Shereen Khoja - Associate Professor of Computer Science

Date

Topics
  Handouts

Assignments
Week 1
 August 30
  • Discuss syllabus, schedule, portfolio, and status reports.
  • Project ideas.
  • How to plan a project.
  • Planning your project.
September 1
  • Defining senior capstone goals
  • Mind maps / brainstorming
  • References and Citations
  • Developing your Project Proposal
  • Good Style
September 3
  • Writing project proposals
  • What is the point of the project?
  • Writing exercise
Week 2
 September 6
 Labor Day - NO CLASS

September 8 Discussion of project ideas
DUE: Supporting documentation.
September 10 Software engineering methods
DUE: Draft project proposal.
Week 3
 September 13 Peer review project propsals
Requirements
September 15
  • Who are the users?
  • User/developer simulation.

September 17
  • Use cases
  • UML
DUE: Project proposal.
Week 4
 September 20 How to conduct interviews/surveys

September 22 Groupthink Exercise

September 24 Peer review user requirements

Week 5
 September 27

    		DUE: User requirements.
    September 29 Writing project specifications
    UML and project specs
    		Project Spec
    October 1
    		 Scheduling for a project
    		Project Schedule
    Week 6
    		 October 4 Peer review project specifications

    October 6 Peer review project specifications

    October 8 Fall Break - NO CLASS

    Week 7
    		 October 11 How to present a project
    		DUE: Project spec.
    Presentations
    Topic Leads
    October 13 Prototypes and tracer bullets
    		DUE: Project schedule.
    October 15 Define your prototype
    Topic lead discussion
    		Prototype
    Week 8
    		 October 18 Project proposal presentation
    • Samm
    • Jeff

    October 20 Project proposal presentation
    • JJ
    • Jessica

    October 22 Project proposal presentation
    • Ryan
    		DUE: Prototype description.
    Week 9
    		 October 25 Individual Meetings:
    • Ryan
    • Jessica
    • JJ
    		DUE: Nov. 1 articles
    October 27 Individual Meetings:
    • Jeff
    • Samm

    October 29 Design review discussion
    Prototype demonstrations
    		DUE: Prototype.
    Week 10 November 1
    		 Topic lead:
    JJ
    Samm
    		DUE: Nov. 8 articles
    November 3 Design review:
    Jeff
    Jessica

    November 5 Refactoring

    Week 11 November 8 Topic lead:
    Jessica
    Ryan
    		DUE: Nov. 15 articles
    November 10 Design review:
    Ryan

    November 12 Meet and look at code

    Week 12 November 15 Topic lead:
    Jeff

    November 17 Design review:
    Samm
    JJ

    November 19 Testing
    		Schedule Change Forms
    Week 13 November 22


    November 24 Thanksgiving - NO CLASS

    November 26 Thanksgiving - NO CLASS

    Week 14 November 29


    December 1
    		 First Progress Presentation

    December 3 First Progress Presentation

    Week 15 December 6 First Progress Presentation

    December 8 Reading Day

    December 10 Final Exam: 12:00pm-2:30pm