Northrop Grumman Project

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Northrop Grumman Project
Faculty AdvisorsJosh YelonJess TrybusNorthrop
Grumman ContactsMark CongerBrian Gomez

• Team
• Lucas Machado
• Shaochun Lin
• David Allen
• Asif Yusaf
• Gaurav Shrivastava

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Who is Northrop Grumman?

• 3rd largest defense contractor in the US
• Integrated Systems Division (formerly Aircraft
  Division)
• Air combat systems
• Unmanned systems
• Airborne air ground surveillance systems
• Airborne battle management systems
• Airborne electronic warfare systems

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The Problem

• Difficulty recruiting recent graduates in the
  following fields to Northrop Grumman (NG)
• Computer Engineers
• Computer Scientists
• Electrical Engineers
• Competition

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Clients Proposed Solution

• Create a game to increase interest in NG and its
  products
• Excellent medium for target demographic
• Quick insight into what NG does
• More engaging than pamphlets

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Metrics for Success

• Deliver a prototype that our client is happy with
• Guest testing survey results
• Does the experience accomplish our goals?

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Last Presentation

• Presented RTS game
• Some of the recurring Feedback
• Need to better understand target demographic
• Its not clear the gameplay we showed will be
  engaging
• Focus on making the products sound/look way cool.
  

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Addressing Faculty Feedback

• Researched NGs recruiting practices and results
• Narrowed target demographic
• Created surveys NG new hires

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Progress Since 1/4

• New idea
• Interactive Virtual Product Tour
• NG employee interviews
• Storyboard
• Client only had positive feedback
• Implemented 1 path

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Demo
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Project Schedule
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Guest Testing

• Testing at several development stages
• Testing with
• Engineering students
• ETC students
• Procedure
• Let the guest take the tour
• Brief questionnaire

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Risks

• Hollywood has tainted our perception of what is
  possible
• Lack of knowledge regarding NG and their industry
• Getting really good interviews that we can build
  the experience around

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We Could Use Help With

• Sound
• UI/game design feedback
• Flash programming
• Making professional quality videos

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Questions?