BTS630 - Major Project - Implementation

Subject Title
Major Project - Implementation

Subject Description
This course requires students to apply the object-oriented design and implementation concepts, tools and techniques learned in previous courses to a larger-scale project. As part of a project development team, students will take their system proposal from BTS530 (Major Project Design and Planning) and continue its development -- planning, designing, coding, testing, and documenting a complete system, rolling it out by the end of semester.

Credit Status
1 credit (3 units)
Required for BSD - Bachelor of Technology (Software Development)

Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this subject the student will be able to:

•     solve implementation problems by consulting technical documentation and other resources
•     select and use an appropriate DBMS for the project
•     create and post project tracking documents, including a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS), minutes of group meetings, and timesheets
•     develop external systems documentation for the project, including user manuals and online help
•     devise and implement a testing strategy for all levels of testing for the project
•     design and implement DB backup and recovery methods
•     package the system and its documentation for simple installation and reinstallation
•     select and use appropriate platform(s) on which to develop the project
•     choose to work collaboratively with other people involved in the project, including the client, support services staff, and the project manager, in a professional and timely manner
•     update the WBS document created in the prerequisite course to track the progress of the project
•     apply the concepts, techniques and principles acquired in previous programming courses to the programming of a larger computer project
•     apply the object-oriented analysis design and development concepts acquired in previous systems courses to the implementation of a larger computer project
•     participate in regular group meetings to review progress of the project
•     design/modify a normalized DB for the project
•     choose to work collaboratively with other members of the group in a professional and timely manner
•     develop/maintain internal systems documentation for the project, including UML diagrams, use case descriptions, relationship diagrams for a normalized DB, and screen prototypes
•     choose to collaborate with team members to ensure that deadlines set by the group and the project manager are met

Essential Employability Skills

    •  Communicate clearly, concisely and correctly in the written, spoken and visual form that fulfils the purpose and meets the needs of the audience.

    •  Respond to written, spoken, or visual messages in a manner that ensures effective communication.

    •  Apply a systematic approach to solve problems.

    •  Use a variety of thinking skills to anticipate and solve problems.

    •  Locate, select, organize, and document information using appropriate technology and information systems.

    •  Analyze, evaluate, and apply relevant information from a variety of sources.

    •  Show respect for diverse opinions, values, belief systems, and contributions of others.

    •  Interact with others in groups or teams in ways that contribute to effective working relationships and the achievement of goals.

    •  Manage the use of time and other resources to complete projects.

    •  Take responsibility for one's own actions, decisions, and consequences.

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• Review the requirements developed in BTS530 for a computer project and determine an effective methodology that will lead to its successful development and implementation.
• Refine the time estimates, cost and resources required to implement the system.Take the project from the analysis phase through design, coding, testing, to implementation using Object-oriented methodology.
• Experience the development, testing and documentation of the following essential functions:
  • Controls & backups
  • Editing
  • On-line enquiry and update 
  • Reporting
• Provide complete and accurate documentation in support of the project. The minimum should include:
  • Use cases 
  • Test cases
  • Object model 
  • Program documentation 
  • Program source code 
  • Samples of printed output 
  • User's reference manual
• Conduct meetings, monitor progress, deliver presentations, and report to the project leader on a regular basis.
• Conduct system testing and assess the performance of the systemagainst the performance specifications determined during the analysis by the user.
• Create and use a source code repository for the project using Git and Github to manage the project code.