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To: Professor McCleary From: Jonathan Ma, Jordain Wilson, Yousef Alabdulgader & Karoline Petersen Date: 28 February 2019 Subject: Progress Report of Group Name and Further Development of Design Idea Part 1: Overview of Project The overview of this project has fallen into the categories of recreation and electronics. Our team has decided on the idea of producing blinds, named Rotary Blinds, with multiple settings using the concept of a rotary phone. The product will help set the blinds at different settings easier than the old fashion way with a lift cord. The idea also includes the possibility of setting the blinds to go from one setting to another at a set time if wished. We are incorporating the initial idea of using a mechanical function and recreation. Part 2: Prior Week’s Work (21 February 2019) During last week’s class the main focus was a collaborative group exercise where a profile sheet on parents and an engineering instructor was made. The profile sheet was used to create a brainstorming list of the style considerations we would keep in mind when writing to either parents or a professor. Further- more, we each made a checklist for future document preparation. The list included items that target our individual known problems in communication. Finally, a product name was found, Rotary Blinds.

· Collaborative group exercise · Product name · Patents · Target market and audience analysis · Time/task chart

Part 3: Tonight’s Work (28 February 2019) During tonight’s class the focus was to make the company’s profile and specify the positions within the company, and make a layout for a company website and indicate what it will include. Furthermore, ques- tions for a focus group was created and a target market was specified.

· Specified company profile/positions · Created a website · Composed focus group questions · Developed a target market

Part 4: Next Week’s Homework (7 March 2019)

· Jonathan Ma: company website layout · Jordain Wilson: illustrations of motor for blinds · Yousef Alabdulgader: company website layout · Karoline Petersen: illustrations of blinds

Part 5: Complications When we worked on specifying the target market, we had a couple complications when agree on a spe- cific target market. Therefore, the target market is not fully done, but is very close to be.