EPS@ISEP | The European Project Semester (EPS) at ISEP

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Work plan

Deadlines

  • 2019-02-25 Choose a project proposal and send your choice via email to epsatisep@gmail.com
  • 2019-03-06 Define the Project Backlog (what must be done and key deliverables - every member should preferably participate in every task), Global Sprint Plan, Initial Sprint Plan (which tasks should be included, who does what) and Release Gantt Chart of the project and insert them on the wiki (planning)
  • 2019-03-11 Upload the “black box” System Diagrams & Structural Drafts to the wiki
  • 2019-03-22 Upload the detailed System Schematics & Structural Drawings to the wiki and do the cardboard scale model of the structure
  • 2019-03-27 Upload the List of Materials (what & quantity) to the wiki
  • 2019-04-06 Upload the Interim Report and Presentation to the wiki. The report must contain the the following chapters: Introduction, Project Management, State of the Art, Marketing Plan, Eco-efficiency Measures for Sustainability, Ethical and Deontological Concerns, Proposed Solution and Bibliography. In particular, the Project Management chapter includes the updated project progress register, the sprint report for completed sprints (tasks that were included, statuses, assignees, allocations) and the updated release Gantt chart
  • 2019-04-11 Interim Presentation, Discussion and Peer, Teacher and Supervisor Feedbacks
  • 2019-04-23 Complete the List of Materials (local providers & price, including VAT and transportation) to the wiki
  • 2019-05-30 Upload refined Interim Report (based on Teacher & Supervisor Feedbacks)
  • 2019-06-03 Upload the results of the Functional Tests to the wiki
  • 2019-06-14 Upload the Final Report, Presentation, Video, Paper, Poster and Manual
  • 2019-06-19 Final Presentation, Individual Discussion and Assessment
  • 2019-06-25:
    1. Update the wiki, report, paper with all correction suggestions
    2. Hand in to the EPS coordinator:
      1. a CD with the corrected deliverables (source + PDF) together with all code and drawings produced
      2. a printed copy of the corrected report and poster
  • 2019-06-27:
    1. Hand in the prototype and user manual to the client
    2. Receive the EPS@ISEP certificate
    3. Bring typical food from your country

Project Plan

Define your optimal sprint duration and plan your sprints until project end using Global Sprint Plan Table 1.

Table 1: Global Sprint Plan
Sprint Start Finish
1 07.03.2019 13.03.2019
2 14.03.2019 20.03.2019
3 21.03.2019 27.03.2019
4 28.03.2019 03.04.2019
5 04.04.2019 12.04.2019
6 22.04.2019 30.04.2019
7 02.05.2019 15.05.2019
8 16.05.2019 22.05.2019
9 23.05.2019 29.05.2019
10 30.05.2019 05.06.2019
11 06.06.2019 12.06.2019
12 13.06.2019 19.06.2019
13 20.06.2019 26.06.2019

Build your project backlog, including all relevant tasks/deliverables, using Project Backlog Table 2. Prioritize all backlog items (PBI), keeping higher priority items at the top, and lower priority at the bottom.

Table 2: Project Backlog
PBI Reaserch and Organization Status
A Sprint Plan To do
B Gantt Chart To do
C Technical Research, Literature Review To do
D Market Research, Existing products To do
E Business Plan To do
PBI System Design Status
E Draft & Blackbox To do
F Material/Resource analysis/Selection To do
G Initial Budget Planning To do
PBI Interim Status
H Presentation To do
I Report To do
PBI Detailed Design Status
J Design Developement To do
K Solidworks To do
L Construction Hardware To do
M Construction Software To do
N Material buying To do
O Assembly To do
PBI Testing Status
P Process Testing To do
Q Functional Tests To do
R Design change implimentation To do
PBI Final Status
S Report To do
T Video To do
U Poster To do
W Presentation To do
X Manual To do

Plan each sprint at its beginning (Sprint Planning session) using the Sprint Plan Table 3.

Table 3: Sprint Plan
Sprint Task Responsible Involved Status
1 Sprint Plan 1 Julia team
2 Gantt Chart 3 Julien -
3 Technical Research, Literature Review 1 Julien Ronald,Alex
4 Market Research 1 Eren Maike,Julia
5 Existing products 2 Ronald Julien
6 Business Plan 4 Alex Julia
7 Draft & Blackblox (inititial idea’s) 2 Alex Julien
8 Material/ Resource analysis/ selection 4 Ronald team
9 Initial Budget Planning 2 Julia Maike
12 Presentation 4 Julia team
13 Report 2 Maike Alex
14 Design Developement 4 Julien Alex
1 Solidworks designing 1 Alex -
2 Construct Hardware 3 Ronald Eren
3 Develope Software 1 Eren Ronald
4 Material buying 1 Maike team
5 Assembly 2 Ronald Julien
6 Process Testing 4 Julien team
7 Functional Tests 2 Eren team
8 Design change implementation 4 Eren team
9 Report 2 Eren team
12 Video 4 Maike team
13 Poster 2 Maike Alex
12 Presentation 4 Julia team
13 Manual 2 Alex team

Review each sprint at its end and update each item status on the Progress Register Table 4.

Table 4: Project Progress Register
Sprint PBI Responsible Involved Status
1 Z X and Y X, Y, Z, W Done
2 K Z X, Y, Z, W Done
3 D W, Y and Z X, Y, Z, W Done
4 A Y X, Y, Z, W Done
5 B Z and W X, Y, Z, W In progress
6 E X and W X, Y, Z, W In progress
7 C Y and Z X, Y, Z, W In progress

Identify key project deliverables (when they will be started and completed) and build a release Gantt chart. See Figure 1 for inspiration.

Figure 1: Project Gantt chart

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