1. CS 410 Professional Workforce Development I Spring 2019
Module 3: Project Selection and Presentation Skills 02/09/ /01/2019
Week 7 –26 February 2019
Instructor: Jim Brunelle
Office: E&CS 3111 ( )
Office Hours: Tuesday or by Appt

2. Lecture Agenda 1030-1045: Welcome/Discussion 1045-1130: Website Review
Website Contents Guidelines
Feasibility Presentation Format Guidelines
: Website Review
Current State Process Flow
Solution Statement/Characteristics
Competition Matrix
: Major Functional Component Diagram (MFCD)
: Timeline to Formal Feasibility Presentation
: Feasibility Presentation Grading
: Group Planning Window
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3. “If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll end up someplace else.”
“If you come to a fork in the road, take it.”
“We’re lost, but we’re making good time.”
-Yogi Berra
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4. Website Contents Guidelines
Homepage
Team color identified
Think about a project name – try one out
Something about your project (picture etc.) – ex: Quick Eats - Fall 2018
Maybe include Problem Description
Links to other pages: Team, Problem, Solution, Presentations, Deliverables, References
Team Biography Page (Done)
Picture of each team member and mentor
Bio for each team member and mentor
Problem Page
Identification of the generic societal problem (problem statement)
Characteristics of the problem listed
Current state flow diagram (indicate problem areas)
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5. Website Contents Guidelines Continued
Solution Page
Problem Solution Statement
Problem Characteristics
Solution Flow Diagram
What the solution Will and Will Not do
Presentations Page
Original Idea Presentation
Feasibility Presentation
Deliverbles Page
Process Flow Diagrams (Current/Solution)
Competition Matrix
Other working Material posted for review
Reference Page
Link to all reference information for research performed
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6. Feasibility Presentation Guidelines ~20-25 slides
Title Page (Picture, Tag Line, CS410 xxx Team, Spring ) (1 slide)
Tale of Contents (What we will tell the audience) (1 slide)
The Team (Who’s Who - Picture, Role...) (1 slide)
Background (Leads into the problem statement – may include data or other pertinent information/illustrations etc) (~1-3 slides)
The Problem (~3-6 slides)
Problem Statement
What/Who is Affected
Problem Characteristics
Current Process Flow
Solution (~5-7 slides)
Solution Statement or Objective
Solution Characteristics
Solution Process Flow
MFCD (Hardware and Software)
Market Assessment (~2 Slides)
Competition Matrix
Benefits to Customer Base
Conclusion(s) (~1-2 slides)
Key Points Summary
Who Benefits/Why Important/Why Feasible...
References (1 slide)
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7. Feasibility Presentation Examples
Research Link Spring 2016
RepairLink Presentations
SCIDS Sping 2014
ODU Tennis - Fall 2018
Powerplay Fall 2016
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8. Problem=>Solution Example
Problem Characteristics:
Survival in the water column is contingent on the ability to see objects in low light conditions.
Rapid acceleration is essential.
Acceleration is accompanied by in increase in demand for oxygen.
Packaging must be resilient and flexible.
Solution Characteristics:
Vision is achieved using forward-looking, high resolution optics that perform extraordinarily in well in low-light conditions.
Acceleration is achieved by implementation of a turbo-thruster mechanism.
A demand-driven oxygen portal responds in real time.
Interlocking armor provides protection without sacrificing motion flexibility.
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9. Team Website Walk-through
Problem Statement
Problem Characteristics
Current State Process Flow
Solution Statement/Characteristics
Competition Matrix
CS410 – Gold - TutorU
CS410 - Silver - Detecting and Tracking Seizures
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10. Major Functional Component Diagrams What/Why
Objective: “Create a Major Functional Component Diagram (MFCD). Build a Figure to include:
Hardware needed
Software needed
Legacy systems with which it must interface
User roles and where they interact with the solution”
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11. Major Functional Component Diagrams What/Why
What s it?
The MFCD is a system architecture diagram (or diagrams) used to show the relationship between different components.
Usually they are created for systems which include hardware and software and these are represented in the MFCD(s) to show the interaction between them. 
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12. Major Functional Component Diagrams What/Why
The MFCD(s) present a clear and comprehensive perspective of the key hardware and/or software constructs that represent the overall architecture of a system such that it can be understood by different stakeholders.
The diagrams must self descriptive, consistent, and sufficiently complete to convey the overall architecture from a hardware and from a software perspective.
The interdependencies between hardware components, software components and major interfaces should be evident.
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13. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples - System
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14. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples - Software
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15. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples - Software
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16. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples
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17. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples- Android APP
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18. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples – Android APP
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19. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples
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20. Major Functional Component Diagrams Examples - Software
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21. Major Functional Component Diagrams Light reading – A Very Good Presentation on the Subject
A Software Experts Veiw on Diagramming
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22. Current Process=>Solution Process =>MFCD Example
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23. Current Process=>Solution Process =>MFCD Example
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24. Current Process=>Solution Process =>MFCD Example
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25. Formal Feasibility Presentation: Tuesday, March 19
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26. What’s Left to Meet 19 March deadline
Build Feasibility Presentation Template
Refine Problem Statement/Characteristics (if needed)
Build/Deliver Solution Process Flow
Build/Deliver MFCD
Populate presentation template with latest “deliverable” versions
Fill in Background, Customer/User info, Market analysis slide (if needed)
Build Conclusions slide
Establish “presenter” roles (~3-4 presenters/group):
Intro
Problem
Solution
Market
Conclusion
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27. Feasibility Presentation Grading Ruberic
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