Preliminary Design Review - Presentation

Time/Date/Place: 02:00pm on Th 04/02 in MSEC 101

The preliminary design review is a presentation to convey details of your design and overall progress. The ultimate goal is an honest assessment of all aspects of the project.

General Guidelines:

• 15-18 minutes in length, 20 minutes total with questions;
• all team members are expected to speak;
• order will be teams 5 through 1;
• a TCC computer and projector are available in the room;
• assume your audience is technically knowledgeable, but not aware of the design problem on which you are working;
• dress will be business casual;
• suggested outline:
  1. Title Slide that identifies the project and design team.
  2. Overview Slide that shows the general outline and direction of the presentation.
  3. General Description of the project at a level anyone can understand.
  4. Problem Statement including a summary of initial statement given by the client and how it has changed over time.
  5. Overview of System Design including how overall system functions in terms of its subsystems and interfaces, and design alternatives and choices. A block diagram might be useful here.
  6. Technical Description of Major Subsystems including specifications; design; key components; and supporting material from analysis, simulations or experiments.
  7. Test Plan identifying tests and evaluations that will be done to verify performance.
  8. Project Status including tracking and plans for tasks, schedule and budget.
  9. Problems and Risks honestly identifing all potential problems or risks, and how you plan to deal with them.
  10. Conclusion briefly summarizing presentation with future work (next steps).
  11. Backup Slides with details not appropriate for presentation, but useful as backup or in a handout such as detailed gantt charts, budgets, diagrams, etc.