The team should produce a document using a wordprocessor that covers the following sections:

• Product Definition
  • Problem Statement

    In this section, you restate the refined problem that your team is solving. You should provide a context for your solution and describe in general terms the system you are proposing for the solution.

  • Proposed System Descriptions

    Three versions of your system should be planned:

    1. a prototype version that demonstrates basic features and provides an architectural skeleton for further development;
    2. a version that provides nominal functionality;
    3. and an enhanced version that incorporates all the desired features, but probably cannot be completed within the resource and time constraints.

    Describe each version.

  • Goals of Product

    Goals are targets for achievement and serve to establish the framework for a software development project. Possible goals might be: product will be user friendly, user manual will be readable by a biologist.

  • User Characteristics

    State your assumptions and expectations about a typical user of the product.

  • Requirements

    For guidence on specifying the Requirements of a system see the document "Requirements Specification Document" in CS475 Handbook.

    • Resource Requirements

      Discuss requirements for platform, operating system, software development tools and user interfaces for the development of the product. Also, discuss the computing environment needed to use the product.

    • Performance Requirements

      Describe any performance requirement for the product.

    • Functional Requirements

      For guidence on writing functional requirements see the document "Writing Functional Requirements" in CS475 Handbook.

• Project Plan

  A Project Plan describes what needs to be done and how the work is to be accomplished. It should describe the following:

  • Major Tasks

    Describe the tasks and your team's strategy for performing them.

  • Development Schedule

    The development schedule should include milestones and reviews, as well as target dates for deliverables, e. g., reports, documents, manuals, and software.

  • Development Team Structure

    Discuss how the team will be structured to perform the major tasks.

  • Documents to be Prepared

  • Test Plan

    Describe how the product will be tested.

• Concluding Remarks

• Sources of Information

• Glossary