Outline

• Lecture: Course kick-off. Ground rules, expectations, and grading. Sign-up for projects. Generating requirements as user stories. Completing status reports (including critical reflection as part of status reports).
• Reading: Reading is here.
• Events: Lecture
• Deliverables: None

Week #2 (01/15/24) - Product Development and design processes

• Lecture: The product development process and engineering design process. Waterfall and Agile development processes. Constraints and engineering standards.
• Reading: Reading is here.
• Events: Lecture
• Deliverables: None

Week #3 (01/22/24) - Project planning, testing, team work, and other

• Lecture: Project planning and project management. Risk analysis and mitigation. The test plan as a design of experiments. Elements of good team work.
• Reading: Reading is here.
• Events: Lecture
• Deliverables: Status report and video demo #1 due Friday by 5pm

Week #4 (01/29/24) - Engineering communication and peer design review

• Lecture: Writing key documents (discussion of templates). Preparing for the design review and final presentation (oral, written, and demo).
• Reading: Reading is here.
• Events: Lecture
• Deliverables: Requirements document due on Friday by 5pm

Week #5 (02/05/24) - Overflow and in-class work day Class meet in CMC 204 for this day only

• Wrap-up of any unfinished topics and then an in-class work day where all groups will meet with the course instructor.
• Reading: Reading is here.
• Events: Lecture and work day
• Deliverables: Status report and video demo #2 due Friday by 5pm

Week #6 (02/12/24) - Peer Design Review day

• Lecture: None (student presentations and participation)
• Reading: None
• Events: Students orally present designs for a peer design review in class.
• Deliverables: Design review presentation in class and design review feedback forms due at the end of the class period.

Week #7 (02/19/24) - Guest lecture #1 - Raytheon

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Jay Schroeder from 11am to 1:45pm
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: Specification document due on Friday by 5pm.

Week #8 (02/26/24) - Guest lecture #2 - Abacode

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Jeremy Rasmussen from 11am to 12:30pm
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: Status report and video demo #3 due Friday by 5pm. Test Plan document due on Friday by 5pm

Week #9 (03/04/24) - Guest lecture #3 - TGH

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Jeremy Sutherland
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: None

Week #10 (03/11/24) - SPRING BREAK

• Lecture: None
• Reading: None
• Events: None
• Deliverables: None

Week #11 (03/18/24) - Prototype (or MVP) demo week

• Lecture: None
• Reading: None
• Events: MVP demonstration and requirements are locked for changes
• Deliverables: Demo by 5pm on Friday. You will need to schedule a 60-minute time slot with Dr. Christensen for this.

Week #12 (03/25/24) - Guest lecture #4 - Raymond James

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Leo Gonzalez
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: None

Week #13 (04/01/24) - Online lecture

• Lecture: Online (see your email)
• Reading: None
• Events: Online lecture
• Deliverables: Status report and video demo #4 due Friday by 5pm.

Week #14 (04/08/24) - Guest lecture #6 - Microsoft

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Brad Lawrence and Chad Hage from 11am to 1:45pm
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: None

Week #15 (04/15/24) - Guest lecture #7 - CAE

• Lecture: Industry guest lecture by Tom McCann from 11am to 1:45pm
• Reading: None
• Events: Guest lecture
• Deliverables: Status report and video demo #5 due Friday by 5pm.

Week #16 (04/22/24) - Final presentation and demonstration

• Lecture: None (student presentations)
• Reading: None
• Events: Final presentation and demonstration by student groups
• Deliverables: Final presentation and demonstration is due. All project deliverables are due on Friday 5pm. See final submission page for description of what is to be submitted. Company presentations and demos can be scheduled for this week.

Week #17 (04/29/24) - Final exam week

• Lecture: None
• Reading: None
• Events: Final exam on Monday, April 29th at 8pm to 10pm
• Deliverables: All company presentations and demos to be completed by the end of this week.

• March 30, 2024 - Move week #13 to online (two videos)
• February 8, 2024 - Scheduled guest talk for weeks #9
• January 26, 2024 - Noted that week #5 class meets in CMC 204 (and not in CIS 1016), scheduled guest talk for week #12
• January 25, 2024 - Noted that week #5 class meets in CIS 1016
• January 25, 2024 - Scheduled guest talks for weeks #7, #8, #14, and #15
• January 1, 2024 - Original document generated.