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CSE 476/486 Senior Design Website
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Introduction

Team Info

Team Management

Sponsor Info

Project Overview

Solution/Plan

Schedule/Status

Documents

Links


Link to NAU.
Link to USGS.

Team Organization

The TerraUser team is composed of three members, Michelle Harr, Naoko Tsunekawa, and Daniel Wallace. All of the team members are seniors at Northern Arizona University in the Computer Science and Engineering program. Assigned responsibilities of the team are as follows:

  • Michelle - Team Leader / Communications Coordinator
  • Daniel - Website Coordinator and Facilitator
  • Naoko - Document Coordinator and Secretary

Figure 7.1 shows the TerraUser organization.


Figure 7.1: TerraUser Organizational Chart

Project Roles

Each member will focus on specific categories on the project. Project roles are as follows:

  • Michelle – MySQL, JDBC
  • Daniel – JSP, HTML, CSS
  • Naoko – SSL, Web-Server Administrator

Project Management

Each group member is in charge of managing a certain aspect of the project as defined above. These group members are in charge of dividing tasks and checking on the progress of the tasks. The team leader will keep track of progress and if progress is lacking or not being made, will try to correct the problem.

Reporting Process

Meeting Minutes

Meeting minutes will be recorded by secretary and distributed via e-mail no later than 48 hours after the meeting. Meeting minutes should include the items discussed at the meeting and action items to be taken.

Individual Weekly Status Report

An individual weekly status report will be sent to the group leader every Friday by 4pm. It should include the items completed this week and the tasks for the next week.

Weekly Status Report

A weekly status report will be distributed to sponsors and group members every Friday by 5pm via e-mail with following categories:

    • Assignment completed
    • Other tasks to be completed this week
    • Meeting held this week
    • Tasks for next week (action items are also in meeting minutes)

Monitoring Process

Project will be monitored in following categories:

    • Schedules and timelines – updated weekly; make changes as needed
    • Risks – see risks document
    • Group members must be informed of changes through e-mail
    • Sponsor contact log must be updated regularly to monitor the communication with sponsor

Review Process

Documents Review

All document drafts must be completed in time for a team review before the final versions are submitted. Documents must be reviewed and approved by all individuals before submission. Individual components must be delivered to the coordinator at least a week in advance of the due date. The team will then review and finalize the compiled document.

Self-Evaluation

A self-evaluation allows us to reflect upon and examine our work. Following should be evaluated:

        • What were our goals going into the project?
        • Did the work move us toward these goals?
        • Did our goals change during this experience?
        • How can we improve the process for next time?

A self-evaluation will be conducted at the regular meetings following a major assignment deadlines. We will write up a brief summary of areas examined, problems identified, and steps taken/planned to correct the problems. Evaluation results will be typed and posted on the team website and team notebook.

Individual Reviews

To evaluate individual performance so we can improve our teamwork, all group members will do an individual review each semester.

Team Decision Process

Decisions will be made by the following process:

    1. Group member makes motion
    2. Discussion on item
    3. Majority vote

For major design changes to be made, they need to be discussed, debated and voted on by the group. A team member can make minor design changes for the project component they are working on as long as they inform the other group members of the changes at meetings or by e-mails. This is assuming that the changes will not have any major impact on the other group member’s work.

In a situation of a divided team, non-participating members, team members who change the design without team consent, etc, the conflict resolution strategies must be taken to solve the problems. The process is as follows:

      1. Try to communicate with the member who is creating interpersonal disputes
      2. Communicate with facilitator
      3. Set group meeting(s) with manager
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