The document outlines several assignments for a software engineering course, including a project plan for a web-based student registration system, a requirements specification for the system, an improvement plan for software development issues, and a term paper on future research in software engineering. Each assignment requires a detailed report and a PowerPoint presentation, emphasizing the importance of using proper formatting, citations, and technical tools. The assignments aim to develop skills in project management, requirements analysis, and agile methodologies.

1. CIS 518 Week 3 Assignment 1 Activity Graph
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Assignment 1: Activity Graph
Due Week 3 and worth 120 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a written project plan
and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit the two (2)
sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it
is written for.
Section 1: Written Project Plan
Imagine you are a software engineer working on a fixed budget
and you are tasked to develop a Web-based student registration
system. This Web-based system allows students to register for
classes, authenticate their credentials, and select classes for which
they are eligible to register. It also registers the students, prints a

2. confirmation receipt, and prepares a registration invoice. You have
been asked to provide senior management with a detailed
summary, activity graph, and project plan of how you plan to
execute the project.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Describe the development of the student registration project as a
work breakdown structure of actions and transitions among these
actions.
Create an activity graph from the breakdown structure using
Microsoft Visio or its open source alternative, Dia. Be sure to
identify the time estimates and critical path in your submission.
Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the
required page length.
Write a project plan for this project which includes, but is not
limited to, a risk analysis, task scheduling, and personnel staffing
for the project.
Provide a rationale for the decisions you made in your project plan
to senior management.
Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.

3. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an
appendix of the project plan. All references to these diagrams must
be included in the body of the project plan.
Section 2: PowerPoint Presentation
The senior management team has also requested that you present
the plan in a concise presentation to the Board of Directors during
the organization’s next operations meeting.
Create a five to ten (5-10) slide PowerPoint presentation for the
presentation to the Board of Directors in which you:
Present the proposed plan documented in the written project plan.
Include the key elements of the project plan (i.e., work breakdown
structure, activity graph, risk management, project schedule, and
project staffing).
Include a justification of the decisions made in the proposed plan
to senior management.
Create bulleted speaking notes for the presentation to the Board of
Directors in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may
create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have
not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of
communication.

4. Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey
the information.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this
assignment is:
Develop project plans and schedules that satisfy user requirements.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about advanced software engineering
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 518 Week 4 Assignment 2 Requirements
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Assignment 2: Requirements
Due Week 4 and worth 60 points

5. In a previous assignment you were tasked to develop a Web-based
student registration system. This Web-based system allows
students to register for classes, authenticate their credentials, and
select classes for which they are eligible to register. It also registers
the students, prints a confirmation receipt, and prepares a
registration invoice. You created a project plan proposal to senior
management and they liked it, giving you the green light to start
with the project. Now, it is time to define what the student
registration system should do.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Select a requirement specification technique that you would use to
state the requirements of this software system and explain the
reasons for the selection.
Specify the requirements for registering a student for a class based
on the selected technique. You can make any assumptions that you
need to complete the specification as long as you state them clearly
in the response.
Create the necessary diagrams through the use of graphical tools in
Microsoft Word or Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia
that illustrates and complements the specification. Note: The

6. graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page
length.
Write a validation and verification plan to validate and verify the
requirement.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in Visio or Dia. The completed
diagrams / charts must be imported into the Word document before
the paper is submitted.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this
assignment is:
Describe the different types of requirements that include
abstraction and modeling techniques.

7. Use technology and information resources to research issues in
software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about advanced software engineering
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 518 Week 9 Assignment 4 Software Developer
Development and Improvement
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Assignment 4: Software Developer Development and
Improvement
Due Week 9 and worth 60 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: an improvement plan
and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit the two (2)
sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it
is written for.

8. Section 1: Improvement Plan
Suppose you are working as a senior software development
manager in a software house. The company develops custom
software for clients. In one of the development projects, a
postmortem analysis reveals that a particular developer out of a
team of five (5) was responsible for the major failure of the
developed software product. This has caused the project to run
20% behind schedule and exceed its monetary budget by 30%.
Initial estimates point to an additional twelve (12) weeks from the
original 36-week effort to correct the failures. You have been
asked by your supervisor to create an improvement plan to address
these issues using the People Capability Maturity Model (P-
CMM). The P-CMM model is available at the following
URL:http://www.dtic.mil/cgi-bin/GetTRDoc?AD=ADA512354.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Evaluate the key practices and improvement activities from the
people capability maturity model and recommend the practices you
would use to address the software failure.
Describe an appropriate strategy for implementing the
recommended improvement activities that you have identified.
Explain how to measure the return on the company investment
after applying the key practices and improvement activities.

9. Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note:
Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.
Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
Section 2: PowerPoint Presentation
You have also been asked to develop a presentation to be shown to
your CEO to explain why you have chosen to implement the
specific strategy outlined in your improvement plan.
Prepare a seven to ten (7-10) slide PowerPoint presentation in
which you:
Summarize the main points in the improvement plan.

10. Create bulleted speaking notes for the presentation to the executive
board in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may
create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have
not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of
communication.
Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey
the information.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this
assignment is:
Develop practices to evaluate products, processes, and system
resources.
Develop a software engineering plan to address and solve a
proposed business problem.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about advanced software engineering
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions.
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CIS 518 Week 10 Term Paper Future Research and
Development in Software Engineering

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Term Paper: Future Research and Development in Software
Engineering
Due Week 10 and worth 200 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a research report and
a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit the two (2) sections
as separate files for the completion of this assignment. Label each
file name according to the section of the assignment it is written
for.
Section 1: Research Report
Imagine you are employed as a senior software engineer in a
company that designs and produces mobile software applications
for health-care providers. Your CIO has asked you to research
trends in mobile software development so that your organization is
prepared for the next wave of software innovation. The focus of
your efforts will be on deciding whether to utilize the Android,

12. iOS, or Microsoft tablet development approach while keeping in
mind that you need to make a recommendation that will allow your
company to launch its product to customers in 90 days or less
using an agile methodological approach. Your research must
consider all three (3) platforms with a recommended course of
action on one.
Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
Identify trends in mobile software development and explain why
they are relevant to the scenario described above.
Explain how the different mobile platform will affect the different
phases of requirements, design, development, and deployment of
the mobile software product.
Make a recommendation on which mobile platform to use and
justify the recommendation.
Describe the agile methodological approach that you would
implement to bring the product to the market in 90 days or less.
Propose a testing plan to ensure that the developed product is both
valid and verifiable.
Use at least six (6) quality resources in this assignment.Note:
Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality
resources.

13. Section 1 of this assignment must follow these formatting
requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
Include charts or diagrams created in MS Visio or Dia as an
appendix of the project plan. All references to these diagrams must
be included in the body of the project plan.
Section 2: PowerPoint Presentation
You have also been asked to develop a presentation to be shown to
your Senior Executive Board to explain why you have chosen to
implement the specific strategy outlined in your research report.
Prepare a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation in
which you:
Summarize the main points in the research report.

14. Create bulleted speaking notes for the presentation to the executive
board in the Notes section of the PowerPoint.Note: You may create
or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not
been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of
communication.
Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey
the information.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12),
with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must
follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor
for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the
student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.
The cover page and the reference page are not included in the
required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this
assignment are:
Develop practices to evaluate products, processes, and system
resources.

15. Develop a software engineering plan to address and solve a
proposed business problem.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in
software engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about advanced software engineering
topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style
conventions
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