Project Group Assignment System CS616 Team 9 Kim Doyle, Susan Kroha, Arunima Palchowdhury, Wei Xu Client: Dr. Charles Tappert

Project Group Assignment System Create project teams based on team participants’ preferences for: Project Schedule availability for team meetings Location preference for team meetings Professional and academic experience

Methodology Web interface - to enter information into a database and execute the algorithm Database - allows modifications to preferences and weights without impacting algorithm Java algorithm - creates teams based on preferences and weights

System Architecture ODBC Interface Database Web Browser Servlet Subsystem Database Interface Subsystem Algorithm Subsystem ColdFusion

Interface Secure Login Instructor Page – Manage Students, Clients, Projects, Teams – Runs Java Servlet to form Teams Student Page – Enter and update Preferences – View teams

Database Relational database Stores student and project information Allows student enrollment in more than one course in one semester Adapts to additions, deletions and changes of preferences and parameter weights

Algorithm to Create Teams Preferences and parameter weights are used to create teams Three passes are convergent and one pass is divergent Larger groups are broken down based on scored preferences for the parameters

Overview of Algorithm Structure Convergence Database Web Interface DBConnect Algorithm Control Divergence LinkToRecord Score

Summary Tested successfully in Spring 2002 in two courses at Pace University System will be used at Pace in courses that require team formation The system is portable to other academic and professional institutions Demo

Algorithm Subsystem Run algorithm Return Requested Information Input Resultset Retrieve Resultset Initiate Algorithm Run Algorithm Pass Information (Validate Password) Make Db Connection Input as Resultset Retrieve Resultset Pass Information Database Web Browser Servlet Subsystem Database Interface Subsystem Algorithm Subsystem JDBC-ODBC Interface