Project Title
(as descriptive as possible)
Group Members
CPE495-01 Computer Engineering Design I
Electrical and Computer Engineering
The University of Alabama in Huntsville
email: e.mail@uah.edu
The Team
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List all team members, their interests, expertise
and role in the proposed project.
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The Need
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Describe the need or opportunity
Lack of the proposed device/software, or
 New enabling technology that can make existing
devices smaller, lighter, faster, more power efficient,
less obtrusive, better user interface, …
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Who is affected and who will benefit?
Slide title should describe “the need”
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BIG PICTURE
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A picture worth of thousand words that explains the
whole project
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Slide title should be also descriptive, not “big picture”
?
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Marketing Requirements
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Describe (as precisely as possible) marketing
requirements from your sponsor
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If you don’t have a sponsor, provide marketing
requirements by conducting interviews with possible
customers
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Engineering Requirements
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Describe (as precisely as possible) engineering
requirements and associate them with marketing
requirements from previous slide as described in
class and in your textbook
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Survey: Market & Competition
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Describe state of the market
List the main players in the field and
competitors
Compare and contrast value propositions of
each product (high performance, low price,
specific features, etc.)
What is comparative advantage of your product?
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Survey: Existing Projects
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Describe briefly existing research projects
relevant to your research
University, student, and other projects
 For each project describe the relevance
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Survey: Journal Papers
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Describe briefly the most important journal
papers in the field of your project
For each paper describe briefly the main
accomplishments and the relevance to your project
 Provide full reference in IEEE format
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F. Author, S. Author, “Paper Title,” IEEE Trans. on Senior
Design, Vol. 1, No. 1, October 2009, pp. 15-20.
Sources: IEEE Explore, Google Scholar,
Scientific Databases
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Survey: Conference Papers
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Describe briefly the most important conference
papers in the field of your project
For each paper describe briefly the main
accomplishments and the relevance to your project
 Provide full reference in IEEE format
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F. Author, S. Author, “Paper Title,” Proc. 1st Annual Conf.
on Senior Design, October 2009, pp. 950-953.
Sources: IEEE Explore, Google Scholar,
Scientific Databases
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Survey: Patents
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Describe briefly the most important patents in
the field of your project
For each patent describe briefly the main
accomplishments and the relevance to your project
 Provide full reference:
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F. Author, S. Author, Patent Title, Patent Number, October
2009.
Sources: US PTO web site, Google Patent, …
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Proposed approach
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Describe briefly the solution and the proposed
approach
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Innovation
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What is innovative in your approach?
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Alternative approaches
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Describe briefly alternative approaches to
implementation
Compare and analyze alternative approaches
The Engineering Tradeoff Analysis
 Use “The House of Quality” approach as described
in your textbook
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Project Summary
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Slides 3-13 in a single-paragraph summary
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Present the slide but describe it only with one
sentence during presentation (already described)
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System Design: Functional
Decomposition
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Describe the functionality of all system
components as described in class
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Chapter 5 of the Textbook
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System Design: Behavior Model
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Describe system behavior
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Chapter 6 of the Textbook
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Testing
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Describe in detail how do you plan to test the
system
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Chapter 7 of the Textbook
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The Work Breakdown Structure
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Provide a hierarchical breakdown of the tasks
and deliverables
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Chapter 10 of the Textbook
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The Project Timeline
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Gantt Chart
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Network Diagram
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Chapter 10 of the Textbook
Could be a part of Gantt chart
Determine the critical path and its duration
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Cost Estimation
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What hardware, software, services, and other
material do you need for your project?
Itemized price and expenses
 Development effort (Labor) expressed in workerhours
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Deliverables
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Provide deliverables of your project, for
example
hardware,
 software,
 report, etc.
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