Transcript Intro to Software Engineering

2013-2014 Software
Engineering Projects
Projects for CS4810 Software
Engineering Teams
HCJB DRM Web App
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Description: HCJB Global is a network of media broadcasters with the
mission to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ around the world. DRM is a
new digital standard for short and long wave broadcasting which HCJB
has interest in adopting. In 2013-2013 a Cedarville Senior Design Team
developed a web application for configuring the DRM server. Now, they
would like to extend this web application to make the interface more
conducive to expert users and allow for schedule configuration changes.
Technologies: web, linux, DRM.
Faculty Advisor: Dr Shomper
Customer: HCJB, Elkhart IN
Pros:
 Established customer relationship
 Potential for travel
 Real-world project
 Existing application
 Mission-oriented focus
Cons:
 Distance to customer can sometimes inhibit communication
 DRM is a complex standard, understanding it will take effort
Cedarville Web Content Mgt System
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Description: The CS website tends to grow stale over time and is not
used extensively to deliver CS course content because of limited ease in
making changes. This project aims to fix these problems by providing
targeted capabilities to managing content on the CS site.
Technologies: Web development, database, UI development.
Faculty Advisor: Prof Hamman/Dr Gallagher
Customer: CS Faculty and Students
Pros:
 Local customer
 Well-understood application features
Cons:
 Overcoming Inertia
JAARS Project
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Description: JAARS is the IT partner of Bible Translation. The JAARS
team has several ideas for using computing to assist the propagation of
God’s word to all languages.
Technologies: multiple
Faculty Advisor: Any
Customer: JAARS Partners
Pros:
 Mission Minded
Cons:
 Remote Customer
China Amazon
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Description: Sale of Christian materials to Chinese believers.
Technologies: Web apps, database, mobile apps
Faculty Advisor: Dr Gallagher, Dr Fang
Customer: Gary Hopwood
Pros:
 Mission Minded
Cons:
 Communication (Language)
 Distance to customer can sometimes inhibit communication