CPE496-0x Computer Engineering Design II

Spring 2009

Project Title

Project Proposal

Team Members

Place

Date

CPE496 Project Proposal

Grading Sheet

Group 0x: Project Title

  • Project proposal
  • 1. The need/problem statement (5 points)
  • 2. Existing products, papers, and patents (20 points)
  • 2.1. Market research(10 points)
  • 3. Requirements (10 points)
  • 4. Proposed solution (10 points)
  • 4.1. Alternative solutions and trade-off analysis(10 points)
  • 4.2. Innovation (5 points)
  • 4.3. & 4.4. Functional design (10 points)
  • 4.5. Work breakdown (5 points)
  • 4.6. Manufacturability analysis (5 points)
  • 4.7. Health and safety issues(5 points)
  • 5. Budget and cost analysis (5 points)

Total

Notes:

1. Project Definition

Define and briefly describe your project.

1.1. Problem Statement

The project proposal will include a detailed description of the design problem!

What is the problem that you are trying to solve?

2. Survey of existing Solutions

Existing solutions?

Background information about the field. Refer to Appendices C-E.

2.1. Market Research

Evaluate market in the field of your project to determine market segments which are not being served with and appropriate product and which could be profitably served by a new product or a modification of an existing product.

Before initiating the design effort to produce a new product it is imperative to obtain answers to the following questions:

  • Who is the customer?
  • What does the customer really want?
  • What will the customer expect in terms of product support?
  • When will the customer require the product?
  • What is the competition?
  • What is the customer willing to pay per item?
  • What is the potential for related products or services?

In a market oriented approach, engineering is perceived as a key element of a commercial enterprise where the aim is to produce the product demanded by the market at the price the market is willing to pay, with constant emphasis on improving quality and reducing costs.

Design Features Affecting Marketability:

  • Cost
  • Weight
  • Size
  • Safety/Health Factors
  • Ease of Use
  • Speed
  • Ease of Production
  • Durability
  • Repairability
  • Convenience/Social Benefits
  • Reliability
  • Ecology
  • Quality
  • Seasonal Demand

3. Project Requirements

Describe how you created requirements for your project?

  • Discussions with the customer?
  • Market analysis?

Specify exact list of QUANTIFIABLE requirements that can be used as acceptance test.

For example: speed, acceleration, signal to noise ratio, total harmonic distortion, etc.

4. Proposed Design Concept

What solution or approach do you propose?

Is it original?

What is the difference between existing solutions and your proposed design?

The determination of the preferred approach utilizes the results of the evaluation of the candidate approaches against the measures of effectiveness, in conjunction with the near term financial constraints, to define the nature of the next element of the development process. Within the commercial environment, the approach may also be constrained in terms of the eventual cost to the consumer of the product to be developed.

4.1. Alternative approaches

What are alternative approaches in your project?

What other hardware and software solutions can you use?

Compare alternatives and justify value of the proposed approach.

4.2. Project Innovation

What is original and innovative in your approach?

New algorithm? New technology?

4.3. Project Objectives

What do you plan to accomplish?

4.4. Design Strategy

How do you plan to do it?Alternative strategies if the proposed approach fails?

4.5. Work Breakdown

Schedule, Timeline, Milestones.

4.6. Manufacturability Analysis

Evaluate manufacturability of the mass-produced product. Any specific issues and additional costs?

4.7. Health and Safety Issues

Evaluate real or perceived health and safety issues associated with the use of your system.

4.8. Project Management

Group Leader rotation. Reporting.

5. Budget

Expenses, material, etc.

6. Personnel

People, roles.

Appendix A:Project specific deliverables

What are deliverables of your project?

Appendix B:Draft Specification and Requirements

What conditions do you have to satisfy?

Basic features of your product?

Design features affecting marketability.

Detailed itemized list of requirements described in Section 3.

Appendix C:Market Research

Before initiating the design effort, provide answers to the following questions:

  • Who is the customer?
  • What does the customer really want?
  • What will the customer expect in terms of product support?
  • When will the customer require the product?
  • What is the competition?
  • What is the customer willing to pay per item?
  • What is the potential for related products or services?

In a market oriented approach, engineering is perceived as a key element of a commercial enterprise where the aim is to produce the product demanded by the market at the price the market is willing to pay, with constant emphasis on improving the quality and reducing costs.

Appendix D:Patent/Product Search

The results of the patent/product search.

Appendix E:Literature Search

The results of the open literature search (Books, Journals and Conference Papers).

Be carefully with Web references. List URL and the last time the link was successfully accessed.

… Any other appendices you feel are necessary

NOTE: Both written proposal (.DOC) and oral presentation (.PPT) are required.