Hello IPPDers! This week, our team focused on finalizing our PDR presentation!

We focused more on our liaison’s expectations than rigorously adhering to the program’s requirements, we made great strides this week on our PDR presentation. After carefully considering Dr. McIntosh’s suggestions, we recorded an updated version of our presentation for him to review and offer more suggestions. The use of saturated steam instead of dry steam, a brief definition of active learning in a single sentence, and brief summaries of our functional decompositions and concept combinations, which he found especially enjoyable, were some of the major enhancements he pointed out. In addition to these adjustments, we kept improving our presentation for Monday by practicing our delivery and polishing our slides. One other key component of our presentation is our House of Quality, pictured on this post! We wanted to make sure to effectively communicate how our specifications are aligned with requirements of the project, which this visual does well. We also gained a deeper comprehension of the subject matter and increased our confidence in presenting our design development as a result of this process. To guarantee a seamless and interesting presentation, we also took the time to go over the flow and transitions between sections. All things considered, we are confident and prepared for the review next week.