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1Copyright © 2005 Christian W Dawson

Projects in Computingand Information SystemsA Student’s Guide

Christian W. Dawson


The Meliorist Model


The landscape of computing

(adapted from Dawson, 2004)


Contributions to Knowledge


The real research process

Source: Adapted and reproduced with kind permission from Orna and Stevens (1995)


A high-level RTM for the field of software engineering


An example relevance tree for the field of artificial intelligence


An example spider diagram for the field of software engineering


A generic overview of the project process


Project Stages

1. Definition

2. Planning

3. Initiation

4. Control

5. Closure


SMART Objectives

SpecificMeasurableAppropriateRealisticTime-Related


Project Planning

1. Work breakdown;

2. Time estimates;

3. Milestone identification;

4. Activity sequencing;

5. Scheduling;

6. Re-planning.


An example of a work breakdown structure


Milestones leading to the project’s ultimate aim


An example of a simple activity-on-the-node diagram


An example of an activity network


An example Gantt chart


Risk Management

1. Identify risks

2.Assess impact of risks

3.Alleviate critical risks

4.Control risks


The importance of the literature survey


Projects within their wider context


A taught degree project in context within two subject areas


A research degree that draws together three previously unrelated

subject areas


The literature survey process


The software development life cycle


The conventional stages of requirements capture


The build-and-fix 'model'


The classical waterfall model


The incremental model

Source: Adapted and reproduced from Ould (1999). © John Wiley and Sons Limited. Reproduced with permission


The evolutionary prototyping model

Adapted and reproduced from Ould (1999). © John Wiley and Sons Limited. Reproduced with permission


Example comparison table evaluating overall suitability of programming

languages for a project

Criteria Weighting Visual C++® C Delphi Pascal

Maintainability 2 3 4 3 4

Support 4 4 5 4 4

HCI capability 5 5 3 5 3

Database

connectivity

4 4 3 3 3

Simplicity 4 3 4 3 5

Learning 1 4 5 2 2

Score - 79 76 73 73


An example program breakdown structure


Order of development for different approaches for example program

Order Vertical top-down Horizontal top-down Bottom-up

1 Main Menu Main Menu Long-Term Analysis

2 Data Entry Data Entry Short-Term Analysis

3 Data Analysis Data Analysis Plot Graphs

4 Long-Term Analysis Results Output Save Results to File

5 Short-Term Analysis Long-Term Analysis Data Entry

6 Results Output Short-Term Analysis Data Analysis

7 Plot Graphs Plot Graphs Results Output

8 Save Results to File Save Results to File Main Menu


Balancing five project elements against one another


The time management process


A daily work performance chart


The relationship between chapters


An audience’s attention level during a presentation

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