Wesley Paik

Development of an Internal Web Site for Project Tracking, Hardware Validation, Circuit Corporation

Unit 10: [Due Date]

Tasks

[Populate all three areas: tasks, status, and major accomplishments.]

2 pts.

1) List your Task 1 here. [Status]

[Provide the status of the task such as Completed or Ongoing.]

Major accomplishments: 

[Provide a brief statement discussing the most significant work associate with this task.]

2) List your Task 2 here. [Status]

Major accomplishments: 

3) List your Task 3 here. [Status]

Major accomplishments:

Decisions

[This section reveals your efforts made to keep the project on track.]

2 pts.

[List and discuss the major decisions you made this week that helped you accomplish your tasks or that helped you solve problems.]

Problem:    

Solution:  

Problem:  

Solution:  

Learning

[This section must be thoroughly completed, particularly #3. The question is not “did” you do some research this week, but “what” you did. There must be some form of ongoing research in the capstone project.]

4 pts.

1) What helpful feedback did you get in the class (instructor, classmates) and outside the class (user, stakeholder, beneficiary, mentor, expert advisor, others)? What did you learn from this feedback?

[List and discuss any sort of feedback you got this week. Seek feedback every single week, particularly from the stakeholder.]

2) What resources did you use this week (e.g., people, money, equipment, systems, or software)? Did you add new resources? What was your learning?

[List and discuss all resources that you used and how the resources assisted you. Also tell us what new learning there may have been.]

3) What research did you perform this week that was assisting and/or literature based? What is your findings/learning?

[Each week develop a question related to your project/tasks, look for the answer on the Internet for example, provide the URL, etc.]

Research Question:

Source(s):

Answer/Learning:

4) What did you learn this week in general in producing your project?

[What was your most interesting discovery this week?]

Indicators

[This section alerts the instructor and others involved in your project to any problems that are brewing so be detailed enough to explain the matter.] 

2 pts.

1) What went well this week? What didn’t?

Examples:

- This week I was able to accomplish all scheduled tasks successfully.

- This week I got feedback that enabled me to solve some problems.

- This week I was not able to complete Task #3 because . . .

2) How well did you stick to your project schedule?

Examples:

- I performed all scheduled tasks.

- I did not perform Task #3 as listed in the Tasks section. It is therefore ongoing, but it will be concluded next week.

3) How prepared are you to conclude your project in Unit 10 as required in this course?

Examples:

- I am fully prepared at this time to conclude the project according to plan.

- I am beginning to fall behind in project development and there may be some work left to do after close of the course. In that event the stakeholder will oversee the completion of the project outside the scope of TS4990. Reasons for falling behind are as follows:

4) How likely is it that you will need to resort to your contingency plan?

[Using the contingency plan means that you needed to consult with the instructor and the stakeholder on redirecting your project in some major way to perhaps save it from failure. It does not mean using the solutions you identified in your risk assessment.]

Examples:

- Everything is going according to plan.

- Problems have developed and this week I needed to work with the instructor and the stakeholder to redirect my project as follows:

Other

[This section is reserved for any additional comments or offerings that do not fit elsewhere in the tracking grid.] 

0 pts.

[This is a great place to provide examples of your project work along the way and ask for comments and feedback from classmates.]