Project Mission Statement
Semester Project
Pick a reasonably complex system to use as your semester project. It can be any one of the examples or a system that you chose. You must tell me what system you are choosing by Saturday, Jan 28th at 11:59pm MT and I must approve it. I will send you my approval by the next day.
Examples include:
Radar systems – ground based, air bases or space based
Drones or robots – underwater, on land or airborne for surveillance
Lighter than air balloons for surveillance
Satellites – any mission
Power or fuel plants
A completely automated house
Automated Information Exchange System – provides commuters a safe and streamlined post-accident process for drivers and insurers
Building a home
Portable Display System for a complex system
Vehicle Fog Elimination System
Outdoor Sound Submersion system
Home Theatre Design
Uninterrupted Power Supply Facility Design
Implementation of a low cost satellite system for Search and Rescue, surveillance, etc
Automotive Traction Control System
All in one bike system
Building a new All-Terrain Vehicle system
All electric Trail Bike system
Wireless workout device
Once your system is approved, you will:
Write an acceptable mission statement for your system. Use the Firesat example shown in class. You may not proceed to step 2 until I approve your statement.
Write 10 system performance requirements
Write 5 subsystem performance requirements for each of 2 subsystems
Create a functional block diagram for your system (use only verbs)
Create level 3 product Work Breakdown Structure
Create a risk matrix for your top 5 technical system risks. Show and explain how these risks will be mitigated. Cost and schedule are not to be used as risks
Create a technical performance measure graph for your highest technical risk and explain the graphic.
Explain in bullet form how you will verify the system (Is it built to requirements)
Explain in bullet form how you will validate system performance (Customer Acceptance)
Describe in detail 2 trade studies that you would conduct to reach a final decision on your system architecture.
Create a top level system architecture drawing of you system. Include all subsystems.
Your final product will be a minimum of a 25-page power point presentation that contains at least all of the above assignments. See the Table of Contents example below
The course schedule will indicate the dates on which each assignment is due.
EXAMPLE TABLE OF CONTENTS
1.0 Introduction
1.1 Project Description
1.2 Project Objectives
1.3 Stakeholders
2 System Formal Design Process
2.1 Mission Statement
2.2 Mission Level Requirements
2.3 Mission Elements
2.4 Subsystem Elements
2.5 Subsystem Requirements and Descriptions
2.6 Functional Analysis Flow Diagram
2.7 Work Breakdown Structure
2.8 Risk Analysis
2.7.1 Technical Performance Measures
2.9 Drawing of System Architecture
2.10 Description of Trade Studies to be accomplished
3.0 System Integration and Test
3.1 System Interfaces – N2 Diagram
3.1.1 Interface Block Diagram
3.2 Integration Plan and Integration Flow Diagram
3.3 Test Plan and Test Flow Diagram (how will you test your design)
3.4 Acceptance Test Criteria (how will you get the customer to accept the product)
4.0 Conclusion
5.0 References
6.0 Appendices (if necessary
List of Figures
List of Tables