Self-Disarming Suture

Client: Victor Haughton

Team Members: Briar Duffy, Angela Heppner, Elizabeth Nee, Jeff Phillips

September 5 to September 12, 2001

Problem Statement

(will be added next week)

Last Week’s Goals

- Select project

- Assign group role to each team member

- Contact customer and establish first meeting time

Summary of Accomplishments

- As a group, selected the self-disarming suture project

- Briar e-mailed our client, Victor Haughton on September 9

- Team roles were assigned:

o Briar Duffy, client communications

o Angela Heppner, team leader

o Elizabeth Nee, BWIG representative

o Jeff Phillips, BSAC representative/leader

- Briar e-mailed our client, Victor Haughton on September 9

- Briar and Elizabeth compiled a list of times when all team members are available

This Week’s Goals

- Establish meeting time with Mr. Haughton

- Compile list of project questions for customer meeting

- After meeting, begin constructing problem statement and PDS document

- Begin researching problems with current suture needles

Project Schedule

Week	In-Class	Outside of Class
Sep. 5, 2001	Select project, assign team roles	E-mail client
Sep. 12, 2001	Determine project schedule, compile list of project questions	Meet with client
Sep. 19, 2001	Discuss research results, begin writing Problem Statement & PDS	Continue researching

Project Difficulties

We have not had any kind of reply to the e-mail sent to our client three days ago, and can not fully understand the problem he wants us to solve until meeting with him.

Activities

Sep. 7, 2001 Team- In class, pick project and assign team roles. 1.00 hr

Sep. 7, 2001 Briar and Elizabeth- Discussed meeting times. 0.50 hr

Sep. 9, 2001 Briar- E-mail customer about meeting time. 0.25 hr

Sep. 12, 2001 Angela- Write progress report. 0.50 hr