This document outlines four assignments for a software engineering course. Assignment 1 involves creating a project plan and activity graph for developing a student registration system. Assignment 2 requires selecting a requirements specification technique and defining requirements. Assignment 3 involves creating an improvement plan using a People Capability Maturity Model to address software failures. Assignment 4 requires developing a presentation to summarize the improvement plan for management.

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.
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.

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 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.
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:

3. 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.
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 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

5. illustrates and complements the specification. Note: The 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.
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

7. 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.
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

8. 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.
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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