The project is an important part of this course. Each project group will have 5 members. Your group will choose a significant, non-trivial, application of interest to you. The goal behind the project is not just to construct a nice piece of software (this is not a programming course), but rather to apply software engineering concepts presented in class, and experience proper practices of software engineering. The project will also give you a flavor of working in a team, which is quite challenging. Java is the programming language for this project!

Students will be allowed to put together their own groups, if this can not be done, groups will be assigned.

The final mark (40%) for the project will be based on the following grading criteria:

Note: all group members will get the same mark for the project!

• Four assignments (26%)
  • Requirements Analysis Document (6.5%)
  • System Design Document (6.5%)
  • Object Design Document (6.5%)
  • Test Report (6.5%)
• Presentation (4%) In this presentation, your group members will demonstrate and defend their work. You must prepare PowerPoint Slides for a 10-minute presentation. Each presentation will be followed by 5-minutes for questions. Here is what I would like you to do for your presentation:
  • Introduce your group members, identify your company and the product name.
  • Outline the functionality of the product.
  • Outline the most important non-functional requirements for your product
  • Go though some scenarios of use by presenting some screen shots.
• Final group report (2%) The final report is a 2 or 3 page document describing: what was the most difficult part of the project and why; things you have learned from the course and the project; things you would do differently the next time; what did work; what didn't work; thoughts on the process that was used in the project. A hard copy of your group final report must be handed in the last week of March.
• Individual report (4%) Submit a sheet of paper (in an envelope) rating (out of 10) the members of your group for their contributions to the project throughout the semester. The average of the ratings will be calculated for each member of the group, and it is worth 4% of the final mark.
• Quality of finished product (4%) This will be based on your presentation and demo.

Project Milestones:

• Jan. 11: form a group and e-mail me the group info (names and student numbers).
• Jan. 18: e-mail me a description of your project (max. 1 page PLAIN TEXT NOT MS WORD) for approval. (0% but -2% if it is late). When thinking of an idea for the project, please keep the following in mind: more credit will be given to completed projects (even though they might be less difficult) than to the ambitious unfinished work. Therefore, in your project description try to convince me that your project is significant and yet you will be able to complete it.
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