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@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ causing problems later down the line. If we only found these bugs by using
the frontend, they would have been much harder to debug, as there would have
been much more code to work through.
\section{Progress}
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\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{old-gantt.png}
@@ -182,6 +183,28 @@ categories have been redefined. These changes can be identified in the above
Gantt charts by in shifts in the bars of the Gantt chart. The development bars
have increased in relative size while the testing and revising bars have shrunk.
\subsection{New Timeline}
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\section{Recommendations}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{old-gantt.jpg}
\caption{Old Project Gantt Chart}
\label{fig:old-gantt}
\end{figure}
\begin{figure}[h]
\centering
\includegraphics[width=\linewidth]{new-gantt.jpg}
\caption{New Project Gantt Chart}
\label{fig:new-gantt}
\end{figure}
There are three major changes to the project plan: the frontend and backend
deadlines have moved back several days, the user testing and revisions period
have shifted back accordingly and have shortened, the frontend goal categories
have been redefined. These changes can be identified in the above Gantt charts
by in shifts in the bars of the Gantt chart. The development bars have
increased in relative size while the testing and revising bars have shrunk.
\par
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The frontend and backend periods needed to shift backwards simply due to the
groups initial underestimation of the amount of time required to create a
reasonable product. The team believes additional development time on the
@@ -191,7 +214,11 @@ Without this pushback the team currently has a working prototype with a basic
user interface and native function calls implemented, but the project has yet
to include several important features considered necessary for useful
application by students.
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\subsection{Future Phases}
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\par
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The user testing and adjustments periods have shrunk due to the increased
development time. The team decided to avoid user testing and adjustments during
the main development phase, but due to the time pressure this caused the
@@ -199,7 +226,11 @@ testing and adjustment phases to shrink by several days each and overlap
significantly. The team hopes to consistently implement changes as students
provide feedback so that the overlap still provides time to implement
suggestions.
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\subsection{Redefined Goals}
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\par
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The redefined goals within the frontend category reflect altered priorities of
the project as a whole. Rather than having the project work to explain topics
to the user, the project will be designed to simply run user code and step
@@ -211,6 +242,7 @@ team to focus more on providing user interface features which will more
directly aid in student code development. These features include code stepping
and highlighting as well as annotated bytecode as listed in the Gantt chart
above.
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\section{Discussion}
These changes provide for a more accurate description of the timeline and the
remaining work to be accomplished before the deatline. The team believes that
@@ -222,4 +254,6 @@ of the product team has changed to avoid user testing and adjustments during
the development phase and consistently implement changes as students provide
feedback. In the long run, the team believes that we will accomplish the final
product in the timeline specified.
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\end{document}