Capstone Project Wiki

This document provides information about succeeding in the Capstone class and on your Capstone project. Class-specific information is found here.

In addition to this document, there are two books to help you learn about product development:

• Product Development: Principles and Tools for Creating Desirable and Transferable Designs
• Design Decisions: Integrated Product Design Handbook

Please reference these books frequently for general product development process information.

The Syllabus describes the structure of the Capstone class and provides information about organization, procedures, and policies. It also presents the grading algorithms used to establish your grade in Capstone.

Please note that the syllabus provides an overview. Detailed information for most topics included in the syllabus is found by following the links in the syllabus.

At-a-Glance Schedules are designed to let you see everything required by class in each semester on a single page. There are some dates that are specifically for your team that will not be shown in the At-a-Glance tables, although there are placeholders.

You can download the At-a-Glance schedules in pdf and xls format for your use.

Fall Semester Student At-A-Glance
Fall Semester Coach At-A-Glance
Winter Semester Student At-A-Glance
Winter Semester Coach At-A-Glance

Design Reviews has documents that will help you advance your design and succeed in your design reviews. It has detailed information that helps you understand the materials needed for each design review.

Opportunity Development Review
Concept Review
Architecture Review and Fall Semester Design Report
Winter Planning Review
Subsystem Engineering Review
System Refinement Review and Final Design Report
Project Success Agreement
Formatting Printed Reports
Artifact Formatting

Assignments helps you succeed in Capstone assignments that are not directly related to advancing your design. These assignments help you communicate with others, develop skills in project management, and keep your sponsor informed of your progress.

Discussions and Instructional Packets
Weekly Status Updates
Individual Contribution Summary Worksheet
Peer and Coach Evaluations
Presentations
Product Development Exam

Team Name and Logo
Team Shirts

Project Poster
Project Description
Design Fair
Checkout Clearance

Artifacts provides information to help you prepare excellent artifacts that reflect your excellent design. Use this section as a reference as you work on your project.

Artifact Overview
Design Artifacts
Artifact Formatting
Engineering Drawing Standards
Requirements Artifacts
Software Artifacts
Test Artifacts
Project Data Archive

Purchasing and Travel shows you how to purchase things using your team budget as well as how to travel on Capstone business.

Purchasing Qualification Exam
On-campus Purchases
Orders
Purchase Orders
Project Budget
Reimbursement, the last resort
Returns
Service Providers, Off-campus
Shipping and Receiving
Travel
Vehicle Rental

Office and Workspace Resources describes how to get support for office work and your team workspace.

Office Resources
Team Workspace

Over the course of Capstone, we've found some things that will be of help to Capstone teams. Tools for Success contains things that have been found to be helpful by teams over the years. Scan through these, and carefully review those that apply to your project.

Circuit Boards
Design Competitions
Hardware Resources
People Who Can Help
Safety Plans
Software Projects
Software Resources
Team Effectiveness
Tuckman Team Stages
Wiring Tips

Visit Website Help for instructions on how to use the byucapstone.byu.edu website

Visit our Frequently Asked Questions to see if your question is answered there. If not, please send an email to the Capstone office so we can give you an answer (and update the Wiki and/or FAQ).

Examples of student work from past years are found in Examples of Student Work

Examples of the final Report