Egg Planning

In my groups egg-planning process we went through most of the steps in the planning process. Specifically;

1. Define goals and objectives; our goal was to make a mechanism that would not break the egg when dropped. Objectives were to use the specified amount of tape and straws and position it effectively within the required time period.
2. Determine current status compared to objectives; knowing that some of us were more careful and some were better at drawing and planning out, we used these resources effectively. Weaknesses were a lack of engineering background or seeing the objects in front of us, making completing the task somewhat difficult.
3. Develop premises and several alternative strategies; we did not really make alternative arrangements because of the lack of time and lack of very good alternatives that we may have come up with.
4. Analyze alternatives and make a tactical plan; we allocated job roles of me holding and dropping the egg and holding the tape while others were cutters of straws, etc. And we chose our original blueprint to go by and altered it to make it easier for our plan to succeed.
5. Implement the plan and evaluate results; our egg cracked, so we did not reach our objective. We were very close but if we had more effectively tested the experiment and changed the strength of our design, there may have been a better result

Though our egg cracked, we planned effectively given a number of factors, lack of time and resources. But there could have been even better planning and this was a great learning experience.