Feasibility

Project Selection

Choose criteria that interest you / the team, as positives.

Just for example, you came up with:A. Good match to team skillsB. Technically complexC. CreativeD. Market PotentialE. Industry sponsorship available

Rank their importance relative to each other. The book uses this scale1=equal, 3=moderately more important, 5=strongly more important,… 9=extremely more important.

It is very subjective.

AA BB CC DD EEGeometric Geometric meanmean

WeightWeightgm/sumgm/sum

A – skillsA – skills 11 55 55 33 33 2.9542.954 0.470.47

B – complexB – complex 1/51/5 11 33 1/31/3 1/31/3 0.6440.644 0.100.10

C – creativeC – creative 1/51/5 1/31/3 11 11 33 0.7250.725 0.120.12

D – marketD – market 1/31/3 33 11 11 55 1.3801.380 0.220.22

E – sponsorE – sponsor 1/31/3 33 1/31/3 1/51/5 11 0.5820.582 0.090.09

sum = 6.285sum = 6.285

And suppose these three projects are being considered

1 – IEEE robotic competition2 – Industry sponsored project to design new test protocol3 – Design a thing to help people find lost items

11 22 33Geometric Geometric meanmean

WeightWeightgm/sumgm/sum

1 - robots1 - robots 11 1/71/7 1/31/3 0.3620.362 0.080.08

2 – new test2 – new test 77 11 55 3.2713.271 0.730.73

3 - thing3 - thing 33 1/51/5 11 0.8430.843 0.190.19

sum = 4.476sum = 4.476

Then for each criterion use the same method to rate the projects against each other

1 – IEEE robotic competition2 – Industry sponsored project to design new test protocol3 – Design a thing to help people find lost items

e.g. for criterion E, the possibility of industry sponsorship

Do that for all the criteria.

weightweight11

robotsrobots22

new testnew test33

thingthing

A – skillsA – skills 0.470.47 0.410.41 0.230.23 0.360.36

B – complexB – complex 0.100.10 0.510.51 0.190.19 0.300.30

C – creativeC – creative 0.120.12 0.400.40 0.290.29 0.310.31

D – marketD – market 0.220.22 0.000.00 0.100.10 0.900.90

E - sponsorE - sponsor 0.090.09 0.080.08 0.730.73 0.190.19

0.290.29 0.250.25 0.450.45

And put everything in a table

So it looks as though designing a new thing for finding lost items is your chosen project.

But then –Think carefully about how you feel about that.

Needs Identification

In other words, you must be absolutely sure you know what the problem is before trying to solve it.

The Needs Statement

The Objectives Statement

Research Survey!

Are you reinventing the wheel?Provide a summary of your research.

Sometimes helpful:

AnObjectiveTree