1. Senior Project – CSc 190 Senior Project Coordinator Professor Buckley Riverside 3002 buckley@csus.edu Day 2!!!

2. 2 Senior Project Organizational Chart The SW Development “Company” Senior Project “CEO” Professor Buckley Professor Lan “Divisional Mgr.” Team 4 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1 Team … Professor Jin “Divisional Mgr.” Team 4 Team 2 Team 3 Team 1 Team …

3. 3 More like a “Business” than a class! Seminar meetings are like “all-hands” meetings with the company’s CEO - everyone present. Meetings with Faculty Project Adviser are like meetings with the Division’s project manager. Team meetings are “run” with the team’s project manager providing the organizational focus. Team is responsible for “managing” the relationship with the sponsor… your customer.

4. 4 PROJECT LOG 1.Team Meetings (Agenda and Minutes) 2.Weekly Time and Status Reports 3.Project schedule 4.Weekly Meetings With Project Faculty Adviser (Agenda and Minutes) 5.Meetings with Sponsor / Customer (Agenda and Minutes) 6.Technical Review Summary Reports 7.Baseline Change Requests 8.Cross-references to key decisions http://gaia.ecs.csus.edu/~buckley/CSc190/ProjectLog.pdf The “Audit Trail”

5. 5 What takes so long? The “Process” Project Overview Specification Mgt Plan Req’t Spec Design Spec Baseline Code User Manual System Test Plan & Test Specs Testing & Test Report Prepare Delivery CD Architectural Design Prototypes Req’t Prototypes SPONSOR MTG: Delivery and Sign-off SPONSOR MTG: Delivery and Sign-off SPONSOR MTG: Sign-off on Baseline Req’ts SPONSOR MTG: Sign-off on Baseline Req’ts Usability Prototypes CSc 190 CSc 191

6. 6 What do you do in CSc 190 - First Semester ActivityDeliverable Identify ProjectProject Abstract Prepare Project OverviewProject Overview Specification (POS) Plan ProjectProject Mgt. Plan (PMP) Elicit Software Requirements Perform Requirements AnalysisSW Req’ts Specification (SRS) Prepare Req’t PrototypesPrototypes and Sponsor approval Prepare for Customer PresentationBaseline Req’ts Review All “Deliverables” completed and approved by the end of week 15 - last day of instruction -

7. 7 What you do in CSc 191 - Second Semester ActivityDeliverable Complete software design specificationSDS Document Prepare design prototypesPrototypes and Sponsor approval Prepare System Test Plan and System TestsSTS Document Implement System DesignBaseline CODE Conduct System Tests & STR Document Prepare System Test Report Create User's ManualUM Document Create Delivery CDProduct CD Prepare for delivery to sponsorDelivery and Sign-off All “Deliverables” completed & approved by end of week 13 Allow for (and plan for) two weeks of operational use Sponsor sign-off by end of week 15 – last day of instruction

8. 8 Identifying an Acceptable Customer The customer/sponsor must represent a legitimate business, governmental entity, a non-profit organization, or an educational institution. Not a student project or a faculty “assignment”. The team cannot serve as their own customer/sponsor. The customer/sponsor must not be related to student. None of the project team may work directly for the customer/sponsor. ( the job performance by the team member should not be affected positively or negatively by the team’s work).

9. 9 The “Lab period” Team meets separately once a week with their “Faculty Adviser” Meeting time is set by team and Faculty Adviser (15 to 30 minutes) Agenda: Discuss the work completed during the previous week Discuss and document problems Turn in the staff-hour accounting sheet and schedule updates Review work assignments for the coming week Review lab instructor’s comments on submitted document drafts Negotiate changes in project schedule Teams are to use a Standard Agenda for each meeting see Project Log specifications

10. 10 Grades CRITERIA: Demonstration that the team managed the project, week- by-week, throughout both semesters and used the required software engineering principles and practices Each team member contributed Team took responsibility for the quality of the team’s work Team worked effectively with their sponsor throughout the project Successful delivery of the software – satisfying the sponsor's “acceptance criteria”

11. 11 COURSE MATERIALS READ the following: IntroductionIntroduction – Day 1 COURSE SYLLABUS COURSE OBJECTIVES / EXPECTATIONS Memo to Potential Sponsor explaining Senior Project

12. 12 GRADES CSUS Definition of Grade Symbols (page 103 – CSUS 2002-04 Catalog) A =Exemplary achievement of the course objectives. In addition to being clearly and significantly above the requirements, work exhibited is of an independent, creative, contributory nature. B = Superior achievement of the course objectives. The performance is clearly and significantly above the satisfactory fulfillment of course requirements.

13. 13 Senior Project - The Benefits Provides the opportunities to: Apply your CSc knowledge and learning skills as a productive member of a software development team. Develop a software product for a real client. Accumulate realistic work experience. Create a portfolio documenting the quality of your work. Begin the transition from academic life to professional life.