CSC 480 - Fall 2003 Reflective Paper about the project

Due: Dec 9 (at Final Exam)

From Sylabus:

"In addition, you will write a short, reflective paper about what you learned in working on the project. More details will be available later.”

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Grading:

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Reflective Paper 5%

Further Description:

The paper should be a concise discussion of what you learned about requirements analysis and design, and about group work from the project, as well as analyzing what enabled your group design to be as good as it is and how your group could have done a better job.

Length: 1-3 Pages

Some questions to ponder in writing your paper:

What did you learn about doing a group design?

about collaborative design?

about meetings?

about collaborative writing/reports?

about dealing with different personalities, goals, agendas, opinions ...

What would you do differently if you were going to do another group design?

What methods/strategies would help a group come up with a better design?

What would you do the same?

What methods/strategies helped your group come up with a good coherent, consistent design?

What helped your group be more efficient?

What did you find more difficult than expected?

What did you find easy or straightforward?

What did you find rewarding?

What did you learn from your fellow group members?

(Aside from group questions) What did you learn about designing a system?

Consider these a jumping off point.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER ALL OF THESE QUESTIONS.

This assignment could be titled "what I learned from doing the project."

It is not "An exercise in filling pages with B.S." - 3 pages with

2 points is not anywhere near as good as 1 page with 10 points.

Nor is it "Why my group should get an A", or "Boy did we get along

great, despite what you may have heard".