Download Software Engineering in Project Overview | CSC 4700 and more Study Guides, Projects, Research Software Engineering in PDF only on Docsity! 1 CSC 4700 Software Engineering Spring 2004 Novasoft - Producing software for industry & academia PROJECT OVERVIEW Dr. Tom Way January 13, 2004 Welcome! Congratulations on being hired by Novasoft Game Laboratories, a wholly owned subsidiary of Novasoft Research Laboratories. Over the next 3 to 4 months, our company will produce a new game software product. The success of this new endeavor will depend on your ability to commit to the project, to work as part of the development team, to “think outside the box,” and to carefully design and implement your part of the product. Product Description Our software has three purposes. First, it is a fun-to-play game system that allows a user to enjoy a variety of interesting games. Second, it is an extensible development platform that allows other researchers, programmers or students to create and integrate their own game modules. Third, is becomes a calling card for each team member to use in the future to illustrate their abilities, providing experience in an actual software engineering and development group. Project Leader: Dr. Tom Way Corporate Profile Novasoft Game Laboratories is a software development company specializing in using the latest software engineering tools and techniques to create innovative computer-based entertainment products. There are two offices: Headquarters (located in Palo Alto, CA) and East (located in Nashua, NH). Office descriptions • HQ (section 1): located in Palo Alto, California in the heart of the drab, shabby, but usually sunny "Silicon Valley," it meets most Tuesdays and Thursdays in Mendel Science Center G87 from 11:30am to 12:45pm. • East (section 2): located in Nashua, New Hampsire, in the midst of the scenic but snowy "Northeast Technology Corridor," it meets most Tuesdays and Thursdays in Mendel Science Center G87 from 1:00pm to 2:15pm. Teams Each employee (student) will be a member of two distinct teams. The first team is a game module engineering team. The second is a corporate-level product development team. Each team will be responsible for a verbal weekly update at our weekly engineering meeting (in class), where each team member will report status. Game module teams A team of 3-5 employees all located in the same office (either HQ or East), responsible for the complete development from design through implementation of a game module that integrates seamlessly into the overall product. It is up to the discretion of the team as to what specific game is developed, subject to an obscure, ill-defined, overly-complicated approval process.
