{"id":1425,"date":"2017-01-12T10:05:42","date_gmt":"2017-01-12T15:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/?p=1425"},"modified":"2023-02-12T14:15:20","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T19:15:20","slug":"dg-frd-the-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/dg-frd-the-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"FRD Section 3 \u2014 The Solution"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hopefully it goes without saying at this point, for this section and those that follow, and all reporting (written, slides, etc.) in your future career, you should include well thought-out graphics (plots, photos, CAD renderings, schematics, tables, etc.), initially storyboarding your message to determine the graphics you need\/want, and then writing your presentation \u201cscript\u201d and document text \u201caround\u201d the graphics.\u00a0 With the exception of one table explicitly called for later, it is time for you to exercise your judgment and maturity in this regard.\u00a0 Examples and guidance of the past was to bring you to this point where now you should be able to (no\u2026 you can), do it on your own. \u00a0Final reminder\u2026\u00a0 To help you place graphics in Google Docs<\/em> with captions that remain attached, a link to a source having a figure+caption placeholder, a table+caption placeholder, and instructions for their use is available in the Figures and Tables Placement Template (FTT) provided at the same time as and with the PTR-TM template.\u00a0 Now\u2026<\/p>\n

This section should capture the audience\u2019s interest, selling them on spending more of their time to read the remainder of this document.\u00a0 When discussing elements and features of the solution, use present tense (these exist now).\u00a0 For instance, \u201cThe solution includes<\/strong> a dingle-hopper to receive the input material.\u00a0 The material enters<\/strong> the system from the supply station.\u00a0 It is<\/em><\/strong> then shaken at 50 Hz to loosen the unwanted contaminants that then fall into the disposal bins.\u00a0 The disposal bins are<\/strong> located for ease of removal.\u201d\u00a0 Use \u201cincludes\u201d and \u201centers\u201d and \u201cis\u201d and \u201care,\u201d not \u201cincluded\u201d and \u201centered\u201d and \u201cwas\u201d and \u201cwere\u201d that may be a tendency if you are describing it with a post-game play-by-play perspective, which you do not want here.\u00a0 Imagine yourself walking someone through it in-person, right now, in the present.\u00a0 If you include any statements indicating design intent, such as \u201cThe system was designed to\u2026\u201d, then past tense (\u201cwas designed\u201d versus \u201cis designed\u201d) is appropriate in that you are describing a past activity\/action; though, using the present tense (\u201cis designed to\u201d) can also be acceptable in that a statement like this can be considered a descriptor of a feature (\u201cdesigned to have\u201d) or function (\u201cdesigned to\u201d) that follows \u201cto have\u201d or \u201cto.\u201d\u00a0 This is not difficult; it just takes a little thinking and even reading aloud can be helpful.<\/p>\n

Continue with an annotated graphical representation, a photograph complemented with a CAD image(s), the latter to show hidden\/obscured detail if appropriate\/needed.\u00a0 Include a paragraph providing a description of key features related to performance (including special materials, components, and subsystems), safety, manufacturability, and maintenance\/serviceability.\u00a0 Describe briefly the decisions made to control cost (project cost and\/or as-produced product cost) in balance with meeting all other requirements.<\/p>\n

Conclude this section with tables of engineering requirements with prototype verification results shown.\u00a0 The results column should provide quantitative results<\/strong>.\u00a0 It is a nice touch to color code those that meet the requirement in green (add the word \u201cpass\u201d in parentheses below it for non-color printouts).\u00a0 Likewise, color code in red those results for requirements not met (and add the word \u201cfail\u201d in parentheses for the reason noted above).\u00a0 For those requirements where verification results are not known (e.g., verification not in scope of the project anymore, or never was due to inability to verify given budget and\/or time and\/or capability), color code yellow simply using the word \u201cunknown\u201d.\u00a0 A good way to color code is<\/strong> to make the cell in the table the noted color, then make the text a highly contrasting color (white-bold text on red or green background, black-bold text on the yellow background).\u00a0 Include a brief paragraph clarifying any requirements not fully described by their names and measurement description.<\/p>\n

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\u00a9 2017, William J. Endres<\/td>\nUpdated February 12, 2023<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hopefully it goes without saying at this point, for this section and those that follow, and all reporting (written, slides, etc.) in your future career, you should include well thought-out graphics (plots, photos, CAD renderings, schematics, tables, etc.), initially storyboarding your message to determine the graphics you need\/want, and then writing your presentation \u201cscript\u201d and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/35"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1425"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2794,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1425\/revisions\/2794"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1425"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1425"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/me.sites.mtu.edu\/meemscd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1425"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}