April 9, 2013

Architectural Choices

We did the the Architectural Choices Exercise in class today. The exercise is based on information in the Making Architectural Decisions lecture.

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April 4, 2013

Project Presentations

Final project presentations will take place on Apr 11. You will have about 6 minutes each. Plan accordingly so that there is as little overhead and switching cost as possible. You will speak for 5 minutes (I'll time you) and take questions for 1 minute. The next group will set up during questions.

Your presentation should cover the following topics:

  • Describe the problem you're solving
  • Show the overall architecture
  • Describe the primary roles.
  • Discuss your data model
  • Describe the main events and their attributes
  • Show the event hierarchy for your system
  • Methods used in constructing your solution (language, libraries, servers, etc., and their configuration).
  • Analysis of why events were or were not a good solution to the problem you chose
  • Screen shots, slideware, or a demo of the system to show the UI/UX.

You don't necessarily need to give the same weight to each of these. You may include other material. But you only have 5 minutes.

You should practice your presentation among your group and in front of others until you are smooth and have it down.

I will judge the presentations (which count for 35% of the grade for the lab) based on the following factors:

  • Completeness (according to the list above)
  • Delivery (slides, what you say, etc.)

The following is a list of the group projects I know about. If you are not represented below, let Reed know immediately. You will be asked to present in the order shown.

  1. Ultimate Frisbee Activity Manager: Eric Ethington, David Mathis
  2. Facebook alert system: Ijesh Giri, Matthew Wright, Derek Manwaring
  3. GPS puzzle game: Colin Childs, Chase Wasden, Paul Draper
  4. Tweet Finder: Logan Stromberg, Ryan Hess
  5. Google calendar text alert: David Woodruff, Parker Jones, Ogden Mills
  6. Vigilante Justice: James Fiala, Jason Wall, Jon Heaton
  7. Connect 4: Brendon Beebe, Kathryn Kintaro
  8. Warning System: Nathan Lambson, Joshua Dutton, Jason Allred
  9. Tournament based multiplayer game: Eric Bowden, Kevin Murdock
  10. Study groups system: Casey Moncur, Craig Perkins, Jordan Betteridge, Trevor Burbidge
  11. Neighborhood borrowing service: Wes Holley, Ben Hansen, Matt Matheson, Kiersten Devinesh
  12. Analyze Twitter feeds: Kevin Black, Willard Hagen, James Gurr

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March 19, 2013

Design Exercise II

We'll be doing Design Exercise II in class this week.

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