CSE Senior Design I CSE Senior Design I Day 1: Getting Organized Day 1: Getting Organized Instructor: Vassilis Athitsos Instructor: Vassilis Athitsos Based on an earlier presentation by Based on an earlier presentation by Mike O'Dell, UTA, modified by Vassilis Athitsos Mike O'Dell, UTA, modified by Vassilis Athitsos
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What’s This Class About?What’s This Class About?This is the CSE capstone coursecapstone course, where
you put it all together. put it all together. In this course In this course you will:you will: Work on a team team with your fellow students Learn a lot about the software product software product
development cycle development cycle by actually experiencing it Study and implement a “real world” phased phased
development processdevelopment process Develop a working productDevelop a working product “from scratch” In CSE 4316 - prepare and present planning and planning and
requirementsrequirements documentation for your project. In CSE 4317 - continue and complete the projectcomplete the project
See syllabus for detailsIndividual Deliverables (35%)
Items for which you are individually responsible
Team Deliverables (35%): Items for which the team is responsible
Attendance (20%)Participation (10%)
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Homework & Lab AssignmentsHomework & Lab AssignmentsDue as specified on the course web page.Must be submitted on Blackboard.Will be accepted late until 10 hours after
due date, with a late penalty of 10% per hour. For submissions more than 10 hours late, grade is zero.
All out-of-class work must be “typed” – handwritten work is not acceptable.
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Your first assignmentYour first assignment See course web page for details. Papers should be formatted according to Senior
Design Standard 001 (see website) Submit on Blackboard
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Engineering NotebookEngineering Notebook You are required to maintain an Engineering/
Project Notebook throughout the project. Your records are an integral part of your
project, therefore it will be used as a component of your grade on Individual your grade on Individual deliverablesdeliverables. Good record keeping is necessary for process
improvement, and process improvement is necessary to be a good engineer/developer.
Your notebook should be brought with youbrought with you to all lab/class sessions. Notebooks are subject to inspection and gradinginspection and grading
by the GTA/Instructor at any time, without notice. Team leader will be asked to review occasionally
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EthicsEthicsToday, I assume that you all are honest assume that you all are honest
and ethicaland ethical If you give me reason to believe that you
are not, the UTA Engineering College Code of Ethics will be enforced.
You may assist your fellow studentsmay assist your fellow students, (in fact, this is encouraged and expected)
You may not allow your fellow students to copy your work, or copy theirs.
UnauthorizedUnauthorized shared work will be treated as cheating.
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Class WebsiteClass Website
Check it at least every class dayevery class dayAll presentations and class materials
are posted thereAssignments will be posted there
when assigned. Also: supporting info, relevant standards,
required forms, etc.
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The Projects – General The Projects – General GuidelinesGuidelines
Maximum size of a project is one cubic yard – 3’ x 3’ x 3’ (guideline only, verify)
Projects MUST be approved and assigned by me before work begins.
Each team has a budget of $800 for required product components
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The Projects – General The Projects – General GuidelinesGuidelines
What you may not have: Security systems or parts thereof
i.e., anything that might ‘mess with” campus network
Research projects Remote-control vehicle projects
This does not include remote-controlled testing of autonomous vehicles, or autonomous additions to RC vehicles.
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Sponsored ProjectsSponsored Projects
It is expected that you will have an external “customer” for your project. Encourages a more realistic project Injects outside feedback
Some sponsors may even fund project
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Lab/Work AreaLab/Work Area
Senior Design Lab is 208 ERBEach team will have:
a dedicated area (cubicle) of about 160 sq. ft. for your team activities.
adequate chairs and table space a lockable cabinet for storage of parts, etc. a team computer
READ and understand “Lab Rules of Etiquette” paper
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Lab/Work AreaLab/Work Area
For lab access you will need your badge/ ID and your self service PIN number. Swipe your badge, then key in 5-digit PIN
If you don’t know your PIN, you can get it by: going to https://webapps.uta.edu/oit/selfservice/ clicking “VIEW INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR
ACCOUNTS”, logging in with your MavID and password Your PIN will be shown with other account information
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ToolsTools
You may be required to learn and use the current versions of the following: MS Office MS Project
Others may be required to complete your specific project
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Project Team CompositionProject Team Composition 4-5 members Multidisciplinary – an equitable distribution of
male/female, CS/CSE/SwEng will be enforced, except as specified for special projects
No dating/married couples allowed on teams The instructor will form the teams.
You can specify people you do not want to work with.
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How We’re Going to Do ThingsHow We’re Going to Do Things This a small company: “Superior Designs, Inc.Superior Designs, Inc.
” You are the development department
Divided into teams for various projects (products) Each team has a team lead
We use a proven, phased development process You develop and get approval for the roadmap
to deliver your product on time Weekly “staff” meetings to review project
status/progress (generally, Friday lab period) Failure of one team => failure of company
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How We’re Going to Do ThingsHow We’re Going to Do Things I am the “boss” (development manager)
I will mentor you & help you learn how to do your job
I will approve your plans I will approve your project expenses I believe every question is worth answering I don’t do your work for you I don’t do your research for you I don’t know everything about anything I expect you to do your job, and will measure you
on how well you do it
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How We’re Going to Do ThingsHow We’re Going to Do ThingsThis semester you will:
Establish and build your teambuild your team Be assigned to a team project project (product) Establish your planplan (schedule, budget, etc.) Complete your RequirementsRequirements Specification (SRS)
and a successful Requirements Gate Review Conduct feasibility analysisfeasibility analysis Get started on ArchitectureArchitecture/Design
Next semester you will complete the project Detailed design, implementation, test, prototype
delivery and final acceptance
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Work LoadWork Load You have roughly 5-6 months of calendar 5-6 months of calendar
working timeworking time for your project. That’s, at most, 500 man-hours per team member A 5 person team has 2500 man-hours to complete the
project (4 people => 2000 man-hours)Equivalent of about one man-year, or 5 K delivered lines
of source code by typical metrics Don’t pad your schedule trying to make it easy on yourself
Expect to spend 10-15 hours every week outside of the classroomoutside of the classroom on the project Failure to expend the required time will result in failure to
complete the project (with a similar effect on your course grade)
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Work LoadWork Load
PlanPlan your work, thenthen work work your planLearn your tools tools well, and the work
load will be lighter.Do it the way we talk about in class,
and you’ll spend less time less time redoing things.
Remember: the methods we discuss are time-tested by industryby industry… they work!
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ABETABET
Must pass all ABETABET (Accrediting Board for Engineering and Technology) Outcome Assessments to pass this class.
SD I ABET Outcome is: Ability to function on a multi-disciplinary multi-disciplinary
teamteamWill be assessed by peer evaluation at end