Task Instructions

To complete this assessment you need to write and submit a software project proposal.

This proposal needs to be approved by your learning facilitator, changes and modifications to the original proposal may be required according to the feedback you receive. The aim of this assessment is to choose a certain problem, diagnose it and propose a solution that would convince the other stakeholders to approve your proposal. Keep in mind that you are not expected to come up with an innovative solution to an existing problem or a unique problem to solve, you just need to provide a proper solution to a problem that you want to solve.

To find your project topic, take the following steps:

Find a simple problem that you want to solve, for example: o It takes a lot of time to get your lunch order. o It is hard to find a parking place. o You take a lot of time every day to decide where to get your lunch from so

you want to get updates about lunch specials,...). o You want to follow up on the results of your favourite sports. o You want to create a simple game to play.

• Think about the different approaches that would help you solve these problems or at least make it easier for the users using a software application. For each of the different solutions try to think about what resources you will need, how much time you need to prepare it, the cost, and what risks might slow down your progress.

• Choose one of these solutions and base your proposal on it. Keeping in mind cost, resources, and time.

  Note: At the end of the semester, you will present an implemented software application of your proposed project. It is important to keep in mind that this is a 12-week course (3 weeks to study a different software project management strategies and prepare a report about it, 2 weeks will be allocated to identifying a project topic, 3 weeks to prepare a detailed project plan to follow, 4 weeks will be allocated to implement your project).

  Document Proposal Format:

  Your document should have the following format:

1. Title of the Proposed Project.

2. Problem Description

o Describe the problem that youre planning to solve.

o Start with a brief description of a high-level problem (a few sentences) then describe in detail some issues that you are interested in solving, then provide more detail about how your work will help is solving these issues.

3. Proposed Solution o Describe how you propose to address the identified problems. o Discuss the business value of your proposed solution. What will your

customers and users gain from your proposed system?

4. Project Plan o Discuss here the Software Process that you will use for your proposed

project. o Explain the activities in each of the stages (with the estimated timeline,

estimated cost). o Try also to think about what might represent a risk to your project. o Explain why this is the appropriate process for your proposed project