Each team will give a five minute status report on a variety of things including client contact, client meeting schedules, team meeting schedules, team organization, server systems and software, development systems and software, the team web site, a brief description of the project, the status of their project plan, and the initial identification of risks.
A PowerPoint template is provided on the Downloads page.
As with all of these milestones, this date indicates the due date. So, in this case the due date is the Wednesday of the third week, which means that the teams have to complete this work in first three weeks.
Each team will give a formal presentation about their project including the functional specifications, design specifications, technical specifications, risks, and proposed project schedule.
A PowerPoint template is provided on the Downloads page.
Each team will also submit a completed first draft of their project plan.
While these presentations will be made over the course of two weeks (four meetings), all teams must submit their materials and be be ready to present on this date. The per team schedule of presentations for the two weeks will be posted on our Meeting Agendas page the evening prior to this date. Dress for the presentations is business casual.
Given the short time frame, the project plans are considered a living document, which teams are allowed to update during the semester.
Each team will make a formal presentation demonstrating an alpha version of their systems.
While these presentations will be made over the course of two weeks (four meetings), all teams must submit their materials and be be ready to present on this date. The per team schedule of presentations for the two weeks will be posted on our Meeting Agendas page the evening prior to this date.
Your client is invited to attend your demonstration. If your client is interested in attending, we can work together to schedule it.
Each team will make a formal presentation demonstrating a beta version of their systems.
While these presentations will be made over the course of two weeks (four meetings), all teams must submit their materials and be be ready to present on this date. The per team schedule of presentations for the two weeks will be posted on our Meeting Agendas page the evening prior to this date.
Your client is invited to attend your demonstration. If your client is interested in attending, we can work together to schedule it.
For a final course deliverable, each team creates a demonstration video of their project. All of the videos will be due on this date, the Monday of the last week of class. We will watch the videos during the meetings of the last week and the exam time.
All deliverables are due on this date.
Each team must provide two copies of a CD/DVD that includes all deliverables including all source code, the project plan, the team web site, the user manual, the administrator manual, and the project video.
All teams must participate in Design Day. In particular, setup for Design Day will take place on the afternoon the day before Design Day. On Design Day, student teams must be available from 7:30am to 2:30pm.
