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  • June 6, 2025

ME Capstone Design

Capstone Design Course Website for The George W. Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering at Georgia Tech

Stakeholder Engagement Strategy, User Needs, Specifications, Codes and Standards

* Stakeholder Analysis: Each team identifies stakeholders and submits a stakeholder matrix and influence diagram for the project. [Template]. Present your stakeholder engagement strategy. This could include:

  • List the specific stakeholders (e.g., sponsor, industry expert, end customer, potential supplier, etc.) your team will actively engage with during the various phases of the semester.
  • Identify the engagement objectives. For example, you might collect feedback on design requirements, gain inspiration for new concepts, or learn industry-specific constraints.
    • Develop a list of questions (known unknowns or knowledge gaps) that your team needs to know, that the external experts or sponsors could provide to your team. 
  • Prepare a communication plan for how your team will engage with them, i.e., emails, one-on-one meetings, video calls, etc., and the frequency of these interactions.
  • Determine engagement timeline. Consider the following typical lead times.
Type of Expert Typical Lead Time
Academic/Faculty (during semester) 1–2 weeks
Industry Expert or Executive 2–3 weeks
Consultant or Freelancer 1–2 weeks (varies by workload)
Highly Sought Speaker/Thought Leader 3–6 weeks or more

* User Needs, Functions, and Constraints: Each team identifies and submits the user needs and functions that the design has to fulfill, and applicable constraints. This can be in tables or paragraph format.

* Specification Sheet: Each team identifies engineering design specifications and submits an (initial) specification sheet containing engineering design specifications for the project. Consult lecture and ME 2110 material for a specification checklist (e.g., include quality requirements (define allowable tolerance levels), mechanical properties, material requirements, etc. Be as quantitative as possible when defining amounts, ranges, limits, tolerances, units, etc. [Template]

Codes and Standards: Identify whether there are any relevant engineering standards applicable for your project. Library guides and standards are available at:
https://libguides.library.gatech.edu/standards/databases

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