CIS 466 - Spring 2008 – 466 Motto: "No Free Riding!"

CIS 466 01 MW 2-4 PM, Sect. 01 CLA 4-27, CRN 32261
Agenda: April 2, 2008

2:00 PM: Roll Call - As you come into class, sign Attendance Sheet
IMPORTANT: Turn in Academic histories with your name and 3 track courses marked – put in folder

2:05 PM Introduction to class by Instructor - Expectations for Senior Project

• My Roles:   Instructor and Project Director roles
• Teams: Teams will have 6 students (one team can have 5 members if 29 students in class).
• Your roles as team members
• Your relationship with Customers
• Schedule of deliverables

3:05 PM Overview of Projects by Instructor

• Monday, April 7, 1-4 PM: , Project customers present their projects & negotiate with students to put together a team for their project
• Please contact customers by email or phone with questions before Monday
• After presentations & during lulls, customers will meet informally with students to answer questions about their projects and negotiate for a team.
• Bring your resumes and try to impress the customers.
• Once your team and a customer make a match, the project is yours. You can begin working right away.

3:20 PM Self-introduction by Students: Stand up in front of the class and state: 1 minute each -

• Your name
• Project that most interests you
• Your major strengths

Next Steps

• Contact any customers for projects that interest you.
• Be present at 1 PM on Monday to hear customers pitch their projects
• Bring resumes, form teams around project that interests you
• Requirements for Report 0, due by 6 PM, Monday -- place inside folder with clear cover and slide under office door (CLA 3-21) or give to me in classroom before 4 PM
• List members of team
• Each student enrolled in class MUST be a member of a team by 4 PM on Monday
• Contract signed by ALL team members agreeing to 10 meeting hours dedicated for project work per week outside of class, by day and hour = Statement of commitment that team members will meet with the team when the team meets
• Send me an email with team members contact information by 10 PM on Monday, April 7.
• Get your team a team email address on site such as Yahoo Groups or Google Groups so all email goes to all team members, and provide email address for correspondence with your team. Add customer & instructor to group so we can send email to team.
• Ask customer to email or give your names to me, and you can start work immediately on project.

Start forming a team and working on project -- key to your success

• Read pages on CIS 466 website to see what requirements are.
• Choose Team name and logo, formulate your own team norms
• Decide team roles and who will take each role
• JAD 1 usually held on customer site during second week of quarter to get initial requirements for project -- check schedule to see if time you want is open.
• Contact customer & instructor about times for JAD 1 (allow driving time for me if customer is off campus)

4:00 PM Adjourn