HERO-LC+Midsemester+Report

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BACKGROUND
Your team received an RFP, you responded with a proposal; you won the bid. Now it is time to prepare a progress report for your customer. The contractual agreement calls for progressive payments to your team based on work completed. Your assignment is to prepare a report that succinctly summarizes the completed and current work so that appropriate payment can be made.

REPORT CONTENT
A status report is more than just a statement of where you are on the Gantt chart. In addition, it presents a “state-of-project” message that includes information about what was accomplished, how it was accomplished, what special issues (if any) that were encountered and how they were resolved. It is your assessment of how the work is proceeding. If changes to the original project plan were necessary, these should be presented and explained. Be forthright in your statements, be positive in tone, but do not attempt to hide problems. Lists of “things-gone-right” and “things-gone-wrong” are very persuasive in a progress report especially when the first list is much longer than the second. The report should close with a brief statement of the remaining work. You have written a successful report when the reader concludes that (all things considered) the project is on-track.

REPORT STRUCTURE
There is no set structure or outline for the report other than the fact that it should have an opening, a body and a closing. Choose the outline that best suits your message. A cover page and a simple table of contents (1-page) should be included, but appendices and references should not. Assume that a letter of transmittal is unnecessary for this exercise, BUT a one or two page executive summary IS necessary.

REQUIREMENTS
1) Exclusive of the cover page, the table of contents and the executive summary, the report should not exceed 10 pages. 2) The report is due, Wednesday, 04/18/12.

=To Do=

SolidWorks Parts Kinematic Analysis Structural Analysis

=Structure- Example 1=

Executive Summary- summarizes progress, changes, current status Background- same as proposal? about robots Developed design Summarized constraints and criteria Sub-system Detail
 * re define project goals
 * explain purpose and design of sub systems
 * changes from initial design
 * general and sub systems

Slides are way more detailed solid works renderings explanation of physics through pictures trajectory calculations circuit diagrams

Administrative Tasks- completed/ yet to be completed proposal draft/final mid semester draft/final final draft/final oral reports

Technical tasks- same + unresolved challenges

Early Cost Analysis

=Structure- Example 2=


 * 1) Executive Summary
 * 2) Table of Contents
 * 3) Introduction
 * 4) since proposal, changes have been made...
 * 5) Components Breakdown & Budget
 * 6) budget strategy
 * 7) for each sub sysem
 * 8) Progress Changes and Major Decisions
 * 9) each sub system and pics, renderings, equations, calculation software screenshots
 * 10) Conclusions and Moving forward
 * 11) future decisions

Presentation
 * 1) outline
 * 2) main changes
 * 3) component decisions made
 * 4) each subsystem
 * 5) charts and graphs related to physical concepts
 * 6) analysis tools
 * 7) budget
 * 8) future progress and decisions
 * 9) why we will be successful