kramer714
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Preliminary Design Review – Student Rocket Projects Tutorial
Is there interest from student rocket groups in a Tutorial about performing a preliminary design review (PDR)? If a few groups or group leaders are interested I could do a teams presentation on, why do you need a PDR, what is needed before you start, what do the inputs look like, how does the PDR help save time and money for the project, what does a real schedule and budget look like, PDR follow up / CDR, and roles and responsibilities for the team members.
I'm posting it here because many of the teams check the high powered rocketry forum, not the student one.
I have mentored / consulted / been asked questions by many different college groups about their project, every time (really every time) the problem they have is linked back to planning / skipped steps at the beginning of the problem. I have to tell them that ready – fire … then aim seldom works. A REAL PDR helps reduce these problems. Many groups have a hard time understanding how a little more work in the beginning can reduce a lot of work at the end.
If there is interest I can set this up.
Mike K
P.S. I have over 30 years experience taking new technology and getting it successfully in the air and into space on development and production programs.
Is there interest from student rocket groups in a Tutorial about performing a preliminary design review (PDR)? If a few groups or group leaders are interested I could do a teams presentation on, why do you need a PDR, what is needed before you start, what do the inputs look like, how does the PDR help save time and money for the project, what does a real schedule and budget look like, PDR follow up / CDR, and roles and responsibilities for the team members.
I'm posting it here because many of the teams check the high powered rocketry forum, not the student one.
I have mentored / consulted / been asked questions by many different college groups about their project, every time (really every time) the problem they have is linked back to planning / skipped steps at the beginning of the problem. I have to tell them that ready – fire … then aim seldom works. A REAL PDR helps reduce these problems. Many groups have a hard time understanding how a little more work in the beginning can reduce a lot of work at the end.
If there is interest I can set this up.
Mike K
P.S. I have over 30 years experience taking new technology and getting it successfully in the air and into space on development and production programs.
