A guide to BIT-UCSC final project

1. BIT-UCSC
Final Project
Compiled By
Nalaka Gamage
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2. Agenda
• Objectives
• Initiation
• Analysis & Design
• Development
• Project dissertation
• Project defense
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3. Objectives of the Project
• Demonstrate your skills and
knowledge practically in real world
development.
• Make sure that BIT graduates suite
for the demand of real
business/technical challenges
o Demonstrate your technical skills in a big context
o Build interpersonal/soft skills
o Build business skills
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4. Common pitfalls
• Not acquiring proper skills and
knowledge during first two years of
your study
o Those Just concentrate on passing exams in first two
years are going to screen here.
• Starting the project late
• Not picking a proper project that
suits/motivate you
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5. Common pitfalls (cont.)
• Wishful thinking
o Too big scope
o Thinking that things can be done late
• Not getting proper supervision
• Too much time spending in analysis &
design without sufficient time for
development
• Thinking of cheating/outsourcing
o Get advise and knowledge from others, but not ask them to code
for you at any cost
o Others coding for you will lose your confidence and control
o You are going to be caught in the project defense !
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6. Common pitfalls (cont.)
• Committing to technologies early
o Make technological decisions open
• Thinking
o Frameworks are magic bullets
• Use of frameworks some time take more time and
additional complexity.
o Tools are magic bullets
• Generated code may be an hell to customize in
latter part.
• UCSC do not allow some code generators
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7. The Strategy
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Project
Plan->Organize->Control
Analyze->Design->Develop
Simplest
Possible
Design
Follow
Standards/
Conventions
Something is better
than nothing…
Then improve it….

8. What winners do?
• Start early
• Pick a right project
• Find correct client & supervisor(s)
• Simple architecture & design
• Follow design & coding standards
• Develop iteratively & evolutionarily
o Build, optimize, operate
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9. What winners do? (cont..)
• Pick right combination of technologies
and tools.
• No fancy UI
o Make it simple & professional
o Do not spend too much time styling
• Think of innovative business and
technical solutions
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10. What winners do? (cont..)
• Enjoy the development effort
• Get proper help from supervisor,
colleagues
o Just advise and knowledge, not ask them to code
• Finish early
• Make sure that customer find it useful
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11. Prerequisites
• Proper conceptual knowledge of
software development activities,
project management and business
context
• Related technical skills
o Programming / Web development
o Data base
• Soft skills
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12. Inception
• Read the latest project guidelines
published by UCSC
o http://bit.lk/project_guide_lines_2016
• Select a suitable supervisor(s)
• Fill any of the skill gaps
• Select a proper client & project
• Start it
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13. Right time to start
• At the beginning of year 3 (semester
5)
o If you go by official time schedule you may face rush
at the end.
o Pick and initialize your project before semester 5
begins (during year 2-3 break)
o Make sure you do as much as development during
the semester 5 and break between the semester 5
and 6.
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14. Selecting right project
• Select a project that
o Useful to the customer (has a value)
o You like (interesting)
o You are comfortable in technical aspects
o Right size
• Expectation is it must carry 300 hours of work
• Typically a scope with 15-20 tables fit this
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15. Analysis & Design
• Gather most of the critical requirements
up front.
• Do a reasonable design before start
o Especially ER-design must be properly reviewed to avoid
rework in coding later
• Select proper architecture that suite both
the project and your skill set.
o If there is big mismatch find a different project
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16. Development
• Do not unduly delay development since
this is the most time consuming stage
• Fill the skill gap before start coding
• Use Google to look for ideas, get the
help from forums and of course your
supervisor and colleagues
• Do not ask others to code for you
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17. Test
• Start unit testing informally from the
early development
• Do proper system testing before
delivery (Project defense)
• Get help from others to help testing
• Document test results appropriately
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18. Report / Dissertation writing
• It must be neat & professional
• Follow documentation standards given by UCSC
• Look for quality, not the quantity
• Write original content specific to your work
o No boring theory here
• Remember that half of the project report will be
submited as the interim report at the end of
semester 5
• Dead lines are strict !
o Delay results in either complete rejection or penalty in marks.
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19. Project defense
• Structure
o Presentation (5 minutes)
• Present your business objectives, architecture etc..
to the Project Evaluation Board (PEB)
o Demonstration of the system (15 minutes)
o Q &A (10 minutes)
o Code modification phase (10 – 30 minutes)
• you should be able to explain any part of the
system code and also capable to introduce
changes to the system
o Dissertation feedback will take (10 – 45 minutes)
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20. Project defense (cont..)
• Hints
o Be professional
o Be genuine
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21. Aurora project support
• Its not another lengthy spoon feeding
theory class !!
• Individual or small group sessions
(Forming a small 2-5 group of same
attitude & technology is your choice)
o PHP web projects
o Java Web projects
o Java Swing projects
• Speed (number of formal sessions)
depends on your requirements
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22. Aurora project support –
structure
• A quick skill gap (revision) on required
technology stack (typically 3 to 5 half day
sessions)
o During this period a mini end to end project is
developed with all key aspects for one or two
sample use case
• Your (Individual) project design & inception
interactively
o A well structured code base for basic operations
are set up with all the required technologies
integrated
o Typically 2 to 3 half day sessions
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23. Aurora project support –
structure (cont.)
• For the rest of the guidance, you do not
need attending to formal (paid) project
consultancy sessions
o We just help you at a supervisory level till
the end
o Review your interim and final dissertation
o Review your final product and advise to
shape into expected standard
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24. Aurora project support - fees
• For a session of 4 hours each
o Rs 2000/= for 1 # of student
o Rs 1500/= for each student for group of 2 or more # of
students
Note:
* 25% discount each for students following BIT @
Aurora
* Priority is given to group registrations
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25. Useful resources
• Project Guidelines 2016 @ UCSC
o http://bit.lk/project_guide_lines_2016
• BIT Project support sessions @
Aurora
o http://auroracs.lk/bit-project-support-class
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26. "We are what we repeatedly do.
Excellence, then, is not an act,
but a habit."
~ Aristotle.
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27. Thank You !
Presented by
Nalaka Gamage
Aurora Computer Studies
(auoracs.lk)
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28. Contact Information
Premier Study Center
Aurora Computer Studies,
Summerset College,
# 135, 3rd Floor,
DFCC Building,
High Level Road,
Maharagama.
City Study Center
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Summerset College,
# 88/2, 2nd Floor,
BOC Building,
High Level Road,
Kirulapone, Colombo 06
For further details and enquiries :
Call - 0719 842030
E-mail – info@auroracs.lk
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