Project Management & Data Analysis2810ICT— Software TechnologiesSchool of ICTGriffith Unive ...

Project Management & Data Analysis
2810ICT— Software Technologies
School of ICT
Griffith University
Trimester 2, 2020
Part A due at the end of Week 6, Sunday 30th August, midnight.
Part B due at the end of Week 12, Sunday 17th October, midnight.
Assignment Description
The assignment work for this course is a group-based (max 3 people) data analysis project
that is split into 2 parts – design and implementation. There are several different datasets
listed at the bottom of this document – you will need to choose 1 that your team will work
on for both Part A and B. The overall goal for this assignment is to develop a simple data
analysis and visualisation tool for a dataset. You will need to design and implement this tool,
and it must provide a graphical user interface that will handle the analysis and visualisation
of the data. Each dataset has a number of analysis and visualisation tasks that your interface
must provide. In addition to the listed tasks, you must come up with 1 additional
analysis/visualisation/insight that your software provides (you will need to come up with an
appropriate task based on the dataset you pick).
Part A – Project Management and Software Design (Due week 6, Sunday 30th August)
In the first part, you will need to prepare a project plan that includes a Project Overview,
Work-Breakdown Structure, Activity Definition and estimation and a Gantt chart for
displaying scheduling & time estimation. This project plan should include sensible estimates
for the various tasks required for both Part A and B (including estimates on preparing the
project planning documentation). As you complete various components, you should put the
actual completion time/dates on your Gantt chart to track how close you were to your
estimates. For the subsequent stage of the assignment, you should revise your project plan
with any additional details and continue to track your work.
You will then need to prepare a Software Design Document for one of the given data sets
and related questions. You should start with a System Vision Document (this can be
included in your design document). You should then produce a formal list of requirements
that will need to be satisfied, some use cases for your software, a listing of system
components and the related software design, and an early user interface design / wireframe
(to be implemented in part B). There are templates provided for these documents.
Part B – Data Analysis and Visualisation (Due week 12, Friday 9th October)
For Part B, you will need to implement the software that you designed in Part A. Before you
begin writing code, you should come up with a testing plan that will thoroughly test the
various components of your system. As you begin your implementation, you can start
testing these components as they are finished. You must present the results of your testing
in a testing report. You should prepare a brief user manual that explains how to use your
software and shows its features. Finally, you should use your software to prepare a report
that analyses the data over a 12 month period and presents the results in an executive
summary. Your report should present the results from all of your required features for your
chosen dataset, and should contain images from your software as well as some analysis and
comments about the data.
It is important to note that submission of this assignment is a requirement for passing the
course. Late submissions will be marked according to Griffith University’s assessment policy.
5% of the overall mark will be deducted for each business day late. After 5 days, no
submissions will be accepted.
Group Requirements
This assignment should be completed in groups of up to 3 people. If you are unable to work
in a group or have any specific issues, you should discuss this with your campus convenor.
Make sure you include the name and student number of all group members in your
documentation.
Submission Requirements
This assignment must be submitted online via L@G under the assessment page. Only 1
submission per group is needed. Your submission should include;
Part A
– A project plan (doc/pdf). You should use the provided template.
– A Gantt chart. You should embed this in your project plan (as an image or other),
but also provide the original file.
– A software design document (doc/pdf). You should use the provided template.
Part B
– All required .py files containing the data analysis program
– An instruction document/user manual (doc/pdf)
– A software testing report containing a brief testing plan and unit tests &
coverage test results (doc/pdf). You should use the provided template.
– Updated project plan, design document and Gantt chart from Part A (doc/pdf).
– An executive summary covering a 12 month (doc/pdf). You should use the
provided template.
Marking
Each part of this assignment is worth 20% of your final grade (40% total). All group members
will be given the same mark, so it is important that you all contribute and work together to
complete the assignment. A full rubric for each part will be made available on the course
website. Please note that all submitted assignments will be analysed by a plagiarism
detector that is specifically designed for assignment submissions containing program source
code. We will attempt to have all assignments marked within 2 weeks of the due date.
Data Sets – Choose 1