Review 01 presentations

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First Review

It's almost time for our first review and first set of presentations. Your team will present your plan for March testing to the rest of the class and the staff during Lab on February 28.

This is an opportunity to share information across teams, for the staff to get a sense of where you're at, and provide feedback.

Format

Each team will have 30 minutes to present the following:

  • The current block diagram of the HW, FW, and SW, including any changes you've made from the one developed last year
  • Industrial design for the HW node -- what does it look?
  • A wireframe of the web front-end
  • Your current specifications, including ones not yet set
  • Any results thus far in terms of prototyping & testing
  • A detailed prototyping & testing plan (including milestones & deliverables timeline) between now and the next review (March 20)
    • Describe the different tests in detail, what prototypes you'll use to run those tests, how you'll interpret the results, and who is/are responsibile
    • If you are not ready to start running a particular test on Mar 1, describe your plan& timeline to prototype and test by Mar 20
  • A set of questions that need answering, either from the team, the staff, or the partner. These are the known unknowns, and one role of this first round of testing is to figure out these unknowns.
  • Team roles

Based on last year's experience, occupancy sensing is not trivial. It will take substantial effort to implement, test, and debug this requirement.

The presentation will be followed by up to 30 min of Q&A and discussion. Our goal is to help stress-test your plan so that your next few weeks of prototyping and testing are as fruitful as possible.

Presentation guidelines

  • You'll present from a staff computer, so make sure your presentation is easy to find in your Google Drive folder.

  • Keep to time! We'll be strict. That means, practice practice practice in advance!

  • It's not necessary for each team member to present, but it is also fine to do so.

  • Make the slides informative...and professional.