Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student's Guide

✍ Scribed by Christian W. Dawson

• Publisher: Addison Wesley Publishing Company
• Year: 2005
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 265
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Undertaking an academic project is a key feature of most of today's computing and information systems degree programmes. Simply put, this book provides the reader with everything they will need to successfully complete their computing project. The author tackles the four key areas of project work (planning, conducting, presenting, and taking the project further) in chronological order giving the reader the essential skills they will need at each stage of the project's development: Writing Proposals Surveying Literature Project Management Time Management Managing Risk Team Working Software Development Documenting Software Report Writing Effective Presentation

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Projects in Computing and Information Systems......Page 2
Contents......Page 4
Preface......Page 8
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Part 1: The background......Page 13
Introduction......Page 15
What are (computing) projects?......Page 16
Degree requirements......Page 20
Stakeholders......Page 22
How this book is arranged......Page 24
Action points......Page 26
What is research?......Page 27
The research process......Page 31
Classifying research......Page 35
Research methods......Page 37
Further reading......Page 45
Action points......Page 46
Part 2: Setting your project’s foundation......Page 47
Introduction......Page 49
Choosing a project......Page 50
Preparing a project proposal......Page 57
Exercises......Page 64
Action points......Page 65
Project planning and risk management......Page 66
Introduction......Page 67
Project definition......Page 69
Project planning......Page 72
Risk management......Page 87
Summary......Page 92
Action points......Page 93
Introduction......Page 94
The literature survey process......Page 98
Literature searching......Page 101
Managing information......Page 109
Critical evaluation......Page 110
Writing literature reviews......Page 112
Summary......Page 115
Action points......Page 116
Part 3: Conducting your project......Page 117
Software development......Page 119
Introduction......Page 120
The software development life cycle (SDLC)......Page 121
The earliest ‘model’: build-and-fix......Page 124
The stage-wise and classical waterfall models (conventional models)......Page 125
The incremental model......Page 126
Prototyping......Page 129
Which approach should I use?......Page 132
Top-down and bottom-up development......Page 136
Verification, validation and testing......Page 138
Summary......Page 144
Action points......Page 145
Controlling your project......Page 148
Introduction......Page 149
Dealing with problems......Page 152
Managing your time......Page 156
Working with your supervisor......Page 165
Working in teams......Page 168
Further reading......Page 173
Exercises......Page 174
Part 4: Presenting your project......Page 175
Presenting your project in written form......Page 177
Writing and structuring reports......Page 178
Writing abstracts......Page 190
Data presentation......Page 192
Referencing material and avoiding plagiarism......Page 203
Documenting software......Page 210
Further reading......Page 214
Action points......Page 215
Presentation skills......Page 216
Oral presentations......Page 217
Demonstrating software......Page 230
Viva voce examinations......Page 233
Further reading......Page 236
Action points......Page 237
Part 5: The future......Page 239
Introduction......Page 241
Examiners and the marking of your project......Page 242
Taking your project further......Page 247
Additional topics......Page 249
The future......Page 250
Action points......Page 253
References......Page 254
Index......Page 258

✦ Subjects

Менеджмент;Информационные технологии в менеджменте;