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Design Project Management

Design Project Management. Design Project Managers Identify tasks Make and update plans Sequence tasks Allocate time Allocate People and Resources Monitor and report progress. Six Steps in Project Planning. Step-I: Identify tasks Step-II: State task objectives and outcomes

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Design Project Management

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  1. Design Project Management • Design Project Managers • Identify tasks • Make and update plans • Sequence tasks • Allocate time • Allocate People and Resources • Monitor and report progress

  2. Six Steps in Project Planning • Step-I: Identify tasks • Step-II: State task objectives and outcomes • Step-III: Estimate time and personnel • Hofstadter’s law: “It always takes longer than you expect even if you take Hofstadter’s law into account”. • Who is involved, and how long it takes

  3. Planning • Step-IV: Develop a sequence for the tasks • Easiest method is a Gantt chart • Step-V: Estimate costs, times, resources • Step-VI: Evaluate and manage Risks

  4. Tasks • What is a Task? (in the context of design project) • An activity that produces a specific result useful to project progress. Do not include • The means of accomplishing tasks. • Tasks unrelated to the project. • Tasks with no specific outcomes or deadlines • Anything that is not clearly defined

  5. Tasks • Not tasks • Arranging a meeting (means) • Having a meeting to discuss concepts (means) • Picking up pizza for the meeting (unrelated to project) • Research shock absorbers (Vague - no specific outcome) • Tasks • Developing pros and cons for 3 concepts • Evaluating and selecting the best concept • Picking up shock absorbers from shop • Creating a list of 3 shock absorber technologies

  6. Tasks • Task clarification activity Information Needed to Complete TASK Clearly Defined Deliverables Means to Accomplish

  7. Project Planning Chart

  8. Master Plan • Every design project has a master plan with the main design process tasks*: • Product Design Specifications • External Search • Internal Search • Concept Evaluation and Selection • Detail Design • Prototyping and Testing • Documentation * You can add “Project Plan” as the first step of the design process

  9. Master Plan • Often some other milestones are added to the master plan • Product Design Specifications • PDS Design Review and Report (1-15-2013) • External Search • Internal Search • Concept Evaluation and Selection • Final Concept Design Review and Report (3-1-2013) • Detail Design • Prototyping and Testing • 1st Prototype test and evaluation (5-1-2011) • Design Review and Prototype Evaluation Review (5-15-2013) • Documentation

  10. Master Plan Gantt Chart

  11. Lower-Level Plans • PDS-related Tasks • Customer identification • Customer interviews • Development of PDS criteria and priorities • Defining engineering specifications (metrics) • Benchmarking and target selection • Developing HoQ • Writing the PDS Report • Reviewing the PDS Report • Modifying PDS Report based on sponsor feedback

  12. PDS Gantt Chart

  13. TASK Lists • Tasks are defined by the team and usually include at least the following 5Ws: • What is the task • Who is going to do it • By When • In What format the results are to be reported • Why

  14. Task Lists • Task list also includes: • How it is done • How it is paid for • Who can assist with the task • Risk Assessment (What if scenarios)

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