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Managing Your Software Project: A Student’s Guide


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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.

Table of Contents:
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.- An Alternative Division of Project Effort.- Translating the Effort into Production.- 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.- Publishing Your Project.- Making the Most of an Oral Examination.- Coping with StRESS.- 4. Collating Your Research Data Base.- Talking to Other Researchers.- Accessing Library Services.- Gathering Information Via Computer Networks.- 5. Selecting the Tools for Report Production.- Learn to Touch-Type.- Using a Word Processor to Write Your Report.- 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.- Strategies to Improve Your Writing.- 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.- 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).


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9783540760467
  • Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. K
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 103
  • Returnable: N
  • Width: 191 mm
  • ISBN-10: 3540760466
  • Publisher Date: 29 Oct 1997
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: A Student’s Guide


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