CSIS 4850: Senior Project

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CSIS 4850 Senior Project Fall 2008 Scope
Statement and Project Plan
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• Your Project
• Each group will play various roles throughout the
  development of the project.
• This semester, one projects has project
  supervisors (Customer). Please work with your
  project supervisor/client on a development plan
  outlining, among other, the project scope and
  project plan as per the posted Development Plan
  template.
• Assume the role of the Analysis Team to analyze
  gathered customer requirements and derive the
  Software Requirements Specifications (SRS).
• Assume the role of the Design Team to derive
  Software Design Document (SDD).
• Assume the role of the Development Team to
  implement the system.

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• What is Scope Statement?
• It is a relatively brief and precise description
  of the system to be developed. It is derived from
  customer meeting documents and/or use-case
  scenarios. Among others, it includes the
  followings information
• - Need/justification/background statement
• - input and output data
• - Basic functionality of the system (obvious
  requirements)
• - Constraints and limitations that may be
  applicable to data
• and functions
• - Deliverables and Project Plan (Gantt chart
  and timetable of
• milestones and deliverables)
• - Others (see posted article Writing a
  Scope Statement)

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• Scope Statement and Project Plan - URLs
• Examples of scope statements. Some are very brief
  others are too elaborate. Your scope statement
  should reasonably and adequately describe your
  project system.
• http//www.ncccs.cc.nc.us/IT_Projects/docs/Data
  Warehouse/Phase I/dw_project_scope_statement.pdf
• http//www.cs.usask.ca/resources/tutorials/csconce
  pts/1999_9/tutorial/html/intro/2-2.htm
• http//home.att.net/tkbowler/PSS.htm
• http//www.ucsf.edu/its/planning/infrastructure_sc
  ope.html
• http//www.tensteppb.com/5.0ProjectScopeManagement
  .htm
• http//www.enr.state.nc.us/its/pdf/PMHandbk/scope.
  pdf

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• Software Develop Plan
• Each team will develop a Software Development
  Plan. The plan meets milestone 1 stated in the
  course syllabus.
• A revised RUB template is posted on the Templates
  page.
• Feel free to use other SDP templates on this
  site
• http//jdbv.sourceforge.net/RUP.html
• Software Development Plan - due date TBD.
• Please bring printed professional copy of your
  SDP to class.