1. CS 499 PROJECT DOCUMENTATION
Your team will deliver seven written documents this semester, with an additional Web-based document corresponding to each one.
The Documents
User’s Guide (Release 2 Version)
Coding/Algorithm Design Document (Release 2 Version)
User’s Guide (Release 3 Version)
Coding/Algorithm Design Document (Release 3 Version)
Customer Feedback Document (Due with Release 3)
Social Implications (Due with Release 3)
Post-Mortem Document (Due at Faculty Presentation)

2. USER'S GUIDE
For Releases 2 & 3, your team must produce user’s guides to facilitate the use of your product by a novice.
Required Contents
Introductory overview of product from customer’s point of view
Explicit instructions for installation (if necessary)
Detailed instructions for accessing, initialization, and/or start-up
Specific instructions for utilizing all functionality
Troubleshooting guide for recovering from common problems
Table of contents, index, and list of relevant references
Illustrative figures (as needed)
Expected document length: 5-10 pages (for Release 3)

3. CODING/ALGORITHM DESIGN DOCUMENT
For Releases 2 and 3, your team must produce documents that explain the principal coding and algorithm design decisions that were made during the development of your product.
Required Contents
Explanation of fundamental algorithms employed in the software
Outline of substantial data structures, classes, and databases used
Detailed explanation of explicit system calls utilized by the product
Prose elaboration of code modules whose purpose is not self-evident
All material to facilitate a new team member joining the team
Expected document length: 5-10 pages (for Release 3)

4. CUSTOMER FEEDBACK DOCUMENT
For Release 3, your team must produce a document surveying the opinions of real and potential customer’s of your product.
Required Contents
A formal questionnaire for surveying customer opinions
Tabulated results of administering the questionnaire
List of names of the surveyed customers
Optional: Videotaped interviews of customers regarding product
Expected document length: 3-5 pages

5. SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS DOCUMENT
For Release 3, your team must produce a document discussing the social implications of your product.
Required Contents
Specific discussion of the product’s social benefits and drawbacks
General discussion of long-range social implications in areas like education, health, economy, security, privacy, safety, & law
Survey of each team member’s opinions regarding these issues
Expected document length: 3-5 pages

6. POST-MORTEM DOCUMENT
For your faculty presentation, your team must produce a document that reviews the CS 499 product development process within the context of your particular project.
Required Contents
Description & discussion of successful and unsuccessful portions of development process
Team leader’s assessment of ways to improve effort coordination
Team members’ assessment of ways to improve project leadership
Team’s critique of instructor’s role in project
Review of CS curriculum in preparing for project
Suggested changes to curriculum & 499 administration
Expected document length: 8-12 pages