SYSC 4106 - Winter 2008 Projects Template

1.    Winter 2008 projects guide

Group

G-members

Project #1

Project #2

Project

Presentation

Proposal

Project

Presentation

1

Anissa Shady

Guidelines for requirement management - Part I    pdf   to-do-1

  Jan 23 @ 12:25

Approved - but you are limited to Six-sigma methodologies alone.

Six-Sigma Methodologies in Soft. projects

March 26 @ 11:35 am

Farhad Khan

2

Tunde Adams

Guidelines for requirement management - Part II   pdf   to-do-2 

Jan 23 @ 12:40

Approved - need to  focus on a particular aspect of SQA to Process improvement

Importance of Software Quality Assurance

March 26 @12:15 pm

King Chan

3

Bernadette Brzezina

Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD)  to-do-3

Jan 30 @ 12:10

Approved - but you are to focus on advantages of implementing six-sigma (listed in page of your proposal)

Advantages  of Six-Sigma implementation in IT Organizations

March 26 @ 11:55 am

Nadine Hill

4

Robert Peace

GOAL-QUESTION-METRIC (GQM) APPROACH  to-do-4

Jan 30 @ 12:25

Approved -  

Configuration Management

March 31 @ 11:35 am

Catalin Patulea

5

Mina Riad

GOAL-QUESTION-METRIC (GQM) APPROACH cont. to-do-5

Jan 30 @ 12:40

Approved - Concentrate on  the "economics of OSS"

Economics of OSS

March 31 @ 12:35 pm

Bing Zhao

6

Minh Trung Nguyen

INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Justice Management Division      to-do-6     

Feb 6 @ 12:10

Approved - Try to limit yourselves to the four questions in page 2 of your proposal

Threats of Spyware to IT environments

April 2 @ 11:35 am

Hanan Mahmoud

7

Michael Colussi

INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Justice Management Division      to-do-7     

Feb 6 @ 12:25

Approved - but focus on 3 or 4 strategies (e.g. 2,3,6 & 7) in your proposal

OSS Business Strategies

March 31 @ 11:55 am

Dylan Smith

8

Michael Lepine Shaw

INFORMATION RESOURCES MANAGEMENT - Justice Management Division      to-do-8     

Feb 6 @ 12:40

Approved - Limit yourselves to the management of OSS projects

Management of OSS projects

March 31 @ 12:15 pm

Michael King

9

Sami Sanaallah

Dept. of Energy-V3- Systems Engineering Methodology  to-do-9

Feb 11 @ 12:00

Approved - need to address XP project management problems

Extreme Programming

April 2 @ 11:55 am

Ali Sadri

10

Marc Gobeil

Dept. of Energy-V3- Systems Engineering Methodology  to-do-10

Feb 11 @ 12:40

Approved - I hope you are aware of the depth of your proposal!

Management of Multi-Disciplinary Proj. Team

March 26 @ 12:35 pm

Kshiragar Naidu

11

 

Rui Zhao

Dept. of Energy-V3- Systems Engineering Methodology  to-do-11

Feb 11 @ 12:15

Approved - Note that you are doing this project alone

Management of Multi-Player comp. & video game project

April 2 @ 12:15 pm

Group 1 - Read pages 1 to 17 (Sections 1.0 to 3.2) of the document; summarize the contents and argue the merit and de-merit of the guideline. You can consult other references (or document). Present your summary and argument in a set of 5 to 8 slides lasting 8 minutes maximum. Your presentation is scheduled for January 23rd @ 12:35 pm

Group 2 - Read pages 18 to 24 (Sections 3.3 to 4.3) of the document; summarize the contents and argue the merit and de-merit of the guideline. You can consult other references (or document). Present your summary and argument in a set of 5 to 8 slides lasting 8 minutes maximum. Your presentation is scheduled for January 23rd @ 12:35 pm

Group 3  - Do a study of IPPD .  Summarize your findings and try to compare it (if you can) with one or two other Software processes to be discussed in class (e.g. Waterfall, Spiral, USP, etc..).  Do not study CMMI or CMM.  Prepare for a 10-minute class presentation.

Group 4  - Do a study of GQM  Starting from the beginning of the web page up to Step 6 – Analyzing the Data for Goal Attainment and Learning  of the DETAILED DESCRIPTION of the GQM. Summarize your findings for a 10-minute class presentation.

Group 5 - Continue the study of GQM  starting from where group 4 stopped (i.e. IMPLEMENTING GQM) up to "14 – Get training in GQM before going forward" under the section head "Key Practices of the GQM Approach."  DO NOT consider Characteristics of implementation.  Summarize your findings for a 10-minute class presentation.

Group 6 - Study chapters.1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the The Department of Justice Systems Development Life Cycle Guidance Document. Present your summary (for chapters 2, 3, 4, and 5 only) and argument in a set of 5 to 8 slides lasting 8 minutes presentation in class.

 Group 7 - Study chapters.1, 6, 7, 8, and 9 of the The Department of Justice Systems Development Life Cycle Guidance Document. Present your summary (for chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 only) and argument in a set of 5 to 8 slides lasting 8 minutes presentation in class.

Group 8 - Study chapters.1, 10, 11, 12, and 13 of the The Department of Justice Systems Development Life Cycle Guidance Document. Present your summary (for chapters 10, 11, 12, and 13 only) and argument in a set of 5 to 8 slides lasting 8 minutes presentation in class.

Group 9 -  Study chapters 1 and 2 of  The DOE Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for Information Technology Investments. Present your summary (for chapters 1 and 2) and argument in a set of 10 slides lasting about 8 minutes to the class.

Group 10 - Study chapters 1, 9 and 10 of  The DOE Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for Information Technology Investments. Present your summary (for chapters 9 and 10) and argument in a set of 10 slides lasting about 8 minutes to the class.

Group 11 - Study chapters 1and 3 of  The DOE Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for Information Technology Investments. Present your summary (for chapter 3 sections 3.1 to 3.6 only) and argument in a set of 8 slides lasting about 8 minutes to the class.

Group 12 - Study chapters 1and 3 of  The DOE Systems Development Lifecycle (SDLC) for Information Technology Investments. Present your summary (for chapter 3 sections 3.7 & 3.8 only) and argument in a set of 5 slides lasting about 4 minutes to the class.