EGB101- TUTORIAL 2, GANTT CHARTS IN RED = ASSESSMENT RELATED

Learning Objectives,

- Project Management Techniques,

o Engineering Design Process
o Gantt Chart
- ASSESSMENT (Due Week 4)
o Scoping Study Report
o Professional Skills Review
- Understanding that Community

THE ENGINEERING DESIGN PROCESS

- Typically begin with outlining the design process

- The engineering design process is a series of broad steps
required to complete any engineering project
- The process is rarely linear, and often requires iterations of
certain steps
- It can be applied to the project as a whole or to a specific
module/component of the design project

DESIGN REQUIREMENTS

- The overall objectives that the final design must meet (Client needs & Legal needs)
o These are decided by the client
 Who is the client of the project?
 Are there any additional parties that may influence the client?
o Based of initial client brief what are the requirements that the client has given for the
project?
- The client is the Brisbane City Council
o However, as the elected government officials they are highly influenced by the
needs/wants of the communities that they represent, individuals, businesses and
community groups
o Based off the initial client brief what are the requirements that the client has given for
the project?
o At its most basic, “movable green bridge across the Brisbane River”
- Idea Generation,
o Ideas are best developed in groups
o Group Diversity is key- leads to more creative solution
o Brainstorming and research tend to be the most common methods of idea generation
o At this stage, it is more important to document as mant ideas possible without
evaluating then
 Therefore, design constraints are considered after idea generation
DESIGN CONSTRAINTS

- Limitations on the degree of freedom you have for design concepts

- Defined by the design team
o Related to the requirements that are provided by the client but can also be resource
and budget limitations
o **Where systems architecture is very useful**

PRELIMINARY DESIGN

- At this point, you will come up with a preliminary design.

- You should look through all the generated ideas and see which ones meet the design
constraints. In larger projects, a feasibility report may be written.
- Ideas that meet the constraints should then be evaluated against the design requirements to see
which concept should be chosen.
- An evaluation matrix is a popular design tool used for this purpose.

DETAILED DESIGN

- Detailed design is the process of taking the preliminary design and determining exact
dimensions, materials, and components that will be used for the final design.
- Detailed design heavily relies on calculations and testing in order to predict how the design
will behave before it is built.
- Once the detailed design has been determined, fully dimensioned, scaled drawings should be
produced.
- The drawings should have enough detail such that anyone could produce the design by
reading them.

DESIGN CONSTRUCTION

- With the detailed design finished, the design can be constructed.

- Typically components are constructed separately, and then are integrated together at the end.
- Construction quality is imperative to ensure the design performs in the manner which you
have predicted.

TESTING & EVALUATION

- With the construction complete, the design needs to be tested and evaluated against the design
requirements.
- If the design requirements aren’t met, then the detailed design will have to be revisited.
- A final design is rarely perfect on its first iteration. Sufficient time should be planned for to
allow for this.
DOCUMENTATION

- Documentation is very important for the final design, as the design may require maintenance,
redesign, or decommission over time.
- Documentation should be completed throughout the project lifecycle, but can only be
completed once a final design has shown through testing that it meets all the design
requirements.

SCOPING STUDY REPORT

- Task, Research the community and users of the project and present this to the client via a
written report
- Purpose, To convince the client that you understand the project, the location and the
community that you are designing for.
- Length, 800-1000 words (tables, figures, cover page & references do not count towards the
word limit)
- Weighting, 15%
- DUE, FRIDAY WEEK 4- 11:59PM

PROJECT TIMELINES,

- A project timeline is usually set

out using a Gantt Chart.
- A Gantt chart includes project
tasks, resources, milestones,
deadlines within a single diagram.

PROJECT DEADLINES

- For your design project, deadlines are given for all assessment items.
o Client Meeting – Week 6 (Practical Class)
o Project Demonstration Attempt 1 – Week 12 (Practical)
o Project Demonstration Attempt 2– Week 13 (Practical)
o Final Report Deadline – Week 13 (Friday 11:59pm)
- These will be important to consider when creating our Gantt Chart.

PROJECT MILESTONES

- Milestones are when you aim to have parts of the project, and your project deliverables
completed by.
- Milestones should always be set before the deadlines, to allow for extra time if some tasks
take longer than expected.
- When do you think we should aim to have each deliverable completed by?
PROJECT TASKS

- Tasks are a breakdown of all the elements that need to be completed in order for each project
deliverable to be met.
- What tasks do you think will need to be completed in order to complete the project?

PROJECT DEPENDANCIES

- Dependencies indicate how different tasks are related to each other.

- Typically, in order to perform a task, you will need to have certain tasks already completed
o E.g. to begin demonstration, you need to have finished construction.
- The largest chain of dependencies is called the Critical Path. These are the most time critical
tasks for the project.
PROFESSIONAL SKILLS REVIEW

- Task, Reflect on the current state of your professional skills, identify areas for improvement
and develop a plan for improvement to be implemented during the semester
- Purpose, To begin the process of critical reflection in your engineering career
- Length, Total of 1 page of written response to questions asked in the template
- Weighting, 10%
- DUE, FRIDAY WEEK 4- 11:59PM

UNDERSTANDING THE COMMUNITY

- When trying to understand the community there are some things to consider;
o The location (geography, demographics, land use)
o Social Factors (social norms, behaviours, how the community functions, first nations
considerations)
o Community Engagement (how to engage and consult and who is involved)
o Economic Factors (how much could this possibly cost, what are the potential benefits,
who would be impacts and how)
o Environmental Impacts (existing situation, seasonal factors, pollution)
o Technical Aspects (accessibility, impacts/links to existing infrastructure/services)