Guidelines for Project Plan

First semester

• submission
  1. hardcopy of plan with signature in class
  2. softcopy of plan (without signature) in pdf on your project web site
  3. softcopy of presentation in pdf (ppt) on your project web site
• length: about 2 pages (single-spaced, 12-pt font, 1-in margins)
• content:
  1. Title, names and email addresses of team members, name (department if not CS) and email address of Faculty Sponsor(s)
  2. Project goals: what are the main features?
  3. Motivation: why is your project interesting?
  4. Milestone 1 (Sep 28): itemized tasks:
     • Requirement Document
     • Design Document
     • Test Plan
  5. Milestone 2 (Oct 26): itemized tasks:
     • implement, test, and demo feature
     • implement, test, and demo feature
     • ...
  6. Milestone 3 (Nov 30): itemized tasks:
     • implement, test, and demo feature
     • implement, test, and demo feature
     • ...
  7. Task matrix for Milestone 1 (teams with more than one person)

     Task	John	Mary	Mark
     Requirement Document	write 50%	write 25%	write 25%
     Design Document	write 20%	write 30%	write 50%
     Test Plan	write 25%	write 50%	write 25%

  8. Approval from Faculty Sponsor
     • "I have discussed with the team and approve this project plan. I will evaluate the progress and assign a grade for each of the three milestones."
     • Signature: _______________________________ Date: ________

Second semester

• submission
  1. hardcopy of plan with signature in class
  2. softcopy of plan (without signature) in pdf on your project web site
  3. softcopy of presentation in pdf (ppt) on your project web site
• length: about 3 pages (single-spaced, 12-pt font, 1-in margins)
• content:
  1. Title, names and email addresses of team members, name (department if not CS) and email address of Faculty Sponsor(s)
  2. Project goals: what are the main features?
  3. Design: system architecture diagram
  4. Progress Summary:

     Module/feature	Completion %	To do
     GUI	50%	allowing drop down menus, mouse-over help messages...

  5. Milestone 4 (Sep 28): itemized tasks:
     • implement, test, and demo which modules
  6. Milestone 5 (Oct 26): itemized tasks:
     • implement, test, and demo which modules
     • poster for Senior Design Showcase
  7. Milestone 6 (Nov 30): itemized tasks:
     • test/demo of the entire system
     • user manual
     • demo video
  8. Task matrix for Milestone 4 (teams with more than one person)

     Task	John	Mary	Mark
     implement, test & demo module/feature	100%	0%	0%
     implement, test & demo module/feature	0%	100%	0%
     implement, test & demo module/feature	0%	0%	100%

  9. Approval from Faculty Sponsor
     • "I have discussed with the team and approve this project plan. I will evaluate the progress and assign a grade for each of the three milestones."
     • Signature: _______________________________ Date: ________