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Week 1
| Date | Time Spent | Task | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01-Sep | 2 | 1st Class | Brainstorm Project Ideas |
| 02-Sep | 2 | Wiki & Research | Explored how Wiki works and looked up what Amazon Prime air is |
| 04-Sep | 2 | Group Meeting | Discussed our topic and research tasks & presentation were divided |
| 05-Sep | 1 | Wiki Explore | Found wiki text and code help pages to write wiki better |
| 06-Sep | 1 | Wiki Work | Made a main page and a problem page for our Amazon Air analysis |
| 06-Sep | 1 | Research | Wrote up the objectives & approach for our project & looked up more on Amazon prime air |
| 08-Sep | 2 | Lecture | Listened to group presentations of their projects & approaches |
| 08-Sep | 2 | Personal Mind Map & Research | Took into consideration feedback made about presentation & started looking for better sources |
Total hours:13 hours
Week 2
| Date | Time Spent | Task | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 09-Sep | 2 | Research & Conclusions | Came to the conclusion that Drone Delivery feasibility would not be an ideal research topic |
| 11-Sep | 2 | Wiki Work | Posted my thoughts online & made a meeting page & agenda for the meeting |
| 11-Sep | 4 | Group Meeting | Discussed our topic/whether or not we needed a new one & divided task |
| 12-Sep | 1 | Posted Notulen | Posted notes from the last meeting online |
| 12-Sep | 4 | Research Regulations | Planned questions I wanted to search & sought for drone regulations & mailbox requirements |
| 13-Sep | 2 | Make Presentation | After receiving planning from Luc & made a rough presentation for Monday |
| 14-Sep | 4 | Research Regulations | Sought through FFA regulations, read Amazon petition & USPS regulations then made summary of all that I thought was relevant to the project that could help us design |
| 15-Sep | 1 | Edit Presentation | Made minor tweaks to the presentation & uploaded it to the wiki |
| 15-Sep | 2 | Lecture | I presented our presentation and noted feedback received |
Total hours: 22 hours
Week 3
| Date | Time Spent | Task | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 16-Sep | 0.5 | Posted feedback | Posted planning feedback from Monday |
| 17-Sep | 2 | Functional Requirements | Looked up what functional requirements were & then wrote some that would be suitable for the mailbox |
| 18-Sep | 1.5 | Wiki Work | Added a log book page & updated my personal log, also uploaded agenda for meeting later today. |
| 18-Sep | 4 | Group Meeting | Brainstormed various components & full ideas of mailboxes; also made an action plan for Monday |
| 18-Sep | 1 | Notulen & Wiki Work | Posted the notes from meeting & added wiki pages to Brainstorm & Design Methodology for group members |
| 19-Sep | 2 | Personal Mailboxes | Added analysis of Operational Environment, basic concepts & researched means to analyze design concepts |
| 20-Sep | 2 | Personal Mailboxes | Elaborated on Concept 1 - The Perch including scenario of how it works & detailed sketch of mailbox & components |
| 20-Sep | 1 | Personal Mailboxes | Elaborated on Concepts 2 - 4 - Scenario & Components - Still needs sketches |
| 20-Sep | 1 | Personal Mailboxes | Elaborated on Concepts 5&6 - Scenario & Components - Still needs sketches |
| 20-Sep | 0.5 | Wiki Work | Uploaded the agenda for Monday's group meeting and placed the weekly update for Week 3. |
| 20-Sep | 1 | Wiki Work | Created a requirements assessment chart for the concept designs of Personal Mailboxes. - Fill in Tomorrow |
| 21-Sep | 1 | Sketching & Uploading | Drew all basic concept sketches of mailbox & uploaded them to wiki |
| 21-Sep | 1 | Requirements Chart | Filled out the Requirements chart comparing the 8 personal mailbox concepts. |
| 21-Sept | 0.5 | Considerations | Because I ran out of time to do mini-SWOT analyses for each concept, I added a brief list of +/- comments for each concept. |
| 22-Sept | 2 | Group Meeting | Discussed plan of action for the upcoming weeks. Task division. And picked out our 3 main concepts to get fully on paper and possibly 1 tested. |
| 22-Sept | 1 | Mentor Meeting | Mentor looked at how far we have come in the wiki and discussed our further plan of action; we also received a deadline for next week which is: all new wiki pages print. |
Total hours: 22 hours
Week 4
| Date | Time Spent | Task | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24-Sep | 0.5 | Brainstorm | Thought of questions/considerations that would need answering when designing the sliding door mechanism. |
| 24-Sep | 3 | Planning Update | Filled in the Rest of the Planning from Week 4 onward, took longer than expected because of annoying wiki code |
| 25-Sep | 0.5 | Wiki Work | Added a Designing the Sliding Door Component Page and made a planning for finishing the component |
| 25-Sep | 0.5 | Scan Research | Looked up various kinds of barcode scanners & barcodes for the sliding door component |
| 25-Sep | 2 | Concepts Chosen | Wrote about how we chose the concepts we are elaborating on for our project |
| 25-Sept | 0.5 | Google Sketchup | Installed Google SketchUp and watched 4 tutorials on how to use - will attempt to draw component with this software |
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| 26 Sep | 2 | Group Meeting | |
| 29 Sep | 1 | Mentor Meeting |
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