IST 311 Object-Oriented Design & Software Applications

Spring 2006

Course Group Project

Course Project
The main course project will consist of design and development of a substantial object-oriented software application. You will work on the project exercises in groups of four or five. The instructor will assign group membership during the first few weeks of class. The purpose of this project is to give you hands-on, in-depth experience with a wide range of object-oriented design and development activities. The course project domain will be decided early in the semester based on your project nominations.

Group Project Performance & Grading
The mid-term and final group project deliverables as well as any deliverables collected and marked between these major project milestones will be assigned a single grade. However, your individual grade for the group project components will reflect the results of three group peer evaluations that will be performed over the course of the semester. At the end of the semester you will also produce a one page personal contribution essay detailing your involvement in the production of project deliverables. In extreme cases, students that do not contribute to the group project will be asked to do the work on their own or with other non-contributors.