Overview

Milestone 2 is a report written collaboratively by the team, which summarizes the team’s second iteration (”Loop 2”) design.

It is essential that your Report relates your design decisions to both technical and human factor aspects of your Design Brief.

Milestone 2 is independent of Milestone 1; it is a “standalone” document that reflects the current state of your design.

<aside> ⚠️ You may copy-paste any information from Milestone 1 that is still relevant, but do not discuss changes made since Milestone 1. Discuss only the state of the design as of the end of Loop 2.

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Milestone 2 will be graded according to this rubric.

Your grade for Milestone 2 will be composed as follows:

90% of the grade will be from the rubric above; and
10% will come from the peerScholar Assessment for Milestone 2.

There is no overall page limit for this Report; however, there are some page limits on certain sections of the Report.

Milestone 2 shall include the following sections.

Report Prep

This is an overarching category, including preparation of the Report itself, reviewing and editing the language for clarity and conciseness, checking spelling, ensuring all formatting is correct, ensuring references are properly cited, etc. This category applies to the Report as a whole.

The language of a Report must be concise and precise. The target reader of these documents are technical project leads and managers. They will not accept reports written as sales brochures or marketing reports. They will be aware of fallacious rhetoric and will refuse to support projects using it. Proper use of paragraphs and Extended Point Form is also expected.

Page limits must be strictly observed; exceeding the page limit even by one word will result in a substantial penalty. Changing the format (font size, line spacing, etc.) will also result in a substantial penalty.

Executive Summary (1 page maximum, long-form text)

The Executive Summary must provide a technical overview of the design so far. It must be factual (neither judgemental nor opinionated), and link extensively to relevant sections of the four key specification documents.

The Executive Summary is not an “introduction” to the report; it is a summary of every important fact about your design.

Design Brief Summary (1 page maximum, long-form text)

Must include a link to the original Design Brief.
Must highlight what your team thinks are the most important aspects of the Brief.
Must summarize your team’s goals (per the Situation Scan).

Background (2 pages maximum, Extended Point Form)

Summarize the elements of the Situation Scan that are most relevant to your intervention at the end of Loop 2.

Personas & Situated Use Cases (no page limit)

Present each Persona and corresponding SUC together, in the requisite formats.
No introductory or discussive remarks are needed.

Requirements (no page limit)

Must include all relevant Requirements developed to date, in the requisite format, including all refinements, corrections, and additions made during Loop 2.
Do not include requirements from Loop 1 that are no longer relevant.
Remember to keep your situational requirements in a separate list from your internal requirements.

Design Concepts (no page limit)

Must include the most up-to-date concept of each team member.
Must observe the page limit on each design concept.
Each Design Concept must be specified in the requisite format.
- Include a brief explanation of any Creativity Methods used in the concept description text.
Include a 1 page summary of specific improvements in concepts since Loop 1.

Design Issues (no page limit, Extended Point Form)

Describe key design issues your team identified. One page maximum.
Include the CEC Analysis Summary Chart developed for the Loop 2 CEC Analysis.
- Captured images of the actual output from the CEC are necessary to justify your HF analysis.

References (no page limit)

Separated into two sections:
- Reference materials, research papers, textbooks, etc.
- Citations of existing products, parts, or services.
Any external source of information cited within the report will be referenced using ASME citation format.
References must be provided for any source directly used in a document, even if it’s also listed in other documents.