Project Kokanee: TTL 7400 Series Logic Tester using CMOS VLSI

1. Project Kokanee: TTL 7400 Series Logic Tester using CMOS VLSI Post Mortem Review Wednesday, April 21 University of Portland School of Engineering

2. What Worked Well • Scheduling • Dedicated meeting and working time • Constant push to stay and finish on time • Budgeted more time then we thought it would take • Team Work • Working relationship was great • Good communication • Could count on one another to do work separately University of Portland School of Engineering

3. What Worked Well • Project choice • Professor’s specialty in given area • Interesting project kept professor’s involvement • Local and involved industry rep • Local / Easily accessible • Very involved University of Portland School of Engineering

4. What Went Wrong • Budget • Macro-model and project case costs more then original plan • Devil is in the Details • Product Documentation • The LCD Controller documentation was incorrect • Challenging to get device working with wrong information • Balancing Project work with documentation • Try more simultaneous work University of Portland School of Engineering

5. Recommendations • Group Chemistry • Previous project history, trust your teammates • Do activities outside of project • Well balanced backgrounds • Don’t assume part is broken • Double check documentation • Look for easy errors, simple errors are easy to overlook University of Portland School of Engineering

6. Recommendations • Balance documentation with design and/or development • Putting time into initial documentation drafts makes approval quicker and easier • Check Documentation for all parts University of Portland School of Engineering