success. Each team member will be asked to assess each other’s contribution. Approximate time - 5 minutes

Final Project Review:

The second design review meeting, entitled the Final Project Review, will be held immediately after the Second Oral Status Report and will require the same sign up and team participation process as the initial review. It is mandatory that an Updated Project plan be presented at this review because the focus at this time will be:


1. A restatement of the goals, specs, or functional requirements, particularly if they have changed from the Initial Project Review, by the team leader. Approximate time – 4 minutes
   
2. A discussion of any changes to the approach of performing the project by the team leader with appropriate input from all team members. Approximate time – 4 minutes
   
3. A presentation of the project plan with particular attention to any tasks which are behind schedule, revisions to the initial plan, or major problems facing the team. This discussion should be given by the team leader. Approximate time – 10 minutes
   
4. Detailed discussion of the approach to be taken in the verification task showing how project requirements will be proven. Presented by the team leader. Approximate time – 7 minutes
   
5. 5. Team feeling for success of the project. Each team member will be asked to assess each other’s contribution. Approximate time – 5 minutes