ENGR 101/HUM 200: Technology and Society

Scope and Limitations assignment

10 points towards Make It Better assignment
Due: October 28, 2005
Group assignment (turn in one per group)

It is almost midway through the quarter, and by this time you should have a relatively
clear idea of your topic for your group design project. In this next assignment, you will
lay out the scope and limitations of your project.

The purpose of a scope and limitations statement is to provide an outline of what your
project will address and what it wont address. What you turn in will include the
following:
a description of the project (what technology you are addressing and the rationale for
choosing that technology),
an explanation of what kind of data you will collect, the methods you will use
(interviews, library research, observation, etc.), and how much of each kind of data
you will collect,
an explanation of how you are approaching the challenge of making something
better (making it less expensive, easier to use, available to a more diverse
population, more environmentally friendly, etc.),
a proposal about how you will test your initial design suggestions. Remember the
design guidelines provided during Unit 1, and address these as you outline your
approach, and
a timeline with major tasks to be accomplished for the project and which team
member will take a leadership role and responsibility for the task.

While the actual write-up you hand in may be as short as one page, I expect a significant
level of detail in your descriptions of your approach, and I also expect that the paper will
reflect a considerable amount of thought and the contributions of each group member.
Keep in mind that my expectation is that three or four people will be contributing content
to this statement, and the work should reflect that level of collective effort.