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bb254 replied to the topic Experience Breaking Down A Project in the forum Project Management Process and Medical Device Development 8 years, 3 months ago
For my capstone project to build a robotic arm control we had to use the work breakdown structure to outline the hierarchy of tasks. In order to build our controller we divided the responsibilities into mechanical, electrical and software. All of these three categories each had their own subcategories such as testing, evaluating and creating. Since I was in charge of the mechanical aspects of the project Ill explain what I had to do for the mechanics of the controller. The first phase was creo modeling where I had to think of a design which met our customer needs and aesthetic desires. This category was further broken down into measuring and modeling. The second phase consisted of 3D printing all the creo designs. After the printing was completed, we entered the assembling phase. The fourth phase was testing and evaluating the controller in terms of strength, mobility and outputs. Since this is a project that I worked on in college I never had to breakdown a project in terms of departments. But in the medical industry I believe a combination of all the types of breakdowns will be efficient and effective to produce a product.