CS 493

CS 493 - Senior Project II, ACP

Spring 2024

TitleRubricSectionCRNTypeHoursTimesDaysLocationInstructor
Senior Project II, ACPCS493CS31260LCD30930 - 1020 R  0018 Campus Instructional Facility Michael Joseph Woodley
Senior Project IICS494CS40242LCD30930 - 1020 R  0018 Campus Instructional Facility Michael Joseph Woodley

Official Description

Continuation of CS 492. Identical to CS 494 except for an additional writing component. See CS 494. Course Information: 3 undergraduate hours. No graduate credit. Credit is not given for both CS 493 and a project course in another engineering department for the same project. Prerequisite: CS 492.

Course Director

Learning Goals

work in teams, coordinate efforts for common goal (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
interview client to define/refine requirements (3), (4), (5)
work with client liaison on an ongoing basis and adapt to changing requirements (1), (2), (3), (4)
specify limits of project scope (1), (2), (3)
identify end-users characteristics (1), (3)
construct a feature breakdown structure (1), (2), (3), (4)
create a plan based on feature breakdown (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)
give a formal technical presentation (f)
objectively present the status of a project (b), (c), (d), (f), (i), (k)
write a synopsis and progress report with plan for completion at halfway point (3), (4), (5)
document completed work (3), (4), (5)
evaluate peers performance in team (4), (5)
document progress, communicate with stakeholders (3), (4), (5)
construct solution to client's problem (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), (6)

Topic List

Communicating with Your Client and Team
Forms of Communication - Reports, Plans, Memos, Emails, etc
Technical Presentations
Making a Plan
Feature Breakdown
Setting Goals
Managing Your Client’s Expectations
Working in a Team
Professionalism Toward Your Client
Receiving Critique - Making Use of What is Useful, Being Effective at Delivering It
Documenting Your Project

  1. Responsibilities as a Team Member
  2. Managing Your Project
  3. Client Relationship
  4. Managing Your Team
  5. Choosing Projects and Forming Teams
  6. Team Success and the Importance of Inclusivity
  7. Respecting and benefiting from working with clients and team members of different genders and backgrounds.
  8. Understanding Client Goals
  9. Understanding Client Expectations
  10. What to do when you do not have specific expertise
  11. Managing Expectations
  12. Professionalism
  13. Defining Outcomes
  14. How to Work with Your Client to Make Them Happy
  15. Meetings with Clients
  16. Team Meetings
  17. Taking Responsibility and Ownership
  18. Written Communications
  19. Planning and Estimating
  20. Agile Methods and Tools
  21. Useful Status Reports (Are Honest and Accurate)
  22. Honesty and Evaluation (Team Evaluations)
  23. Measuring Team Productivity (You were probably wrong but that's OK)

Assessment and Revisions

Revisions in last 6 years Approximately when revision was done Reason for revision Data or documentation available?
require maintenance of team/project wiki fall 2011 discussion with industry partners and former students that have graduated
changed formal planning requirement to add focus on agile methods fall 2010 discussion with industry partners and former students that have graduated
in class presentations include regular status updates for every team rotating between team members fall 2012 discussion with industry partners and former students that have graduated
changed paper format to wiki, word count replaces page count fall 2011 discussion with industry partners and former students that have graduated
added requirement to maintain Jira issues-tracking database fall 2011 discussion with industry partners and former students that have graduated

Last updated

4/2/2021