Who Doesn’t Love Music? Chen Wei Lee Jeff Chen
Operational Concepts Target customer – students taking music classes Motivation: Software in the music lab rarely used Software in the music lab rarely used Practica Musica (PM) not good enough Practica Musica (PM) not good enough
Operational Concepts cont. What we want to accomplish in the project: Resolve PM’s defects Resolve PM’s defects Increase students’ interest in using our product Increase students’ interest in using our product Add more features to make the product usable by general classes Add more features to make the product usable by general classes
System Requirements Music features: Melodic/Rhythmic dictation practice Melodic/Rhythmic dictation practice Triads/Inversion identification Triads/Inversion identification And, above all, … And, above all, … Music score editor
System Requirements cont. General features: Reading/Drawing pane Reading/Drawing pane Instant message Instant message Grades Grades
System & Software Architecture Languages used: C# C# SQL SQL Java Java Sample graphics and audio files
Feasibility Rationale Assumptions: All languages used are compatible. All languages used are compatible. Languages used can support all the features. Languages used can support all the features. Users want to be able to save/load files generated by this program. Users want to be able to save/load files generated by this program. Users will be willing to use the program. Users will be willing to use the program. Music Department has enough computers to afford students’ usage. Music Department has enough computers to afford students’ usage.
Feasibility Rationale cont. Risks: Does the team have enough musical knowledge? Does the team have enough musical knowledge? Does the team know how to deal with problems related to graphic and sound? Does the team know how to deal with problems related to graphic and sound?
Lifecycle Plan WeekMilestoneRelease 1 Score Editor 2 3 Dictation Practices 4 5 Universal Pane Beta 6IM 7 Database and Integration 8 Final Wrap-up Final