BUDGET & SCHEDULE
Provided below is the detailed proposed budget (left) and the official acquisition list (right). More modifications will be made to the schedule as the project progresses, meaning this can figure can be used as an overview of the project's course. Also, the budget is the initial outsourced materials and through construction, suppliers have been changed while other materials have been gifted through the CWU MET department.
Winter Progress Update
Approximately 90% of all the projects materials have been acquired. The majority of these materials are for the mechanical system and structure. Mechanical integrity is the initial focus of construction, however the most integral electrical components have been purchased. The project is on track to be under budget, as so far the running total is $161.10. This places the project currently $55.20 under budget.
Regarding the schedule, The provided schedule represents the down-up workflow and modifications have been made and will continue to be made to complete construction. There have been slight delays, but the project is still expected to be delivered on schedule.
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The largest set-back to schedule has been the continues issue of re-designing due to the acquisition or development of new components. At this moment, completion will be very close to on schedule considering there are limited drawbacks in the near future.
SCHEDULE
Manufacturing Progress Report:
The manufacturing plans scheduled were constructed to assemble the device with a down-up methodology.
This decision required many changes to the schedule, to reflect the timing changes for part acquisition.
Initially, the project was meant to start by building the device from the bottom (base) up, however, with an emphasis to complete the moving components system, within the first two weeks, this method was the reverse (working top to bottom). The complete schedule can be viewed in Appendix D and up to this moment in time, the project was estimated to need 172.3 hours of work. The project required 179 hours of work. It also acknowledges there are an estimated 83 hours more of work required for the testing phase in 489C. Since the project required an abundance of changes throughout the construction period there was little time to implement changes to documentation as the project progressed. Therefore, many of the decisions made were device based on the principal engineer’s best judgment, backed by either intense research of the advice of peers and mentors.
Testing Progress Report:
Initially, the testing phase was meant to focus primarily on testing the autonomous system compared to a single axis system and a fixed system. However, with the electrical system not fully programmed at the time of construction completion.
The total working hours put into this project at this point is 248 hours. This places the project just 2 hours under the total expected working hours.\Therefore, it can be concluded that in regard to schedule, the project was a success.
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