(Group Assessment)
Weighting of final grade: 50%
Related course learning outcomes: 2, 3, 4
Description: You will submit a group report on your work assessing the feasibility of an engineering design and development project. You need to apply the economics and non-economics based appraisal techniques to assess the viability of the proposed project.
Due Date: Week 12 (4pm Friday 14th October)
Group of 5 students.
Specific tasks to be covered in the report:
- Introduction
- Problem diagnosis (What is the problem? What are the contexts of the project? Who are the major stakeholders? What are the interests of stakeholders?)
- Project goal articulations (what are the goals/objectives/constraints?)
- Project technical description
- Economic impact assessment
- Non-economic impact assessment
- Decision making and recommendation
Length of the report: no more than 30 pages
Assessment Rubric:
- Presentation of the report (including format, use of language, length etc.) (10%)
- Adequacy of research carried out (20%)
- Content (specific tasks covered): (60%)
- Conclusions (10%)
