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Capstone Showcase April 24, 2006

Sample Projects (Fall 2004)

Zeek to Find (Sample Project )

Abacus CMM (Sample Project)

House Hunter (Sample Project )

Sample Projects (Before Fall 2004)

Sample Project 1

Sample Project 2

Sample Project 3

Sample Project 4

Sample Project 5

Sample Project 6

Sample Project 7

Sample Items Deliverables

Item Number
Item Name
Selected Samples
(High Scoring)
1
Background 

Background Sample

2
Problem Statement

Problem Statement Sample

3
Market Research

Market Research Sample 1

Market Research Sample 2

4
Methodology Selection             

Methodology Sample

5
Glossary

Glossary Sample

6
Project Organization   

See complete projects above for samples

7
Task analysis (WBS)

WBS Sample

8
Time Management (Gannt/Pert)  with Pre/Post Analysis

Time Management Sample 1

Time Manegement Sample 2

9
Cost Estiumation (COCOMO/Function Points)  with  Pre/Post Analysis

COCOMO/FP Sample 1

COCOMO/FP Sample 2

COCOMO-FP Sample 3

10
Cost-Benefit Analysis (NPV/ROI/BEP)  with Pre/Post Analysis

Cost-Benefit Sample

11
Risk Management (Identification / Measurement / minimization ) 

Risk Management Sample 1

Risk Management Sample 2

Risk Management Sample 3

12
Stakeholders (Identification and Structuring) 

Stakeholders Sample

13
Requirements Gathering Techniques                   

Req's Gathering Sample 1

Req's Gathering Sample 2

Req's Gathering Sample 3

14
Req’s Definition and specification

Req's Def/Spec Sample

15
DFD diagrams

DFD's Sample 1

16
Process Specifications         

Process Spec Sample 1

Process Spec Sample 2

17
Data Dictionary (BNF- Short Form)

DD-(BNF) Sample 1

18
Design Strategies

Design Strategies Sample -1-

19
Testing   

Testing (A+ Score )

IMPORTANT NOTE

It is  important to know that  sample projects can be very helpful as long as you are aware of any mistakes or errors that  might have been made .

These are very good projects in general .Yet,  these are still students projects and no body is perfect .It is your responsibility to apply the correct techniques carefully , completely and precisely.

 Use these sample projects as extra help NOT as a TEXT BOOK or as your  only reference. Follow these projects in areas they have done well in (the selected sample items in the table  can help you pinpoint these ) .

This means that you have to verify before you follow and apply ,You need to make sure that your deliverables are inline with reliable software engineering resources [including our live classes , previous courses , text books and other good references ] .

I included here a number of good projects from several areas to address the diversity of your projects .However , every project has its own uniqeness as well as weakness . Please don't take a single project from start to end AS-IS.  This is why I included the table of carefully selected sample items that have achived high scores .

If you followed one single sample projects from A to Z without extra care and verification , there is a high likelihood that you might repeat some errors and mistakes and receive a low score as a result  .

Reliable resources should enable you to check for correctness . If you still need help please contact me . Project managers can always call me for quick and urgent issues (on my cell phone).