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Define the big picture clearly, concisely and convincingly

1. Is your elevator pitch convincing?

2. Is your value proposition clear?

3. Why is it important to solve a particular problem?

4. Is your mission narrow and focused?

5. Are your goals measurable?

6. Are your deliverables realistic?

Project ManagementDefine the problem, mission and goals

                                                

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Attendance - % of team meetings attended?

Professionalism- Did you effectively sell your ideas?

Initiative- What did you do beyond what was required?

Knowledge- What are the 3 most important things you learned?

ResultsWere all deliverables on time and on budget?  Did the solution work to specs?

TeamworkWhat ideas did you share? How did you help others?

Project ManagementSet Performance Measures

                                                

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Project ManagementSet Performance Measures

                                                

Job PerformanceName 1 Name 2

Attendance 9 10Professionalism 10 10Initiative 4 6Knowledge 5 6Results 9 9

Teamwork 10 10

Measure 47 51Maximum Points 60 60Grade 78% 85%

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Discovery- Define problem, mission and goals- Research previous art. Don’t reinvent the wheel

Design- Write functional spec (user perspective)- Write design spec (engineer’s architecture)

Development- Build modules- Integrate modules

Deployment- Write test procedure- Test- Train- Sell- Monitor results

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Skill Measuring Game Project PlanDate

Tasks Est hrs Status Hours

RemainingDISCOVERYDefine problem, mission, goals and deliverables 8 0Research previous art 12 8Summarize research 4 4DESIGNFunctional specification (UI, skill definitions, scoring) 8 2Test finished prototype (survey, summarize results) 4 2Design specification (backend scoring, admin) 8 8

DEVELOPMENT

Graphic content 20 18Sound effects 3 3Programming 16 12DEPLOYMENTWrite test procedure 4 4Conduct tests 8 8Summarize tests 8 8Meetings 32 16PPT Final Presentation (10 slides) 8 2Documentation 12 8Total 155 103Weeks remaining to due date 6Hours / week required to complete project 17.2

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Quality

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