1.4 Managing engineering design projects

Question 1

Name an important element of doing good design.

Answer 1

An important element of doing good design is managing the design project.

Question 2

What is project management?

Answer 2

Project management is the tracking of scope, schedule and spending to accomplish the goals and objectives of a project.

Question 3

In what terms can all engineering design projects can be defined?

Answer 3

All engineering design projects can be defined in terms of their:

• Goals
• Resources
• Need to finish in a fixed time frame

Question 4

Define Scope.

Answer 4

Scope (n): deciding what a project must accomplish to be successful.

Question 5

Define Schedule.

Answer 5

Schedule (n): making sure that resources needed to accomplish the project scope are available and used when needed to complete the project by its agreed-upon due date.

Question 6

Define Spending.

Answer 6

Spending (n): ensuring that a design project uses only the resources necessary to complete the project on time.