Day one of the selection workshop focused on presentations
from the ESA Education Team on how best to approach the management, design,
build, test and deployment of a space project.
Teams were present from all over Europe –Italy, Romania,
Sweden, Poland – and there were a number of group exercises and activities to
generate discussion and explore some of the less obvious challenges. A number
of common design challenges were discussed.
There was a significant focus on management – project
planning, effective communication to all stakeholders, documentation and risk
management – which is essential in completing a project to the required
specification, on budget and on schedule.
We are really looking forward to the presentations from the
other teams – Day 2 REXUS, Day 3 – BEXUS!