I can create a project plan with accountable owners, interface tasks, dependencies, and integration milestones.
POE Unit 5 • Lesson 5.8
Subsystem Planning and Team Roles
Focus question: How can teams divide the capstone into coordinated subsystems, responsibilities, dependencies, and milestones?
Mission Briefing
Today’s Plan
A focused sequence that advances the capstone without creating unnecessary documentation.
Opening promptConcept modelGuided workInteractive applicationEvidence checkExit ticket
Lesson Targets
What You Will Be Able to Do
Subsystem responsibility and milestone plan
Every major task has one owner, dependencies are visible, and subsystem integration is planned before the final deadline.
Activity Flow
How the Lesson Moves
Each step produces a decision, artifact, or test result needed for the capstone.
1. Define work packages
Break the chosen system into manageable subsystem tasks.
2. Assign accountability
Match roles to skills while maintaining shared understanding.
3. Schedule dependencies
Sequence fabrication, coding, testing, and integration milestones.
Lesson Interactive
Sequence the Capstone Project Plan
Apply the lesson concept to a capstone aerospace-systems scenario. Use the feedback to correct your reasoning before completing the main deliverable.
Project Sequence
- Schedule subsystem and evidence milestones
- Integrate and run the combined system
- Assign one accountable owner to each task
- Confirm requirements and major work packages
- Define subsystem interfaces and dependencies
Order the project-management decisions and select clear accountability and dependency practices.
Today’s Work
Main Deliverable
Subsystem responsibility and milestone plan
Create one focused engineering artifact that demonstrates today’s capstone progress.
- Create a responsibility matrix with one accountable owner for each major task.
- Build a milestone schedule that includes subsystem tests and integration checkpoints.
Exit Ticket
Capstone Debrief
State the most important engineering decision your team made today.
Name the evidence, requirement, interface, or risk that supports that decision.
Identify the next action and the person responsible for completing it.
Resources
Lesson Resources
Lesson 5.8 PowerPoint
Use the presentation to review the lesson concepts, examples, and activity directions.
Principles of Engineering
Return to the POE course hub for units, resources, certifications, and course information.
Aerospace Systems Capstone
Return to Unit 5 to review the capstone sequence, deliverables, and project challenges.