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Team Status Report for Sep 25 2021

What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project? How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?

Progress with the team has been excellent. This week, we focused on the project proposal presentations. It went very well! Great job to Nathan!

Some risks we face moving forward is the workload of our other courses. As the semester picks up, we all have more auxiliary work to complete. However, we are all on the same page about keeping our Capstone project a high priority. This way, we stay on top of the schedule and make good, incremental progress.

Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)? Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?

Nathan has been switched to primarily dealing with the software stack, and Jonathan has been switched to dealing with the data hub components. This change was made due to a better fit of interests within the project. This will allow us to all make more progress in the project as we will be maximally engaged. Other than this, no changes were made as research is still going on for each aspect of the project. No changes were made to the schedule either.

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Nathan Ang’s Status Report for Sep 25 2021

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?

This week I focused on the project proposal presentation. I refined the slides and put in time and effort in preparation. The presentation went well, and the rest of class time was devoting to listening to other teams’ presentations.

I also switched responsibilities to the software stack. I researched the pro’s and cons to different software stacks such as MERN  and MEAN, as well as various hosting services.

Is your progress on schedule or behind?

I am on schedule with the research and feel confident moving forward. Research will be wrapped up soon and I will start implementation soon!

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

I hope to wrap up the research with plenty of reasoning, and sync up with the rest of the team if they need any assistance.

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Nathan Ang’s Status Report for Sep 18 2021

What did you personally accomplish this week on the project?

This week I focused on researching of potential technologies for our project. Specifically, I looked into sensors to detect occupancy. I took a look into varying sensors (IR, Computer Vision, Pressure), and I started looked online for purchase options.

Also, I took up the task of dividing up work for the Project Proposal presentation and helped hash out a coherent schedule for the project. What stood out to me was how little time we had to realistically produce an amazing project, so I am now in grind mode.

Is your progress on schedule or behind?

It is very early in the project and we just made the schedule, but we seem to currently be on schedule.  I have no doubts that conflicts will arise as we work on the project, but I looking forward to solving issues in our project together!

What deliverables do you hope to complete in the next week?

This coming week, my task is to research the occupancy sensor side of the project. I will finalize a purchase on parts needed on this hardware side with plenty of reasoning. I can’t wait for the weeks to come!