System Emergency Week

Monday, July 29th through Friday, August 2nd

Schedule

Group	Time Slot
Chris Johnson, Dave Hearn, Mike Ranney	Tuesday, July 30th, 11 AM - 1 PM
Justin Lloyd, Ning Zhang, Xiangliang Xia	Tuesday, July 30th, 2 PM - 4 PM
Jun Fang, Tina Li, David Collins	Wednesday, July 31st, 11 AM - 1 PM
Erik Cotsonas, Tracie George, Donat Forrest	Wednesday, July 31st, 2 PM - 4 PM
Richard Bowman, Ken Sheffield, Sudha Krothapally	Thursday, August 1st, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM
Gongya Yu, Jia Hongqi, Esra Erimez	Friday, August 2nd, 11 AM - 1 PM
Jun Tang, Kanok Achawattana, Lin Mei	Friday, August 2nd, 1 PM - 3 PM
Shayne Steele, Sireesha Chillaku, Aruna Reddy	Friday, August 2nd, 3:30 PM - 5:30 PM

Scheduling

Have each group select a Team Leader. The purpose of the Team Leader is only to simplify scheduling.

The Team Leader will coordinate with me via email, phone, or in-person and schedule a two hour time slot during the last week of classes (July 29th through August 2nd). Any two hour time slot is acceptable, starting at 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM on Monday through Friday. Time slots cannot be scheduled during class lecture, however.

Method

• Each team will be given 3 problems.
• Each person on a team will solve 1 problem (teams members can decide who solves which problem).
• The primary problem-solver will "think out loud", describing steps for problem resolution. They will attempt to solve the problem by themselves as much as possible.
• I will give access to any room, machine, manuals, root access, etc (within reason :).
• The primary problem-solver, if having trouble, may use other team members as consultants. Realize, however, that your grade for the problem resolution is based on how well and how much of it you resolve it by yourself.
• The problem resolution period ends after a hard time limit (40 minutes). Your grade is based on:
  • Did the primary problem solver initiate resolution or did he/she rely too much on their partners?
  • Orderly elimination of potential diagnoses and fixes
  • Use of skills and knowledge obtained in this course
  • Getting the right answer

IMPORTANT: NO DISCUSSION OF THE PROBLEMS AND HOW YOUR TEAM RESOLVED THEM IS ALLOWED AFTER YOUR TEAM HAS FINISHED! The problems will be unique, but similar enough in composition and resolution to give future teams an unfair advantage if you divulge the information.