Project Details of submission Deadline November 18 th

Project – Details of submission • Deadline: November 18 th , Format: PDF • Together with the project report you must submit a declaration of not cheating. The form can be found here: http: //www. uio. no/english/studies/admin/examinations/cheating/declarat ion. pdf or here: http: //www. uio. no/studier/admin/eksamen/fusk/egenerklering-bm. pdf • Submit 1. both report and form in Fronter, or 2. report via email to anastp@ifi. uio. no with cc to bentea@ifi. uio. no, and hand in declaration form on paper to Bente Anda either • in the lecture on November 11 th , or • in post box at 4 th floor at IFI by November 18 th INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Project – Report structure • A (realistic) software process improvement plan for a software development organization • • Cover page (Title, Author(s), Date, Email, Course ID, . . . ) Table of content Content (details on the next slides) References INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Project – Report content 1/3 1. Improvement context 1. 2. 3. Brief description of organization (real or imagined) Software product(s) Problem and possibly how it was identified 2. Baseline process (based on Homework 1) 1. 2. 3. Current process (textual description) Current roles, activities, artefacts and tools Graphical process model Improvement Goal(s) 1. 2. 3. What? How much? When? INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Project – Report content 2/3 4. Suggested changes, 1. 2. The scope of the change, that is, the process or activity that will be changed Type of change, i. e. • • • 3. 5. Introduction of new process, methods or techniques? Change in process? Organizational change (team organization, human factors. . )? Updated graphical process model Plan • What? When? Responsible? INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Project – Report content 3/3 6. Measurements (based on Homework 2) 1. 2. 3. 4. 7. Who will collect/report data? When (how often) will data be corrected? How is data collected, for example using which tools ? How is data quality and validity ensured, who is for example responsible? Also discuss possible challenges related to data collection and data validity. Discussion 1. 2. Rationale for changes Risks INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Project – Evaluation • Maximum number of marks: 16 • • • Content = 12 marks Clarity/Conciseness = 3 marks Formality (cover page, captions, referencing, etc. ) = 1 mark • Section 2 should be based on much reuse from Homework 1, and Section 6 correspondingly on reuse from Homework 2, but you must • make sure that all comments that you previously got on your Homeworks are addressed in the report, and • make the necessary adjustments to fit the rest of the report. • Note that the marks on the report will be completely independent of previous marks on Homework 1 and 2. • Evaluation results will be ready one week before exam INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Evaluation of individual vs. group submissions • In a group all members get the same number of marks • The same quality is expected regardless of whether you do the project individually or in a group, but length should be related to number of people • • • 15 -20 pages from 1 person 18 -23 pages from 2 people 20 -25 pages from 3 people • The additional length is in particular expected in Sections 4 and 6, with more suggestions for changes/improvements and more discussion INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013

Evaluation of real vs. imagined case • Basically the same expectations and evaluation, but • with a real case the description of the organization current problem(s) (Section 1) and a realistic plan (Section 5) should be emphasized, and • with an imagined case suggestions for changes (Section 4) and discussion (Section 7) should be based on curriculum and emphasized. INF 5181 / Project Fall 2013