Student submissions are too trivial and too imprecise.
New Assignment: Step-by-step description of Prog 2 Software Development Process
Description
Create a Google Doc describing the process you use a project you perform at least occasionally. It should be a process you do to achieve a specific result.
Submit the Google Doc for this assignment item on Google Classroom.
Write the following:
- Name of the process
- Preconditions, if any
- Activities - brief descriptive name as a noun phrase. You can omit this for a simple process with only 1 activity.
- Tasks done in each activity - with description what to do. These are small, specific steps.
- Work product - what is the result of the process?
- Evaluation criteria - how is the result evaluated?
- Be honest, if you have an evaluation criteria it should be something that might cause you to reject the result and do it again.
Evaluation:
- Your process description should be well-formatted, clear, complete, and fit on 1 page.
- Correct English usage and punctuation.
- Never leave a space before comma, colon, or period. Always leave a space after punctuation symbols unless they are followed by closing parenthesis.
Examples:
- Wash a Car
- Service a Bicycle (if you actually do this)
- Paint a Room
- Make a [something you create]
Bad Examples:
- Practice Piano (no specific end product)
- Build a Car (too complex, not something you do repeatedly)
What to Submit
- Submit a link to your Google Doc to the assignmant on Google Classroom.
- File Name: name of the file should be the name of your process
- Example:
Wash a Car
(for the example process given below)
Example:
Wash a Car
Author: James Brucker
Preconditions: a car, water supply, and a warm dry day
- Preparation
- park the car in the shade
- prepare bucket, car wash, sponge, clean rags, optional squeegie
- put 1 cap of car wash in bucket, add 3-4 L of water allowing foam to form
- Wash the Car
- start from the top, spray water to remove dirt and thoroughly wet surface
- apply soapy water with sponge to remove all dirt from one area
- spray water to remove soap and dirt
- repeat ‘til whole car is clean
- Dry the Car
- wait until the car is partially dry, but still has water drops
- use clean rags or squeegie to dry the windows and top of car
- dry other parts of car, working from top to bottom
Product: a clean, dry car
Evaluation Criteria: car should be clean with no dirt or water marks