CS4500 Weekly Management Report

2/23/2009

 

Project Status

            We have completed our second sprint, which will end up being the core of our application.

                Our scheduled meeting with Prof. Brunvand on Tuesday should prove out our efforts so far

                in getting this app ready.  We have covered off on all of the points that were raised during our

                previous meeting, and feel confident that we can take on some nice to haves soon.

 

Accomplishments

                Team – Completed Second sprint!

                                -POC for opening GDS files and drawing them. We even got print support!

                Tim – Developed frontend interface for selecting color palettes and alpha transparency.

                           Successfully drew our first GDS object based on the parsed objects!  With Color and Alpha!

                          Worked on format for saving color and alpha settings for GDS file

Adam – Continued work on GDS parser and Object model w/ Tim

              Received training on Draw Manager from Tim

                              Worked on SDS v2 document [Draw Manager section]

Curtis - Worked on SDS v2 document [UI section]

              Provided mockup of UI based on similar products

                Josh – Worked on SDS v2 Document [GDS Parser section]

                            Continued work on GDS parser and object model.

Scott – Worked on SDS v2 Document [Print Manager section]

             Added print support to application!

                             Worked on format for saving color and alpha settings for GDS file

 

 

Goals & Priorities

● Short

○ Complete work on VVP document due 2/27 [Curtis, Adam]

                -Deliverable: Rough draft due 2/24

○ Present POC during meeting with Prof. Brunvand 2/24 [Tim, Adam]

                -Deliverable: Successful review

○ Continue work on final version of library for loading GDS files 2/27 [Adam, Josh]

                -Deliverable: Updated object model based on team suggestions 2/26

○ Develop app Library for printing to Epson printer 2/24 [Scott, Curtis]

                -Deliverable: C# library that can be plugged into our final app.

○ Review POC for  2/24 [Josh, Adam, Tim]

                -Deliverable: Merged C# solution that contains work from both teams.

○ Begin QA process for application 2/28 [Adam, Curtis, Josh]

                -Deliverable: Test plans completed for review on 3/3

○ Start Sprint 3 – Branch to final working app, and formalize the structure of the application. [Tim, Adam, Josh, Curtis, Scott]

                -Deliverable: Structured and fully documented application framework

● Long

            ○ Develop User Interface look and feel 3/10 [Curtis]

            ○ Print test file on Epson plotter 3/10 [Scott, Curtis]

            ○ QA testing and verification Complete 3/31. [Adam, Curtis, Josh]

 

Needs

None currently