Inspired by the work I did at Thales, particularly on the simulation bridge program that involved video streaming, I was able to come up with an interesting idea for my Capstone project. The idea, although novel, had some potentially military applications and I thought my supervisors at Thales might systems could make investigating the idea significantly easier. As a result I sent a quick write up of my idea to Peter, who forwarded it to a number of different engineers. Based on their feedback, I further refined my project into a succinct proposal and set up a meeting with them. [b]
At the meeting I provided them with a print out of my revised proposal and formally presented what
I hoped to achieve and answered any technical or logistical questions …show more content…
From this I was able to extract a Gantt chart that gave an overview of the timeline of my project. As I have progressed through tasks along the year I have marked different stages of the project complete and have tracked how well I have been following the initial schedule. [d]
I have since been working on and developing my capstone over this year using the hardware Thales has provided. As part of my contract I have been providing them with regular progress updates and demonstrations as I reach certain key milestones of functionality. Once the project has been finalised, I hope to organise a formal demonstration to not only my industry supervisors, but also my academic supervisor onsite.[e]
The project has so far successfully stayed on track. I made sure to set appropriate project bounds with a set of baseline requirements that were within the scope of my capabilities. I specified any additional features as stretch goals in the rare instance I would have spare time towards the end (as these things go, with work and university combined, it is unlikely that I will be able to implement any of my stretch goals at this time). Additionally, the project has stayed within budget as the
At the meeting I provided them with a print out of my revised proposal and formally presented what
I hoped to achieve and answered any technical or logistical questions …show more content…
From this I was able to extract a Gantt chart that gave an overview of the timeline of my project. As I have progressed through tasks along the year I have marked different stages of the project complete and have tracked how well I have been following the initial schedule. [d]
I have since been working on and developing my capstone over this year using the hardware Thales has provided. As part of my contract I have been providing them with regular progress updates and demonstrations as I reach certain key milestones of functionality. Once the project has been finalised, I hope to organise a formal demonstration to not only my industry supervisors, but also my academic supervisor onsite.[e]
The project has so far successfully stayed on track. I made sure to set appropriate project bounds with a set of baseline requirements that were within the scope of my capabilities. I specified any additional features as stretch goals in the rare instance I would have spare time towards the end (as these things go, with work and university combined, it is unlikely that I will be able to implement any of my stretch goals at this time). Additionally, the project has stayed within budget as the