CSCI 300/600

Project

The project for this class gives students an opportunity to analyze and provide solutions for some actual problem. This is a team project. Students may select their own teams which are to be no larger than three people. Each team should have at least one graduate student. The project will consist of a problem identified by the team in a real environment that the team would like to see corrected. It should be sufficiently complex to require in-depth analysis, but sufficiently simple to handle in the time remaining for this course.

The project will follow the phases of system analysis and design presented in the textbook. During the project students will produce the requested deliverables for each phase. There will be three deliverables for the project; 1) Planning Phase Report, 2) Analysis Phase Report, and 3) Implementation Phase Report. Along with the required deliverable, the graduate student(s) from the groups are responsible for presenting the work of the group up to that point. Each presentation is to cover the material discussed in class which pertains to that deliverable.

An outline for each of the required reports is provided below.

10 % of the grade for the project will be determined by the Team Evaluation Forms. Each student is to individually complete a team evaluation form and submit it at the same time the final deliverable is submitted. This form should not, however, be included as part of the final deliverable.

Planning Phase Report

    1    Executive Summary
    2    Project Request
    3    Feasibility Analysis
            3.1 Technical Feasibility
            3.2 Economic Feasibility
            3.3 Organizational Feasibility
    4    Work Plan and Staffing Plan
    5    Charter and Standards
    6    Risk Analysis
    7    Recommendations

Analysis Phase Report

    1    Changes to Planning Phase
    2    Executive Summary
    3    Analysis Strategy
    4    Analysis Plan
    5    Information Gathering Plan
            5.1    Plan overview
            5.2    Interview Schedule
            5.3    Interview questions
            5.4    Interview transcripts
            5.5    Questionnaires
            5.6    Observation
            5.7    Other (Name the section)
    6    As-Is-System
            6.1    As-Is System Overview
            6.2    Use Cases
                    6.2.1    Use Case Overview
                    6.2.2    Use Case Descriptions
                    6.2.3    Use Case Diagrams
            6.3    Structural Modeling
                    6.3.1    Structural Modeling Overview
                    6.3.2    Class-Responsibility-Collaboration Cards
                    6.3.3    Class Diagrams
            6.4    Behavioral Modeling
                    6.4.1    Behavioral Modeling Overview
                    6.4.2    Sequence Diagrams
                    6.4.3    Collaboration Diagrams
                    6.4.4    Statechart Diagram
    7    To-Be System
            7.1    To-Be System Overview
            7.2    Use Cases
                    7.2.1    Use Case Overview
                    7.2.2    Use Case Descriptions
                    7.2.3    Use Case Diagrams
            7.3    Structural Modeling
                    7.3.1    Structural Modeling Overview
                    7.3.2    Class-Responsibility-Collaboration Cards
                    7.3.3    Class Diagrams
            7.4    Behavioral Modeling
                    7.4.1    Behavioral Modeling Overview
                    7.4.1    Sequence Diagrams
                    7.4.3    Collaboration Diagrams
                    7.4.4    Statechart Diagram

Design Phase Report

    1    Changes to Planning and Analysis Phases
    2    Packages and Package Diagrams
    3    Revised Use Cases
    4    Revised Structural Models
    5    Revised Behavioral Models
    6    Design Strategy
           6.1    In House
            6.2    Packaged Software
             6.3    Outsourcing
            6.4    Recommendation
    7    System Architecture
           7.1    Current System Architecture
            7.2    To-Be System Architecture
    8    Network Model
           8.1    Current Network Model
            8.2    To-Be System Network Model
    9    Hardware and Software Specification
           9.1    Current Hardware and Software
            9.2    To-Be System Hardware and Software
    10    Global Issues
    11    Security
    12    User Interface Structure
           12.1    Use scenarios
            12.2    User Interface Structure Design
            12.3    User Interface Standards
            12.4    User Interface Evaluation
    13    User Interface Templates
    14    Object Persistence Design
    15    Class and Method Design

Implementation Phase Report

    1    Assigning programmers
    2    Coordinating activities
    3    Managing the Schedule
    4    Testing
            4.1 Unit Tests
            4.2 Integration Tests
            4.3 System Tests
            4.4 Acceptance Tests
    5    Documentation
    6    Installation
            6.1 Conversion
            6.2 Change Management
    7    System Support
    8    System Maintenance
    9    Project Assessment Criteria