Software Development/Improvement Project - Fall 2023

University of Guyana
Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
DS
Lecturer
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Timeline
  • September 29, 2023
    Experience start
  • October 9, 2023
    Project Charter
  • October 23, 2023
    Project Plan
  • October 30, 2023
    Requirements Specifications Document
  • November 13, 2023
    Design Specifications Document
  • December 20, 2023
    Prototypical Solution
  • December 30, 2023
    Experience end
General
  • Undergraduate
  • 60 learners; teams of 6
  • 100 hours per learner
  • Dates set by experience
  • Educators assign learners to projects
Preferred companies
  • 7 projects wanted
  • Anywhere
  • Academic experience
  • Social enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Sole proprietorship
  • Any industries
Categories
Information technology Software development Operations Project management Product or service launch
Skills
software development requirements engineering business consulting project management systems analysis and design
Project timeline
  • September 29, 2023
    Experience start
  • October 9, 2023
    Project Charter
  • October 23, 2023
    Project Plan
  • October 30, 2023
    Requirements Specifications Document
  • November 13, 2023
    Design Specifications Document
  • December 20, 2023
    Prototypical Solution
  • December 30, 2023
    Experience end
Overview
Learner goals and capabilities

The purpose of this project is to provide students with an opportunity to apply and develop the necessary soft skills of leadership, professionalism and adaptability required by the real-world work environment. Students will use these hard and soft skills to devise and execute a systems development plan or system improvement plan which will entail requirements engineering, software development, and project management towards the development and implementation of a functional software system for an organization.

Expected outcomes and deliverables
  1. Project Charter– a document which describes the purpose of a project and its scope and legally authorizes the beginning of the project
  2. Project Plan- based upon the charter, provide a plan for the stages, activities and tasks in the project
  3. Software Requirements Specification– a document containing business, user, system requirements that describes what the software will do and how it will be expected to perform.
  4. Design Specification Document– a document that focuses on how the system will be constructed i.e. data, architectural, interface and component-level designs.
  5. Prototypical solution– software project files
  6. Test Plan– a document that describes the test strategy, test cases, schedule, and resources required to perform testing for a software product.
  7. Deployment Plan– a document that considers the people, processes and technology that need to be in place for the system to be successfully installed and accepted
Project Examples

In the past, students would have embarked on various types of software development projects. A small list of such projects is shown below:

  • Television and Radio Booking Management Systems
  • Inventory Management Systems
  • Single Window Automated Processing System (SWAPS)
  • A Research Dissemination Platform for Universities
  • Shipping Management System
  • Vendor Management Software
  • Patient Management System
  • Social Network for Cancer Support
  • Goal Tracking System