Boeing

Cody HarmonComputer Science

1st Internship

Boeing HistoryFounded in 1915 with the construction of the twin-

float seaplane.1939-1945 Boeing produced planes for the war.1946 Propellers were replaced with jet engines.1946-1956 Started producing Commercial Airplanes.1970-1996 Boeing produces airplanes with

computer controlled systems, and launches a satellite facility.

1997-present World headquarters is placed in Chicago. The first 787 Dreamliner is completed in 2007.

Working HoursFlexible scheduleArrived at 6am – 7am and worked until

2:30pm – 3:30pm8 hour days Monday through Friday40 Hours a week with the possibility of

approved overtimeAbility to flex schedule and shift hours over

to other days. Ex. Work 7 hours on Monday and 9 on Tuesday

Wages & BenefitsSalaried employeeWage 17.836538 dollars an hourOvertime $17.836538 + $6.50 an hour

($24.336538)Vacation accrual rate of 1.534253 hours per weekSick days accrue at the rate of 1 day per monthHealth and Dental insurance provided by Boeing

with no cost to employeeUnused vacation at end of internship is cashed out

at your hourly pay rate

ProjectsResponsible for minor quick change requests

ROI Me: Moderate ROI Boeing: Moderate

1st project – Redesign Internal Boeing Portland Phone List WebsiteConverted classic ASP to ASP.NET v2.0 Converted Visual Basic to C# Applied the Boeing master page to websiteRedesigned the user interface of the website

ROI ME: High ROI Boeing: High

Projects2nd project – My largest project

Convert classic ASP and Visual Basic websites to ASP.NET v2.0 and C#

After the conversion process was complete the Boeing master page was applied

All changes were tracked in Rational ClearQuest

Source control was Microsoft’s Visual Source Safe ROI Me: High ROI Boeing: High

Before Conversion Process

After Conversion Process

Projects3rd project – Create Cascading Style Sheet for

the Portland master page Existing master page CSS wasn’t compatible

with IE7CSS had to make the master page look exactly

like it did in Firefox 2 & 3 ROI Me: High ROI Boeing: Very High

Projects4th project – Redesign Instant Award Vouchers website

Customer requested changes to a large website application

I was in charge of heading up the changesThe website went through an upgrade from ASP.NET

v1.1 to ASP.NET v2.0 and the Boeing master page was applied

User interface was modified to requested specificationsCode behind was converted from Visual Basic to C#

and some functions were modified to accommodate the user interface changes ROI Me: High ROI Boeing: Very High

Organizational StructureProjects were monitored by my mentor Kevin

DurrAll projects went through a process cycle defined

in Rational ClearQuestWrong entries in ClearQuest resulted in

automated emails sent to KevinProjects were always placed in source control

(VSS)Typical software process

Submitted, Analyze, Approve, In Work, Functional Test, Customer Test, Verify, Completed

Department InteractionWorking with different departments within

Boeing was commonThe Portland IT Group creates and supports

website applications for “customers” or different departments

For my projects I interacted with the NC Programming group, Dell Support Group, Human Resources Group, and Gearline Business Team

The Portland IT Group has a 100% customer satisfaction guarantee.

LearningI have learned the importance of having a

software development process (Waterfall Model)Learned ASP, ASP.NET v1.1, ASP.NET v2.0,

AJAX, C#, CSS, MS-SQL, and some Visual BasicLearned that gathering requirements for large

projects can be difficult and time consumingFigured out how to use Visual Studio 2005 and

its many features, including how to bind VSS for automated source control

Useful ClassesCS 261 Data StructuresCS 275 Introduction to DatabasesCS 311 Operating Systems ICS 361 Software Engineering ICS 362 Software Engineering II

Overall ImpressionBoeing is a great place for your first

internshipI feel that I learned many new and useful

skillsThe internship helped me progress toward

future goalsBoeing has laid out a good structure for

interns and Mike Lushenko is able to answer all MECOP related questions