THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND APPLIED SCIENCE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

The Design Review Process in

SENIOR COMPUTER SCIENCE
DESIGN PROJECT

Prof. Matthew M. Burke

Course developed by: PROF. ARNOLD C. MELTZER
Modifications by: PROFS. ROBERT W. LINDEMAN, JOHN L. SIBERT
 Introduction

• Purpose
• Importance
• Attention
• Schedule
• Review

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 Introduction (cont.)

• Presentations
• Deliverables
• Grading

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 Introduction (cont.)

• Project proposal
• Preliminary design
• Critical design
• Final design
• Progress reports

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 Purpose

• Research a product
- Compare with existing products
- Talk to target users
• Plan the project
- Design the product
- Implement the design
- Test the prototype
- Document the prototype
- Deliver the prototype
• Complete the project

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 COMPLETE A PROJECT

YOU WILL NOT PASS CS 196

UNLESS YOU SATISFACTORILY COMPETE

YOUR PROJECT

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 Major goals of this course

• Planning
• Design
• Communication
• Tools
• Get one for free
• Shine

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 Planning

Learn how to plan to meet deadlines

• Break the problem down into smaller pieces
− Divide and conquer
• Decide when you will complete each sub-part
• Determine time and cost estimates
• Perform an economic analysis

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 Design

Go through a design cycle before coding

• Create a precise design document of what you
will deliver
• Several iterations
• No programming until November!

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 Communication

Learn to communicate your ideas effectively

• Write a good technical report
• Make a good oral presentation
• Answer questions on the fly about your design
decisions

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 Tools

Master industry-standard tools to effectively

complete the task
• Word processing & spreadsheets
• Diagram / figure creation
• Project management
• Advanced coding concepts
• Documentation generation

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 Get one for free

• In this course, as long as you complete the

project…
Poor performance =
− A bad grade
• In real life, even if you complete the project…
Poor performance =
− Lower pay
− Slower advancement
− Layoff
− Worse

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 Shine

Put a stamp on your GW degree by

completing a significant project
• Helps when interviewing
• Helps answer the question:
− "So, what did you get out of your undergraduate
experience?"

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 Design in the real world

• Product idea
• Informal discussions
• Market research
• Project proposal
• Preliminary design
• Critical design
• Final design

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 First semester

• Select project
− Get approval
• Research design
• Market survey
• Project plan
• Project proposal review (PPR)

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 First semester (cont.)

• Design
− Use cases, classes - preliminary design review
(PDR)
− PDL level - critical design review (CDR)
• Start construction
• Final design review (FDR)
− First demo

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 Second semester

• Build project
• Four progress reviews
• Demonstrate progress
• Final review
• Complete the project
• Graduate

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 Reviews

• Oral presentation
− Slides
• Formal report
• Notebook review
• Demonstration
• Appropriate dress

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 Deliverables

• Project proposal review (PPR)

• Preliminary design review (PDR)
• Critical design review (CDR)
• Final design review (FDR)
• Four progress reviews (PR #1 - #4)
• Final project presentation

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 EXAMPLE OF
PROJECT PROPOSAL
REPORT

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 Project proposal report

• Standard title sheet

• Abstract
• Table of contents
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Top-down description of project

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 Project proposal report
(cont.)

• Block diagram of software

• Specifications
• Tests for verification
• Gantt chart
• Labor cost graph
• Economic analysis
• Comparative product survey
• Status matrices

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 Page format

• MARGINS
-LEFT - 1.5 INCHES
-RIGHT - 0.5 INCHES
-TOP AND BOTTOM - 1.0 INCHES

• TITLES
-FIGURES - BELOW THE FIGURE
-TABLES - ABOVE THE TABLE
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 Page format (continued)

• PAGE NUMBER - BOTTOM CENTERED

• FONT - 12 POINT
• LINE SPACING - 1.5 LINES
• SECTIONS - START ON NEW PAGE
• FIGURES - REFERENCE IN TEXT AND
PLACE ON PAGE OR ON NEXT
PAGE BY ITSELF
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 THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING & APPLIED SCIENCE
DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE (24 pt)

Project Proposal Review(32 pt)

Automatic Face-Drawing Program (32 pt)

Leonardo da Vinci(32 pt)
CSCI 195-10(24 pt)
Senior Computer Science (24 pt)
Design project (24 pt)
Sept. 20, 2006 (24 pt)

