Software Development/Improvement Project - Fall 2023
Georgetown, Demerara-Mahaica, Guyana
Timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 30, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 20, 2023Test Plan and Deployment Strategy
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December 30, 2023Experience end
Experience
7 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Social Enterprise, Non profit, Small to medium enterprise, Sole proprietorship
Any industries
Experience scope
Categories
Information technology Software development Operations Project management Product or service launchSkills
software development requirements engineering business consulting project management systems analysis and designThe 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.
Learners
Learners
Undergraduate
Any level
60 learners
Project
100 hours per learner
Educators assign learners to projects
Teams of 6
- Project Charter– a document which describes the purpose of a project and its scope and legally authorizes the beginning of the project
- Project Plan- based upon the charter, provide a plan for the stages, activities and tasks in the project
- 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.
- Design Specification Document– a document that focuses on how the system will be constructed i.e. data, architectural, interface and component-level designs.
- Prototypical solution– software project files
- Test Plan– a document that describes the test strategy, test cases, schedule, and resources required to perform testing for a software product.
- 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 timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 30, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 20, 2023Test Plan and Deployment Strategy
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December 30, 2023Experience end
Project Examples
Requirements
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
Timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 30, 2023Experience end
Timeline
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September 29, 2023Experience start
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October 9, 2023Project Charter
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October 23, 2023Project Plan
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October 30, 2023Requirements Specifications Document
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November 13, 2023Design Specifications Document
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December 20, 2023Prototypical Solution
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December 20, 2023Test Plan and Deployment Strategy
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December 30, 2023Experience end