DPS924 Projects Winter 2015
Overview
- Learning Objectives.
- Build a useful and interesting Android app by the end of the semester.
- Have a sense of achievement after building an operational Android app with feedback from end users.
- Develop your applied research skills as you need to search for additional knowledge in order to complete the project.
- use Android packages not covered by this course
- integrate with another API (e.g. a Web API, Twitter API, Facebook API, Flickr API,...)
- Demonstrate your potentials, creativity, and technical skills.
- Use GitHub to build an Android app.
- Use agile software development approach.
- user stories(from the perspective of end users)
- sprints (i.e. iterations)
- weekly standup meetings
- Be innovative.
- Team size: 1-2 persons.
Gallery of Projects
Project Milestones
- Exploration of Project Ideas. [Week 1 - Week 3]
- Identify an application domain for your Android project.
- Gather information from end users (i.e. people who will use your app).
- Do market research (e.g. Google Play Store) if needed.
- Submission of a Project Proposal. [Week 4 - Week 5]
- date of submission: February 15, 2015
- Watch the video (approx. 7 minutes) about creating user stories. [6]
- Create a business statement.
- application domain, end-user needs, business values
- Create user stories (or use cases).
- Create a list fo features proposed for your app.
- Create a sketch of your design.
- Note: The design may change as your project goes through the iterations.
- Create a system diagram of your app.
- identify the key components (e.g. UI, database, Web API, server)
- an example:
- identify the key components (e.g. UI, database, Web API, server)
- Create a tentative timeline.
- based on the priorities of user stories/use-cases
- identify checkpoints/milestones
- Design and Implementation. [Week 7 - Week 12 (February 15 - March 31); 6 weeks]
- Project Presentation and Final Report. [Week 14]
- April 13, 2015 (Monday)