ENCE 424 Communication for Project Managers
Sample Projects from Other Modeling Classes (to give some ideas)
From ENCE 360 Analysis of Civil Engineering Systems
From ENCE 627 Decision Analysis for Engineering (formerly graduate version of ENCE 425) and from ENCE 667 Project Performance Measurement
| Chemical/Manufacturing Processing, Product Design |
Construction | Finance & Budgeting, IT, Scheduling, Bayes Theorem |
| • Product Design • Photo Voltaic Arrays for House • Chemical Selection for Wastewater Treatment • Bottling Plant Upgrade |
• Real Estate Construction • Pile Optimization • Navy Health Care |
• Project Portfolio Selection • Data Warehousing • Sidewalk & BusStop Design • Water Treatment Plant Upgrade • Bridge Inspection • Oil & Gas Project Selection |
Project Details
Overview
The course project is intended to give students first-hand experience with engineering project management for a chosen topic. There are three phases to this project as in the case of real-world projects.
- In particular, a proposal for the work to be done needs to be generated.
- Second, the actual analysis and data collection needs to be performed.
- And lastly, like real-world projects, there is the reporting and/or presentation stage.
This course project of course differs from real-world ones in that it is not necessary to develop and stick to a budget involving costs. The project will analyze one or more aspects of a real or realistic project that will be selected by the student and approved by the instructor. Students are encouraged to talk with Professor Gabriel about possible topics prior to the proposal deadline. Examples of projects from modeling projects are shown above but the student can choose a non-modeling one if desired. Students will be assigned to a four-person project group with the understanding that all students must contribute significantly on all phases of the project (proposal presentation, final presentation, final report).
Deliverables
- In-Class Project Proposal Presentation, 10 minutes/group, April 13 or 20, 2010
- Presentation and Final Report (at most 14 pages double-spaced, see below for details), May 11, 2010
In Class Proposal Presentation
The proposal is a “contract” in some sense between the project team and the instructor and should be thought out carefully. It will consist of a ten-minute PowerPoint presentation necessarily including the following sections (Note: a paper copy of the presentation is to be given to Dr. Gabriel at the time of the presentation):
- Overview of the project
- Objective of the project
- Description of the course concepts to be used
- Work plan, listing specific work tasks to be performed in support of the project objective, with key dates, for example
a. Task 1: Collect relevant data, March 10-March 15,
b. Task 2: Perform analyses, March 16-March 30, etc.
Note that each project will potentially have distinct tasks along with specific dates by when the work tasks should be completed. - List of possible problems (for example, lack of sufficient data for analysis) and back-up plan in order to perform the project on time.
- Distribution of work between the project team members.
Final Presentation and Final Report
The project team will prepare both a presentation as well as a final report on their chosen project. The presentation will be in class as designated by the schedule on the course website. The preferred presentation format is to use PowerPoint. The project team should make arrangement so that everyone in the audience will have a paper copy of the presentation on which to take notes. The presentation will last approximately 15-20 minutes (the exact time will be determined once the number of project teams is known). At a minimum, the presentation should outline the objectives of the project, the conclusions, and some of the analysis involved. In addition, if desired, the presenters can briefly mention possible follow-up work. Note that it is expected that those students not giving the presentation will have the opportunity to participate in the discussion during and following the presentation.
The final report will consist of approximately at most 14 word-processed pages (double spaced) and will contain the detailed analysis of the project. This report, due in class as discussed above, will consist of the following sections (note: failure to adhere to maximum page limits/section may result in lost points ):
- Overview of the project that was considered (at most 1 page, double spaced)
- Objective of the project (at most 1 page, double spaced)
- Description of the course concepts that were used (at most 1 page, double spaced)
- Major conclusions reached (at most 1 page, double spaced)
- Detailed description of the project including any problems encountered (at most 6 pages, double spaced)
- Description of future extensions of this work (at most 2 pages, double spaced)
- References (at most 1-2 pages, double spaced)
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