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 Abstract

• AN ABSTRACT OF THE ENTIRE REPORT

• ON ONE PAGE
• TITLE AND YOUR NAME AT THE TOP

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 Table of contents

• DO NOT INCLUDE TITLE PAGE IN TABLE

OF CONTENTS (CONSIDER IT PAGE i )
• ABSTRACT IS PAGE ii
• DO NOT INCLUDE TABLE OF CONTENTS
IN TABLE OF CONTENTS (IT IS PAGE iii)
• LIST OF FIGURES IS PAGE iv
• LIST OF TABLE IS PAGE v
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 List of figures

LIST OF FIGURES IN REPORT - NUMBERED

CONSECUTIVELY

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 List of tables

LIST OF TABLES IN REPORT -

NUMBERED CONSECUTIVLEY

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 Description of project

• TOP-DOWN DESCRIPTION OF PROJECT

• DESCRIBE ITS FUNCTION
• DESCRIBE EACH SOFTWARE MODULE IN
THE DESIGN

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 Block diagram of project

DRAW A TOP-DOWN DIAGRAM OF THE

SOFTWARE MODULES IN THE PROJECT.

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 Block diagram

+ 12 V POWER
LOGIC
FROM
BUS
R/W
LOGIC
CLOCK
DATA BUS
BUS BUFFERS

BASE-ADDR.
ADDR DECODER
BUS

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 Use-Case Diagram

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 Specifications

• 266 MHz bus

• Time in hrs., Min. & Sec.
• Calendar-day, date, month & year
• Accuracy of 0.01%
• Operate from 9 volt battery
• Provide interrupts at 100 ms and 1 sec.
• Provide wakeup interrupts

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 Specifications (continued)

• Periodic interrupts
− 100ms & 1 sec.
• Wakeup interrupts
− preset times
• 266 MHz system bus
• Program
− Initial time and date
− Inquire for time and date
− Set interrupt mode

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 Test for verification

Specific tests to be performed to verify that

the project meets specifications

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 Gantt chart of project

• Show MS-Project File

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 CUMULATIVE LABOR COSTS
40
COST (DOLLARS IN THOUSANDS)

35

30

25

20

15

10
ESTIMATED
ACTUAL
5 PROJECTED

0
0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40
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 Project matrices

• Outlined
• Designed
• Constructed
• Tested
• Documented
• Integrated
• Totals
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 Tested matrix

EST. TIME % EST. TIME

MOD. NAME TIME SPENT COMPLETED TO COMPLETE
MODULE #1 15.0 12.5 100 0.0
MODULE #2 6.5 8.0 100 0.0
MODULE #3 16.5 7.5 30 14.0
MODULE #3A 7.5 3.0 50 2.5
MODULE #3B 9.5 4.5 25 11.5
MODULE #4 11.5 7.0 40 8.0
MODULE #4A 7.5 6.0 95 0.5
MODULE #4A1 5.0 4.0 100 0.0
MODULE #4 2.5 2.0 75 0.5
MODULE #4B 4.0 1.0 10 7.5
TOTALS 49.5 35.0 55 22.0

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 Documented matrix

EST. TIME % EST. TIME

MOD. NAME TIME SPENT COMPLETED TO COMPLETE
MODULE #1 15.0 12.5 100 0.0
MODULE #2 6.5 8.0 100 0.0
MODULE #3 16.5 7.5 30 14.0
MODULE #3A 7.5 3.0 50 2.5
MODULE #3B 9.5 4.5 25 11.5
MODULE #4 11.5 7.0 40 8.0
MODULE #4A 7.5 6.0 95 0.5
MODULE #4A1 5.0 4.0 100 0.0
MODULE #4A2 2.5 2.0 75 0.5
MODULE #4B 4.0 1.0 10 7.5
TOTALS 49.5 35.0 55 22.0

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 Integrated matrix

EST. TIME % EST. TIME

MOD. NAME TIME SPENT COMPLETED TO COMPLETE
MODULE #1 15.0 12.5 100 0.0
MODULE #2 6.5 8.0 100 0.0
MODULE #3 16.5 7.5 30 14.0
MODULE #3A 7.5 3.0 50 2.5
MODULE #3B 9.5 4.5 25 11.5
MODULE #4 11.5 7.0 40 8.0
MODULE #4A 7.5 6.0 95 0.5
MODULE #4A1 5.0 4.0 100 0.0
MODULE #4A2 2.5 2.0 75 0.5
MODULE #4B 4.0 1.0 10 7.5
TOTALS 49.5 35.0 55 22.0

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