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Coffeemaker project

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AGENDAMajor & minor goalsCustomerV model structureV model actionsTeam workTime pressure / planningAll documentsMeasurementsGraphAgendaMinutesQuestions

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Coffeemaker project

MAJOR educational goals•To work for a customer•To work in a structured way following the V-model•To experience teamwork•To feel time-pressure•To complete all documents of a project

MINOR educational goals•To know how temperature-control works

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Customer

Saxion EEE is looking for an engineering company who can modify a simple coffee maker machine into an advanced coffee-maker-machine.

The temperature of the drinking coffee should be controllable by the customer.

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V-model structure

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V-model actions

Investigate coffee makingResearch actual machineMeasurements actual machineConclusionsRequirementsSpecifications new machineFunctional design go / no goSystem design / block diagramComponent design / simulationBuild components / assemblation

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Team work

• Chairman• Secretary• Planner• Documentalist

• Saxion customers

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Time pressure / planning

• Gannt diagram

• Who does what and when

• Start• Ending

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All documents

• Circuit old coffee maker• Measurement notes of coffee maker• Functional design• Minutes / Notes• Agenda• Log book• Power point final presentation

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Measurements

• What to measure• Set-up• Measurement = execution• Data = information• Graph = presentation• Conclusions = decision

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GraphClear title, with all parameters@ 12 VoltTambient = 22 °C@ 2 cups of coffee

Y axis;Dependent parameter Symbol TUnit [°C]

X-axis;Independent

parameterSymbol tUnit [Minutes]

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Agenda• Logo company / Logo Saxion• Date place time and participants

• Opening• Minutes last meeting• Announcement• Subject 1 (for example functional

design)• Subject 2 (for example technical design)• Subject 3 (for example planning)

• Questions• Next meeting• Closing

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Minutes• Logo company / Logo

Saxion• Date place time

participants

• Opening• Minutes last meeting• Announcement

• Subject 1 and remarks or decision

• Subject 2 and remarks or decision

• Questions and answers• Next meeting• Closing

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Questions• Who is my target group of clients?• What will my clients pay for the machine?• What is a normal drinking coffee

temperature?• What is the maximum coffee temperature i

can make?• For how many cups i will make the coffee

machine?• What conclusions do i have from the

measurements?• What will the functional design look lilke?• How many knobs and what is the function?

• How is the organization of the group (functions)

• How is the document control of the group