Assignment 2: The Proposal

This assignment asks you to develop a full proposal for the project that you identified in the concept paragraph. You will end up doing two revisions in the course of two weeks, with a presentation at the end. Together, we will determine which of these proposals will become class projects. There will also be a special award for those who's project is chosen! Please start early, writing isn't easy, and you will have other work to do during that time.

Journal Entry 1: A Process Summary.

Your first required journal entry will be a one page description of the software engineering process, as you see it now. What steps, tools, and skills are involved? How do you predict the project will be managed?

Due Thursday Aug 31.

Assignment 1: Concept Paragraph

Your task is twofold: 1) identify a "novel" idea suitable for a small group project, and 2) write a short, high-level overview of the project. Item 1 can involve picking up an unfinished project from a previous class, a pet project that has captured your interest but never made it to the top of the heap, or some other creative idea that you feel has some value or demand. I want you to identify something that has marketability, and doesn't directly copy some other, existing idea. For item 2, you should imagine a non-technical target audience. What is the thing you propose? What does it do, and who will use it? Consider previous work, and how this project differs from that. I want a clean, executive summary; no spelling or grammar errors please.

This assignment will be the introduction for Assignment 2, the project proposal, due a week later.