Phases of Development

Research Phase

The Research Phase of the project will begin after the project proposal has been accepted as an Advanced Project. The project lead can start accepting members into their project in this phase. This phase serves to allow project members to conduct research to explore feasibility and formalize the Project Objectives. The project will be given a budget of $100 per semester.

Prototyping Phase

The Prototyping Phase of the project will begin after the project has passed their PDR. This phase serves to allow project members to repeatedly build and test electrical, hardware, and software subsystems in an agile development process. The project will be given a budget of <= $500 per semester as proposed in their PDR or Continuing DR BOM.

Production Phase

The Production Phase of the project will begin after the project has passed their CDR. It is expected that the project will meet their objectives and end within one or two semesters in this phase. The project will be given a one-time <= $1000 budget as proposed in their CDR BOM.

Phases Summary

Milestone	Deliverables	Phase Transition	Budget
Project Proposal	Project Scope	None -> Research	$100
Preliminary Design Review (PDR)	Project Objectives	Research -> Prototyping	<= $500
	System requirements and design choices
	Bill of Materials (BOM)
	Gantt Chart
Critical Design Review (CDR)	Project Objectives	Prototyping -> Production	<= $1000
	System requirements and design choices
	Bill of Materials (BOM)
	Gantt Chart
Continuing Design Review	Ongoing documentation updates	No phase change	Same