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An Engineering View of Small Project Management
orThe Research Project
in the Real World
A presentation for Mrs Davies RP Class
26JUN15
Prepared: John Davies BAE Systems Australia
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What does an Engineer do?
– Types of Engineers– Chemical
– Civil
– Aeronautical
– Petroleum
– Mining
– Software
– Firmware
– Hardware
– Over to you!
– My thoughts…..
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Actually….
– Engineers Plan and Implement Ideas to Produce Useful Things!
– Q: Is this sounding like RP?
– A: It should be
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How did I get there? My Journey
– Year 10 - - - - “no idea” career plan
– Year 11 - - - - “Happy go Lucky”
– Year 11 (again!) - - - - “I’d better apply myself”
– Year 12 - - - - (phew) “a good enough Victorian HSC Score” (1981)
– Applying for Engineering Schools - - - “which is best for me? Aero!”
– RMIT Aeronautical Engineering (Years 1-2-3-4) - - - - “This is hard work but fun” (1982-86)
– Government Aircraft Factory - - “I can’t believe they pay me to do this” (1987)
– Tenix Defence - - (same!)
– BAE Systems - - (same!!)
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Wow! (OK maybe its just me… but I get to play with this stuff)
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Or more currently….
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Then… off to International Trials
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Engineering - but not everyone is ‘an Engineer’
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Computer
Aided
Design
MTECH – Mechanical Technicians
ETECH – Electrical Technicians
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Ideas – to CAD – to Reality
Transmitter Unit (TXU)
RF Module (RFM) is inside the APU
Antenna Pedestal Unit (APU)
TransmitterAntenna
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Software Design – Its For Serious Geeks
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All Projects Require Management (or they go wrong)
– What management should you apply to the Research Project?– Topic (selection)
– Skeleton Report ToC
– Research / Research / Research– Gather Together Content
– Write Report [Draft]– Review– Write Report [Final]
– How do I ensure it happens on time?– You plan it via a simple schedule– “Plan the work, work the plan”
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Now to Project Management
– This bit links to RP….– How to MAKE a schedule– How to USE a schedule
Remember to:
PLAN the WORK then WORK the PLAN!
Or in other words…
FAIL to PLAN = PLAN to FAIL!
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MS Project – basic Schedule tool
But…. What if I don’t have MS Project?
Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)“what I need to
do”
Start / Finish dates Work Blocks
Logical linkages
Start of project
End of project
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MS Excel – a basic Schedule tool that RP Students can use!
Easy to do..It all works the same but not as fancy…
Just colouring in the squares…
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Lets Try it…..
– Take a topic (anyone?)
– Develop a simple schedule
– Track your progress…
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Questions?
John Davies
BAE Systems Australia
Project Schedules: Fail to Plan = Plan to Fail