Project Part I: Concept
Due: Friday, February 6,
Points: 20
Weight in course grade: 4%
Decide on a project topic for your team and write a project
concept document (project proposal) of between 500 and 1000 words. Clearly and
concisely indicate the following:
·
Proposed
project title
·
Team
name & team members
·
External
advisor(s), if any, with their affiliation and input in the project
·
Project
description:
o
main
goals (what’s the project about)
o
main
functionality and characteristics
o
intended
users and key usability goals (that is, how users will benefit from your
project)
o
notes
on existing similar products: their utility and limitations and/or advantages
and disadvantages
o
novelty
of your solution and/or enhancements suggested (what distinguishes your
project)
o
potential
for further development (beyond the frame of CS 426)
o
challenges
that you think you may encounter during the project’s development
o
intended
technology to be used (platform, languages, libraries, tools, etc.)
·
A
note on how this project can help your own professional growth (how you would
benefit from it).
·
[Optional]:
Project related resources: “problem-domain” book, at least four reference
articles (journal papers, conference papers, or web publications), and pointers
to related websites. Note that the project related resources are optional in
this part of the project but will be required in Part II, Project
Specification.
To the above, you may add any other
item(s) that you think will make you proposal stronger.