1. IMAT2204 Project Management and Development
Whistle Stop Tour of The Module

2. Stop and think!

3. The Final Year Project (Next year)
System of significant scope
Internal / external client or self proposed
Developed by you under your own steam
Supervisor allocated to keep an eye on you
Doing this well is really tough!

4. What is the Module About?
Prepare you for the final year with some hand holding
Learning outcomes
Create an advanced prototype with suitable database functionality
Create the beginnings of a professional portfolio of work
Demonstrate skills allowing them to act as a computing professional
Demonstrate an appreciation of the personal and global ethical consequences of technology
Demonstrate problem solving skills allowing them to adapt to the challenges of changing technology
Application of skills from other modules on the course

5. Other Outcomes An understanding of important documentation artefacts
Some idea of how to approach systems development problems
A better sense of your skills reflected in your CV
A class library that you may use in other projects, especially your final year project
A business card to get you started as a computing professional

6. Module Structure Before Xmas After Xmas 1 Lecture 2 hr Lab
Plenty of structure and examples
After Xmas
SCRUM Development
Individual sprints are assessed
Pair programming
Tutor support

7. The Need for Courage
For every person and every project there is some element of fear
Fear makes you tentative
Fear makes you less communicative
Fear makes you shy away from feedback
Fear makes you shy away from mistakes
We need to address the culture of fear that comes with exploring the unknown

8. Social Impact Study
Can writing code kill people?

9. Social Impact Study Personal, National & Global
Thousands of deaths
Arab spring
Syria
ISIS
Refugee crisis

10. Dr. Abraham Erskine
Documentation is important

11. The Class Diagram

12. Better than Reading the Code

13. Initial Artefacts System specification Event tables Use case diagrams
Use case descriptions
Test plans
Smoke and mirrors prototype
Class diagrams
Sequence diagrams
Entity Relationship Diagrams
Test Framework

14. Dealing with Uncertainty
Getting inside the head of the client (so that they get the product they want)
Coming to terms with the various tools you need to use (e.g. Visual Studio, Enterprise Architect etc.)
Working with team members (They will drive you mad!)
Creating the documentation and understanding the notation
Writing the code!

15. Question
Question – How do you eat an elephant?

16. Programming Pathways Pathway 1 – Creating a Simple Class
Pathway 2 – Creating a “Simple” Data Bound Collection
Pathway 4 – Creating the Complex Item Class
Pathway 5 – Creating the Complex Collection Class
Use the examples provided as a starting point to copy and adapt

17. The Project Bank
The Project Bank is intended to be a Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system
Customer relationship management is a system for managing a company’s interactions with current and future customers. It often involves using technology to organize, automate and synchronize sales, marketing, customer service, and technical support.
(Wikipedea)

18. Building on IMAT1604
Made more complicated by strict adherence to the three layered architecture

19. True or False?
Applications must follow the three layered architecture

20. Differing Architectures
Presentation
(Interface)
Data Layer
Database
Middle Layer
Business Logic
(Classes)
Presentation
(Interface)
Data Layer
Database
Presentation
(Interface)

21. Thick Middle Layer – Thin Presentation Layer
All code for the system goes in the middle layer
Keep presentation code to an absolute minimum!

22. Thick Presentation – Thin Middle
(Interface)
Data Layer
Database
Middle Layer
Business Logic
(Classes)

23. Which is Best? Three layered Two layered One layered
Thick or thin layers

24. Issues to Consider Design for Code Re-use
Design for ease of maintenance
Automated testing
Consider collaboration issues
Consider Version Control
File Sharing
Creating a class library

25. The Assignments
For this module there are three assessments you need to concentrate on
Assignment 1a Advanced Prototype (First deadline this week!)
Assignment 1b Final Report
Assignment 2 TDD Phase Test

26. Things to think about now!
Getting Started
Take time to discuss think and plan
Each member of the team to select an individual component of the system
Each component must contain a 1:M class
Start by identifying a single significant table each
Check that the selected component is suitable early on otherwise you will have to go back to the drawing board
You are responsible for the development of your component
Significant overlap of components could result in zero marks

27. First Deadline Wk 1 Team Business Pack Cover page SWOT analysis CVs
 Identification of suitable project component including a 1:M relationship
Order form

30. Next week