To all Students registered in Project 1:

You are required to present the following document and give a 30-min
seminar on your project

Project Phase I Document

Write a project design document ( 5 – 20 pages ) with the following structure:

 Cover page containing name of project, team member, and advisors
 Abstract (between 100 and 150 words)
 Main goals – what is the project about
 Main functionality and characteristics
 Intended users and key usability goals (that is, how users will benefit from
your project)
 Challenges that you may encounter during the project’s development
 Intended technology, e.g., platform, languages, libraries, tools, etc.
 Market Potential or Open Source Significance (between 250 and 500
words) — if applicable to your project. Address the following:
o Market potential, commercial promise, or open source value
o Evidence of user interest (provide references)
o Social and environmental impact, if applicable
 Notes on similar/related products (provide references)
 Requirements specification: functional and non-functional requirements,
prioritized on 3 levels, as complete as possible.
 Use case modeling:
o Use case diagram: between 4 and 20 detailed use cases.
 Sequence diagrams: at least 5 sequence diagrams for the 5 major use
cases of the system.
 Initial snapshots of the system’s user interface: at least four snapshots,
with brief descriptions (but no more than 8 snapshots as detailed GUI
design will be part of P-II).
 List of references:
o At least four reference articles, with brief descriptions (40 to 70
words each) summarizing the article and showing how the
reference articles helped your project will be required.
o At least three related websites with useful resources.