[Ssa2003-general] SSD Extremely important!! Please READ!

[Mark D. <ml...@ut...>]

People people people

The meeting with Zenon was again very enlightening...

The key things that were pointed out:
- the Document wasn't very readable -- this will have to be fixed up by my
group and communicate the changes down the line
- what is expected from the presentation
- we have jumped straight into design WITHOUT justifying our design
decisions (THIS IS CRITICAL FOR BOTH THE DELIVERABLE AND THE PRESENTATION)

Now presentation structure:

1) A brief recap of our problem domain
2) Our group structure.. Our current position. Our plans Our Goals, our Qa
Processes
3) A presentation of the architecture and HLD based on a justified approach.

Subystems 5 minutes each
- Major goals, Major inputs, the purpose
- Design Considerations  (experience, comfort, performance, technical
constraints, resources at our disposal)
- Technological Decisions (e.g Mysql, Ilogs, Corba, Pushlets, Servlets, What
else did you consider)
- Based on those your final (still a bit high) design
- Its major features and components.
- Advantages and disadvantages of your design.

Test team
- Same thing
- Your integration plans
- The tools we are going to be using , why those tools?? What considerations
did u have to make? (experience, availability)

Summary... The way ahead!

Now I know this is a bit brief.. . But that those in attendance probably I
believe have a clear understanding on what is required. Now 2moro.. I will
be finalising the presentation template.. An email will go out. Further to
that I will be calling a member from each team to ensure that they are clear
on what is expected. And what must be delivered. (yes a personal call to
voice all your concerns)

Over the weekend we will also be coordinating the merging of the main
deliverable document.

For the presentation, each team's slides are due SATURDAY NIGHT 11 pm.
Please Meet the deadline. Its not that hard. The Hard part is actually the
content behind the slides. I leave that up to you.

Keep up the hard work guys... Make sure you also have fun


Also remain aware of the CVS changeover... More as it comes to hand.
And the progreport is up on CVS and is due for delivery any minute now.

Regards and many thanks,
Dasco

PS don't forget my dinner. The budget is 15 bux a head.. Any more is coming
out of your wallets. Hope to see you all there.