EE 415 – DESIGN PROJECT  MANAGEMENT       Fall 2002

 

Thursday 3:10 – 5:00 PM  Sloan 175

 

 

Text:  Product Design and Development, Ulrich and Eppinger, McGraw Hill, 1995

 

 

Instructor: R. G. Olsen   EE/ME 131  

phone: 335-4950     e-mail: olsen@eecs.wsu.edu

 

 

Class

Hour #

Topic

Reading Assignment

Notes:

August 29

1 & 2

Introduction to EE415/416

Introduction to TQM

Ch. 11, 12

TQM handout

Homework assignment

September 5

1 & 2

Tour of SEL Mfg. Facility

 

Homework assignment

September 12

1 & 2

Understanding your customer

Tom Shannon (Agilent)

Ch. 4

Handout

 

September 19

1

Team member characteristics, introduction to team problems and communication

Robert Olsen (WSU)

class exercise

Homework assignment

2

Presentations of potential projects, Expressions of project interest

September 26

1

Engineering Economics

Robert Olsen (WSU)

Ch. 13

Homework assignment

2

Project Management

Bill Thompson (AHA)

October 3

1&2

Assignment of projects/teams

First team meetings

Handout

 

October 10

1&2

Team building and characteristics, real world examples of teamwork

Alec Willis (Sandia)

class exercise

Ch. 3, 14

Homework assignment

Corporate culture and ethics

Alec Willis (Sandia)

October 17

1&2

Developing Product Solutions

Rick Pratt (PNNL)  

Ch. 6,7,8

 

October 24

1&2

 

Engineering without complete information and What does engineering have to do with business?

Greg Zetter  (Puget Sound Energy)

Shamish Patel (Puget Sound Energy)

Don Kopczynski (Avista)

 

 

October 30

1

Job search/interviewing

Liz Haviland (Career Services)

 

 

2

Intellectual Property and Employment issues

Nick Staba  (College of Engr.)

 

November 7

1

Power Point for Presentations and Posters

Rich Scott (BCU) 

 

 

2

The Impact of Standards

Don MacArthur  (SEL)

November 14

1

Continuing Education Opportunities

John Thielbahr (Extended Learning)

 

 

2

On Giving Effective Presentations

Dan Ransom (SEL)

November 28

1 & 2

Presentation Practice for one half of students – other half time to work on project

 

 

December 5

1 & 2

Presentation Practice for one half of students – other half time to work on project

 

 

December 9, 10

 

Group Presentations

(Industry Review Team)

 

No class Thursday

 

 

Grading Policy on Back

 

Grading:

 

1.        Class attendance (no more than 1 unexcused absence) 

 

2.        Homework assignments

 

3.        Practice Presentation (weeks of November 28 or December 5)

 

4.        Peer and Mentor Evaluations

 

5.        Ability to work as a team

 

6.        Design Project Proposal – Due Week of December 9

 

7.        Final Presentation of the Design Project Proposal  – Week of December 9

(all members of the group must present part of the work)

 

(A single grade for the Design Project Proposal and presentation will be given to the entire team.  This grade will be based on the completeness, quality and clarity of the Design Project Proposal and presentation. Grades for individual members of the team will be based on the team grade, their presentations as well as attendance, homework and the peer and mentor evaluations.)