Managing Your Software Project: A Student's Guide

ISBN-13: 9783540760467 / Angielski / Miękka / 1997 / 103 str.

Ian W. Ricketts;Ricketts

Opis

Undertaking a software project is an essential part of many undergraduate degrees in computer science and related disciplines. Based on his own experience of supervising student projects over the last 10 years, Ian Ricketts has produced a readable and ac cessible text which provides a practical guide for students embarking on a project. Useful pointers are given on how to deal with organisational challenges common to most projects as well as advice on how to deal with the unexpected. Topics covered include: planning; requirements analysis; structure; time management skills; research ski lls; practical tools etc. Lots of examples are provided throughout and students will find that a careful reading of this book will greatly enhance their chances of creating a successful software project.

Spis treści

1. Introduction.- A Profile of the Expected Reader.- A Profile of This Book’s Contents.- The Three Functions of Management.- 2. Creating a Plan.- Identifying the Activities in a Software Project.- Estimating the Development Effort Required for Each Phase.- Project Time Scale.- An Alternative Division of Project Effort.- The Project Time Scale for a 2-Stage Development.- Translating the Effort into Production.- Estimating the Number of Lines of Source Code.- Estimating the Effort to Create the Detailed Design.- Estimating the Effort to Write the Project Report.- Estimating the Effort to Test the Project Software.- Identifying Deliverables and Milestones.- Reviewing Your Project Plan.- A Tool for Maintaining Your Project Plan.- 3. Gathering Your Project Skills.- Keeping a Hardback Notebook.- Communicating with Your Supervisor.- Provide Regular Progress Reports.- Organise Project Meetings.- Maintaining Your Supervisor’s Involvement.- Publishing Your Project.- Where is the Potential Audience?.- What is the Best Medium to Reach the Audience?.- What Knowledge Does the Reader Have of the Subject?.- What Information Do I Want to Communicate?.- Is There a Standard Format for Delivery?.- Writing a Conference Paper.- Writing a Journal Paper.- Giving an Oral Presentation.- Making the Most of an Oral Examination.- Preparing for an Oral Examination.- At the Examination.- What to do After the Exam.- Coping with StRESS.- Strategies for Coping with Stress.- 4. Collating Your Research Data Base.- Talking to Other Researchers.- Recommended Reading.- Accessing Library Services.- Getting Familiar with Your Local Libraries.- Finding and Reading the Reports of Remote Researchers.- Gathering Information Via Computer Networks.- Electronic Mail (Email).- World Wide Web (WWW).- News Groups.- WWW Archives.- 5. Selecting the Tools for Report Production.- Learn to Touch-Type.- Using a Word Processor to Write Your Report.- Outlining as an Aid to Report Production.- Including a Table of Contents.- Including an Index.- Checking for Spelling and Grammatical Errors.- Producing Graphs and Charts.- Using a Drawing Package to Illustrate Your Report.- Including Equations in Your Report.- 6. Writing Your Report.- Creating a Structure for Your Report.- Title.- Acknowledgements.- Summary.- Method.- Results.- Conclusions.- Recommendations.- References.- Strategies to Improve Your Writing.- Use a Just-Do-It Approach for Short Reports.- Use a Top-Down Approach for Longer Reports.- An Approach to Overcoming Writer’s Block.- Helping the Busy Reader.- 7. Developing the Software.- Creating the Statement of Requirements.- Example Statement of Requirements.- Analysing the Statement of Requirements and Writing the Requirements Specification.- Example Requirements Specification.- Rapid Prototype to Confirm the Requirements.- Alternative Approaches to Requirements Analysis.- Producing the Detailed Design.- Reviewing the Design.- Coding.- Using an Integrated Development Environment.- Verification & Validation.- Testing Individual Source Code Modules.- Testing Your Integrated System.- User Acceptance Testing.- References.- Appendices.- An Example Statement of Requirements.- Outline of a Project Plan.- Outline of a Project Report.- Gold Price Prediction System - Report Plan (version 1.0).- An Example Agenda for a Project Meeting.- An Example Report of a Project Meeting.- Outline of a Curriculum Vitae (CV).