CSE/ISE 308 Software Engineering Team Organization

READY?

FIRST! ALL PAST PROGRAMMING SINS ARE FORGIVEN

What is the point of this class? TO MAKE SOMETHING GREAT

Teams Let's start by making teams of 4 Rules to start: –teams must always sit together –teammates must always be respectful to one another –teammates must always answer each others' s –teammate should learn and know each others' schedules to time teamwork, not to time robberies

Here are your Teams

Team Rules 4 Roles –Lead Programmer –Project Manager –Lead Designer –Data Designer Other stuff –Mutiny Clause –The Apprentice Clause –Software Engineer to be named later Clause

Attendance Taken each meeting (lecture) There are 28 meetings (lectures) this semester Students are allowed 3 excused absences Each absence after 3 will lower that student’s grade by ½ letter grade (i.e. B+ to B)

What’s the project?

What’s the deal?

Project Managers run the meeting With help of lead programmer What does “run the meeting” mean? –take attendance –set the agenda – list of topics to discuss –lead the discussion –bring up topics one at a time –assign action items (tasks) –write meeting minutes –follow up on action items enter and update all meeting info via project management tool This includes today

What’s an action item? An assigned task First task, assign team roles All tasks should have an owner and completion date Tasks with distant horizons should be periodically reviewed –Is it on track? –Does the owner need help? –Is the owner overloaded? –Is the owner alive?

Meeting #1 (today) Agenda –take attendance –everyone introduce themselves one at a time name, address, place of residence, 300-level course experience, favorite musical artist –team programming –the meeting/presentation laptop issue –Project Management Software –Source Control –Work schedule

Upcoming Topics Front-End Technologies The Google App Engine The Google Datastore The Google Web Toolkit