If I recall correctly, I believe the missed milestone we had on a project was along the lines of user comfort. Specifically researching a material that would make the use of the prosthetic being designed comfortable enough for the user to wear hours on end through heat, cold, and sweat. This was a topic that had been discussed recently, however, as a team we did not come to a consensus about which type of fabric was to be used. At the meeting we decided to flat out admit to our mistake and made an agreement with the professor that we would meet with him after hours after putting time into research.

Although I do not yet have any industry experience as I am an undergraduate student, I did learn about Gantt charts and had to use one for my Capstone project that took place the previous two semesters. Due to COVID-19 and the lab restrictions that came with this virus, our project schedule was greatly affected, and there were many missed milestones throughout the project that we had to account for. In dealing with these missed milestones, we formed contingency plans in hopes that we could get back on track once we were permitted to go back to the lab to work on our project. Because the project was a quite complex and challenging undertaking for undergraduate students and our lab access was delayed by nearly two months time, we ended up having to modify our project entirely, which required us to eliminate some of the tedious tasks that we deemed no longer necessary to the success of the project and focus only on the most important components of the project.