Project Planning

CT 320: Network and Systems Administration
Group Work

Exploring New Technologies

The purpose of this assignment is to make progress on the semester project. We will be working on the project during one week of recitations.

Description

The goals of this assignment are:

• To document a plan and schedule for your semester group project.
• To start installation of software needed for the group project.

The entire semester project is worth 20% of your grade!

Project Planning

• During the recitations next week, discuss how you will download and install the software necessary for your project.
• Make a list of the software you require and attach it to the monitor of your system in the COMSC 315 lab to alert other system users.
• Use the recitations to begin implementation of your project. Select a system to work on the rest of the semester and start installing software.
  NOTE: If you are working on the project outside the lab you can meet at another time and place, please let the instructor know when and were.
• Document the implementation plan (Part 6), which will describe what you are going to do for the project in more detail in the following sections:

  6.1)

  List the software components that you will install, including version numbers and the software source.

  6.2)

  Describe the user interface to your project—command line or graphical user interface. (Don’t just tell me which one—describe it.)

  6.3)

  Describe the functionality that you will implement—this will vary by project, but should include the extent of the work.

  6.4)

  Describe the point of the work you are doing - what is notable about the project and what do you expect to learn.

  6.5)

  Describe the limitations and disadvantages of the project you have selected—both in terms of scope and functionality.

• Document a preliminary schedule for the project (Part 7), in which you describe what will be done when.

Checkin

Submit a single ProjectReport.pdf for the group that extends ProjectProposal.pdf from the previous assignment, and contains the two new sections (Part 6 and 7) by the due date to RamCT. Assignments may be turned in up to 24 hours late for a 20% penalty.