Meeting Notes 11/28/12

Meeting Type: Advisor Meeting

Attending:

Advisor(s): Dr. Amin

Members: Sondra, Kyle, Greg, Santi, Stuart, Darryl

Excused: None

Action Items

1. Talk to Dr. Clark about change of project scope

Meeting Topics

• Progress report
• Change of scope

Important Notes

• Change of scope is allowed provided we do our absolute best to make it to competition

Transcript (Notes)

• Feedback on our presentation
  • The house of quality stuff was too subjective, the numbers had no real meaning for the advisors
  • Too many details
  • Advises us not to crowd our slides (didn’t say whether ours are crowded?)
• Concern on finishing the project on time
  • Says he really wants us to go to the competition
  • We can reduce the complexity of our goals, but REALLY wants us to enter the competition
  • Will try to attend our advisor meeting tomorrow to see more about where we are
  • Cut down on the scope of the project while still meeting the competition guidelines
• Why we want to change the scope
  • Last year’s was too rushed
  • Team members too specialized, no one could work all of the sub
  • Creating a sub in and of itself is very difficult to do (and maintain quality)
  • Doesn’t know what to tell us about this, REALLY wants us to go to the competition
  • We can attempt to cut down on some of the complexity
  • We should probably come up with a plan of reducing the project complexity, show them what we really believe that we can get done.
  • Focus only on the crucial components
  • Eventually said that we should do what we can while maintaining a high quality
• Biweekly report
  • Using bolts instead of clamps cost us time
  • Funding, expressed concern on the time it cost to make the sponsorship materials
  • Posting to Blackboard
    • We should talk to TAs (Peter and Richard)
• Agreed at the end that our project is probably too much.
• Final presentation during finals week
  • Check finals schedule

Group Notes

Not Available