IT 315 Final Project Part III Guidelines and Rubric

Overview

Throughout the course, you have developed the skills required of a software architecta role that is in high demand in the software industry. This final project resembles a typical development project of an actual software designer or software architect. You will have the opportunity to apply, practice, and receive feedback on how software systems are designed using object-orientation and Unified Modeling Language (UML) modeling.

For this assessment, you will assume the role of a consultant tasked with designing a Student Information System (SIS) for a small college that offers both online and face-to-face classes. The SIS should keep track of students' information and their course registrations. You will be provided with information about the system, its business context, and its requirements. With this information, you will need to design the software system by applying object-oriented techniques and methods and UML modeling.

Specifically, the final project is divided into three different parts, which will each be submitted separately. Each part focuses on a different stage in the development process and will be completed in sequence throughout the course. Additionally, at each stage you will validate and verify your design, explain how you arrived at it, and reflect upon your process and lessons learned. Through the milestones, you will have an opportunity to gather feedback first before you submit final versions. The three final submissions are Part I: Functional Model (submitted in Module Four), Part II: Structural Model (submitted in Module Six), and Part III: Behavioral Model (submitted in Module Eight).

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:

• Apply object-oriented techniques and methods in analyzing and designing software systems
• Create UML functional models that are clearly articulated, based on software system requirements
• Create UML structural models that are clearly articulated, based on functional models
• Create UML behavioral models that are clearly articulated, based on functional and structural models

Final Project Part III Prompt

Now that you have completed both of your SIS functional model and structural model, you are ready to complete your consulting job by creating the SIS behavioral model.

Based on your SIS functional model and structural model, create an SIS behavioral model consisting of the following:

• A sequence diagram for the Register a Student for Classes use case
• A communication diagram for the Register a Student for Classes use case
• A method contract and a method specification of at least two methods of the sequence diagram

From the SIS functional model, Register a Student for Classes use case, and the structural model, identify the objects and the actors that participate in either the sequence diagram or the communication diagram. Identify the messages that are sent and received among these objects and actors and determine the order of message passing. Formalize your findings as a sequence diagram and a corresponding communication diagram. For the sequence diagram, show the execution occurrence when a message is sent or received. Both the sequence diagram and the communication diagrams must be generated by a UML drawing tool.

Your behavioral model should be complete and professional. Be sure to integrate your instructor's feedback from the milestone opportunity and use the Final Project Part III Solution Submission Template (linked in Module Eight of your course) to format your submission.

Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

• Creation: From your functional model and structural model, create a UML behavioral model showing how objects from the classes of the structural model collaborate to implement the use case behaviors described in the use case descriptions. Your behavioral model should include at least a UML sequence diagram and a UML state machine diagram. The behavioral model should clearly identify the methods of each class that are needed for the collaboration in each use case. Provide a method contract and method specification of at least two methods of your sequence diagram.
• Testing: Verify and validate your behavioral model against the structural model and functional model of the SIS system.
• Approach Explanation: Explain your approach to creating your behavioral model and the design decisions you made to create it.
• Self-Reflection: Discuss your experience creating your behavioral model and the lessons you learned from it. Specifically, draw connections between your experience and the object-oriented techniques and methods discussed in this course.

Generate your student information system (SIS) sequence diagram for the Register a Student for Classes use case.

[Copy and paste your diagram here.]

Generate your SIS communication diagram for the Register a Student for Classes use case.

[Copy and paste your diagram here.]

SIS Method Contract 1 template (refer to textbook pages 306-314):

Method Name: [Insert information.]	Class Name: [Insert information.]	ID: [Insert information.]
Clients (Consumers): [Insert information.]
Associated Use Cases: [Insert information.]
Description of Responsibilities: [Insert information.]
Arguments Received: [Insert information.]
Type of Value Returned: [Insert information.]
Pre-Conditions: [Insert information.]
Post-Conditions: [Insert information.]

SIS Method Contract 2 template:

[Insert information.]

SIS Method Specification 1 template(refer to textbook pages 314-318):

Method Name: [Insert information.]	Class Name: [Insert information.]	ID: [Insert information.]
Contract ID: [Insert information.]	Programmer: [Insert information.]	Date Due: [Insert information.]
Programming Language: [Insert programming language. Choose Visual Basic, Smalltalk, C++, or Java.]
Triggers/Events: [Insert information.]

Arguments Received: Data Type:	Notes:
[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]

Messages Sent & Arguments Passed: ClassName.MethodName:	Argument Data Type:	Notes:
[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]
[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]
[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]

Argument Returned: Data Type:	Notes:
[Insert information.]	[Insert information.]
Algorithm Specification: [Insert information.]
Misc. Notes: [Insert information.]

SIS Method Specification 2 template:

[Insert information.]

1. Verify and validate your sequence diagram and communication diagram against your SIS functional model and structural model.

[Insert information.]

1. Explain your approach to the problem, the decisions you made to arrive at your solution, and how you completed it.

[Insert information.]

1. Reflect on this experience and the lessons you learned from it.