Visual Registration Overview Combines the elements of Schedule Finder, the Course Catalog, and the Registration Process all in an easy to use GUI

Team Structure Project Manager – Chad Mackley Communications Manager - Jacob Newgard Flex Team – Alyssa Irwin and Jacob Newgard PHP Team – Chad Mackley and James Hu SQL Team – Zack Allred and Allan Quiaoit

System Architecture MySQL Database UW Courses Data PHP Server Apache Server Flex Client Internet

Databases

Milestones – Beta Task MilestoneEstimated EffortDate DuePersonnel Set up Database2 days5/4/2008Zack and Allan Log in to student account1 day5/6/2008All Search by Course name3 day5/7/2008All View a schedule1 day5/10/2008All Add a class to a schedule1 day5/11/2008All Turn in Beta 11 day5/12/2008Chad Pseudo-Register your schedule with UW1 day5/14/2008Alyssa and Jacob Clear a schedule completely1 day5/15/2008Chad and James Remove a class from a schedule1 day5/16/2008All Display how much time to next course2 days5/16/2008All Designate a time period where the student is busy2 days5/18/2008All Turn in Beta 21 day5/19/2008Chad

Milestones – Final and Stretch Task MilestoneEstimated EffortDate DuePersonnel Add an entire schedule4 days5/24/2008All Save your schedule(s)1 day5/25/2008All Search by Department3 days5/28/2008All Color coded visual schedule and search results1 day5/29/2008Alyssa and Jacob Load your schedule(s)1 day5/30/2008All View highlighted course locations on campus map3 days6/3/2008Alyssa and Jacob Turn in Final1 day6/6/2008Chad Search by Time slot3 days6/6/2008All Rate schedules based on how helpful they are to the student4 days6/6/2008Chad and James Track what courses a student has taken3 days6/6/2008Chad and James

Test and Documentation Plan White box tests by individual programmers Black box tests by programmer’s teammate Testing using FlexUnit and PUnit API Documentation Pop up tips for idle users Usability tests to evaluate effectiveness

Risks Risk Chance of Occurring ImpactPreventionReaction Flex and PHP might be hard to use together. LH Explore the documentation of how to integrate PHP code with Flex. Work together to share pertinent interface information. Steep learning curve for Flex and PHP. LM Read documentation. Use pair programming between experienced programmers and inexperienced programmers. UW’s DB is too big and confusing to use efficiently. MH Talk to Time Schedule DB Admins to get a better grasp of their DB. Import data into a schema that’s more easily understood by coders. Search algorithm for schedules has poor performance. ML Research algorithms. Keep the size of table entries small for faster queries. Improve external components of search algorithm. Too much information to present to the user at one time. MM Designing the UI to be simple and user friendly while providing sufficient information. Get customer feedback and determine what is confusing or overwhelming and explore ways to simplify the UI.