1 ECE Mini-Report #1 Starting Point Month Day, 2010 Group #N Member Name 1 Member Name 2 Member Name 3 Member Name 4

Group #NStudent Name2 Overview  Presentation and slide information  Grading criteria  Outline for your talk: Process execution example Project statistics Lessons learned Open issues Suggestions

Group #NStudent Name3 About Your Presentation  Stay on time! Whole presentation: minutes  You will be cut off at 13 minutes for Q&A  On time is more important than exact number of slides  Most groups take too long if they don’t practice At least two team members shall present each time Each team member presents at least twice Slides submitted in advance and run on TA laptop  Be professional Speak loudly enough to hear in back row Do not wear hat, coat, or gloves Do not chew gum or have objects in mouth Practice your talk before you give it Try to minimize “Ah” “Uhm” “You Know”

Group #NStudent Name4 About Your Slides  Cover all of the content! Title slide with group # & member names Outline slide Content slides (6-8 total)  Process execution example (3-5 slides)  Project statistics (1 slide)  Lessons learned (1 slide)  Open issues (half slide)  Suggestions (half slide) Slide template is flexible, but must be legible  point type for bullets; 16 point min font size  Name of student presenting must be on each slide  Slide number must be visible on each slide  Don’t bring printed handouts to class

Group #NStudent Name5 Grading Criteria  (20pts) GROUP PERFORMANCE (5 pts)Slides submitted by deadline (5 pts)Slides have acceptable format  e.g., font sizes, name on each slide (5 pts) All required topics covered by slides (5 pts)At least two group members present on time You get this team grade even if you are not presenting  (10pts) Individual Performance Best two out of three used for each student  If you only present twice, those two grades are used Present non-trivial material and time length to count (5 pts)Able to explain material on designated slides (5 pts)Appropriate attire; heard in back row

Group #NStudent Name6 Process Execution Example  Each group discusses a module HallButtonControl – Groups: 1, 5, 9 CarButtonControl – Groups: 2, 6, 10 LanternControl – Groups: 3, 7, 11 Drive Control– Groups: 4, 8, 12  Modules change for next presentation

Group #NStudent Name7 Overall goal  Demonstrate you followed process Show how you did steps of the design process (Use case  scenario  SD  behaviors  statechart)  It’s OK to focus on one requirement Starting in a scenario and sequence diagram What requirements were derived? How do they show up in the state chart? What problems did you find?  How did revisions impact design?

Group #NStudent Name8 Process Execution Outline  Scenario Select a scenario that includes your module  Sequence diagram Explain piece of corresponding sequence diagram  Requirements Explain a representative requirement derived from sequence diagram  State chart Show how requirement is represented in state chart  Design revision Discuss an example of a revision in your design during process execution and impact of that revision

Group #NStudent Name9 Project Statistics  Statistics are for all modules for current week hand-in Not just the single module you present Probably this is a slide with a big table Leave entries with “n/a” for ones that don’t apply to you yet  Number of scenarios/sequence diagrams Also, number of sequence diagram arcs  Number of behavioral requirements Count up the numbers (7.1, 7.1.1, count as two)  Number of statecharts Also, total number of states Also, total number of arcs  Number non-comment lines source code you have written Do not count blank lines or comments  Testing information: Number unit tests Number integration tests Number acceptance tests  Number of outstanding defects and issue log entries

Group #NStudent Name10 Lessons Learned & Open Issues  Problems that you have already solved How they came up What did you do to solve them Process failures? Which part of process?  Which strategies (team, technical, etc.) have worked well, and which have not?  Open issues Biggest unsolved issue? How do you plan to solve it? Open issues are not incomplete parts

Group #NStudent Name11 Common Presentation Errors  Many bullet items more than one line long  Fonts smaller than 16 point Beware powerpoint auto-resize Fonts in diagrams count too!  This font is pretty tiny and should only be used for details (16 pt)  This font is too small and shouldn’t be used (14 pt)  Poor personal presence Wearing outdoor coats, any hat, torn shirts, T-shirt Chewing gum Talking to front row instead of back row  Poor time management You must speak for 2.5+ minutes for individual grade and at least two non-trivial slides We’ll give you 5 & 2 minute warnings for talk

Group #NStudent Name12 Logistics  Presentations due at 9 AM day of recitation when your group presents Simply include it in submission directory../ece649/Public/handin/presentations/  We understand the elevator is not complete Demonstrate you are following process If you are an early presenter, put in what you have  See course web page for time slots Slots will run in order stated on web page