This document outlines four assignments for a software engineering course. Assignment 1 involves creating an activity graph and project plan for developing a student registration system. Assignment 2 is to specify requirements for registering a student for a class using a requirements technique. Assignment 3 is an improvement plan to address issues with a software developer using the People Capability Maturity Model. Assignment 4 is a term paper on future trends in mobile software development and recommending a platform.

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
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.
1. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the development of the student registration
project as a work breakdown structure of actions and
transitions among these actions.
2. 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

2. your submission. Note: The graphically depicted solution
is not included in the required page length.
3. 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.
4. 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.
 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.
1. Create a five to ten (5-10) slide PowerPoint presentation for the
presentation to the Board of Directors in which you:
1. Present the proposed plan documented in the written
project plan.
2. Include the key elements of the project plan (i.e., work
breakdown structure, activity graph, risk management,
project schedule, and project staffing).
3. Include a justification of the decisions made in the
proposed plan to senior management.
4. Create bulleted speaking notes for the presentation to the
Board of Directors in the Notes section of the

3. 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.
5. 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
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

4. 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:
1. Select a requirement specification technique that you would
use to state the requirements of this software system and
explain the reasons for the selection.
2. 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.
3. 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 graphically depicted solution is not
included in the required page length.
4. 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.

5.  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.
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

6. 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.
1. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
1. 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.
2. Describe an appropriate strategy for implementing the
recommended improvement activities that you have
identified.
3. Explain how to measure the return on the company
investment after applying the key practices and
improvement activities.
4. 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.

7. 1. Prepare a seven to ten (7-10) slide PowerPoint presentation in
which you:
1. Summarize the main points in the improvement plan.
2. 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.
3. 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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8. 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,
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.
1. Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:
1. Identify trends in mobile software development and explain
why they are relevant to the scenario described above.
2. Explain how the different mobile platform will affect the
different phases of requirements, design, development, and
deployment of the mobile software product.
3. Make a recommendation on which mobile platform to use and
justify the recommendation.
4. Describe the agile methodological approach that you would
implement to bring the product to the market in 90 days or
less.

9. 5. Propose a testing plan to ensure that the developed product is
both valid and verifiable.
6. Use at least six (6) 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.
 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.
1. Prepare a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation
in which you:
1. Summarize the main points in the research report.
2. 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.
3. Use a professional technically written style to graphically
convey the information.

10. 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.
 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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