Lab Notes List
Lab notes outlining recommended lab activities are provided below, in chronological order. Notes will be posted at least two weeks prior to a given lab, but they may be adjusted during the week before a lab (usually after the Tuesday staff meeting) to reflect more current information about project needs.
At the start of the course the lab notes are fairly detailed but as teams develop and projects become more individual, the notes serve to provide general guidelines for what-needs-to-happen-when.
The timing of labs in relation to both class and milestone activities are mapped in the overall course and lab schedule.
- Lab #1, week of September 14. Electing officers and ideation
- Lab #2, week of September 21. Exploring ideas and preparation for the 3 ideas presentation
- Lab #3, week of September 28. Exploring and developing the team's idea area into concepts
- Lab #4, week of October 5. Preparing for the sketch model review
- Lab #5, week of October 12. Identifying and resolving key risks
- Lab #6, week of October 19. Preparation for the mockup review
- Lab #7, week of October 26. Making the decision
- Lab #8, week of November 2. Clarifying the system vision, design details
- Lab #9, week of November 9. Resolving design details and prototyping
- Lab #10,week of November 16: Building the prototype
- Lab #11, week of November 23: Planning the rebuild and presentation
- Lab #12, week of November 30: Prototype rebuilding, presentation designing.
- Lab #13, November 9: Course wrapup.
