10/23/2009 Alpha Prototype

10/23/2009 TOPICS FOR TODAY Project Schedule o Achievements o The last few weeks... System Design and Architecture (new) Prototype Demo Project Problems and Solutions Project Experiences

10/23/2009 Achievements So Far... Working on Eclipse plugin o Visualization of RailCab movement on tracks o Straight and curved tracks o Camera movement Very flexible design o Packages - separate layers  Physics controller  3D visualization o Loose coupling

10/23/2009 The System Architecture Merged into one large Eclipse plug-in Separation between physics and the visualization o Visual classes inherit its physical behavior o Other visualization packages can easily be added

10/23/2009 Project Schedule Member's Work for the last 3 weeks

10/23/2009 Prototype Demo For now only one, test scenario o But there is an interface towards the (for now) unfinished simulator Most of the effort made on the system can not be visualized, not even in 3D o It's in the layered architecture o 21 classes as of now, don't make us show you the code ;)

10/23/2009 Project Problems “It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.” Albert Einstein Delayed development because of late initial requirements definition Problems with jME framework, lack of tutorials/ manuals Ecore model is not developed yet

10/23/2009 Project Experience: The Bad Work load unevenly distributed between members Communication problems o Language problems o Missed meetings No Skype meeting can match the old "let's sit down and discuss this" method o Local teams can actually meet o Tasks assigned are quite coherent and independent from each other

10/23/2009 Project Experience: The Good Most of the team members have shown experience in software engineering and are proactive The meetings are fun but also very informative There is no rivalry or hostility between team members o Not yet, anyway ;) Constant communication with our supervisors (the customers) o They are active members in the project google group

10/23/2009 Project Experience: Figures and Facts Hours spent: Milestones: o Alpha prototype - done! o Beta prototype - upcoming, confident! Project on track! :)

10/23/2009 Thank you! QUESTIONS?