Purpose:
Upon successful completion of this course, the student will have participated in the development of a functional prototype and detailed set of formal specifications that could be used as a submission of a proposal to a funding activity. The current CPI problem conceptual solution will require significant refinement in order to develop the required proposal specifications for use in a commercial environment. Students will analyze the current problem concepts, identify critical risks, and develop a prototype system that will address as many risks as possible. The management of such a project will require students to develop plans, schedules, associated budgets, and milestone charts for the various aspects of the project solution. Students will take on the role as project managers and be required to develop management level demonstrations that use available multi-media devices in their presentations. The development of these demonstrations is expected to require interviews and research of experts in the particular field. Students will draft support requirement documents for efforts to assist them in the development of the prototype demonstrations. The final demonstration will be a critical design review that seeks the approval for continuation and funding aspects of the project. The details presented will require a degree of quality and preciseness to convince the overall management to continue with the pursuit of the project. Students will be required to work as individuals in preparing aspects of the prototype, members of a team to prepare a group demonstration, as well as leaders of group efforts in support of the overall project.
Intended Audience
This course is designed for seniors and graduate students. CS 410/510 (Computer Based Productivity I) is a required prerequisite.
Laboratory Facilities
The CPI laboratory space supports this course with a combination of Sun, SGI, and Intel Based workstations with multimedia support. Students will have access to presentation development and multimedia software to prepare the course required presentations.
Textbook/Readings
The CPI laboratory contains a library of resources in wriiten and video form for support of the course. Various handouts and copies of selected articles are also provided.
Course Topics:
1. Project Analysis 2. Project Interviewing 3. Schedule Preparation 4 Budget Preparation 5. Feasibility Study 6. Group Interactions 7. Simulation 8. Prototyping 9. Specification Writing 10. Project Planning 11. Project Resources 12. Hardware Issues 13. Software Issues 14. Human Interface Issues 15. Multi-media Equipment 16. Presentation Techniques