College of Computing Sciences Progress Report on Senior Project Capstone Courses: Prepared by Osama Eljabiri

Director of Senior Project Capstone Courses

Presented to CS Retreat Meeting –Fall 2004

Senior Project Capstone Course

What is new?

New Strategies

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Adaptable business Modes and Models

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Two new tracks : - Entrepreneurship track (Restructuring) - Public Sector (Enhancement)

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Exploratory and Evolutionary Prototyping

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Pioneers groups

New CRM

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Extensive Sponsor Engagement (in breadth and depth)

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Strategic alliances with key Sponsors Capstone Advising Community Showcase Every Semester New marketing channels

 Former Students Channel  Media Channel  Sponsor-Sponsor Channel

New Resources & Educational Benefits

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Collaborative training for students

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Certified Training (Microsoft, Six Sigma) for Students

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Fast Career Development for Students

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Multi-Grant Support (proposal phase)

New Statistics

 Number of completed projects will reach at least

[127]

full-scale projects  A minimum of [200] products or sub-projects carried out by more than 200 teams after 7 semesters  This is an average of 30 products per semester plus CIS490 first-phase teams.

 Many of these projects have had multi-phases and some have involved multi teams

(up to 6 semesters /phases for some large-scale projects ) (up to 4 teams in some extremely complex or demanding industry-projects ).

 Key sponsors offer more than one project every semester

(CIT provided 14 projects in Spring 2004 alone and Cyberextruder offered 9 projects in Spring 2003 )

 Multi-phases and multi-teams are not counted in the 127 full-scale projects indicated above.  At least 1200 students have participated in the capstone program since Fall 2002 from CS , IS , IT and HCI.

Sponsors Statistics

Initial Collaboration (Pending/Upcoming) Small to Low-medium size companies Small Business ( EDC companies) Small Business (Other Entrepreneurs Companies ) Public Services Organizations University / Educational Institutions Medium Size companies (Company Size estimated) Large Size companies (Company Size estimated) Fortune 500 Companies ( Excluding J&J) Students Professional Organizations or College Advisement Entrepreneurship Track (only success stories - Good to excellent) NJIT faculty or academic departments (Except for one) Total Number of Sponsors (All categories) Companies (with Fortune 500) Companies (excluding Fortune 500) External Sponsorship (Not from NJIT- 2) External Sponsorship (%) 6 23 14 2 5 8 6 3 5 3 6 10 91 60 54 70 76.9

More Facts

   Sponsors and projects diversity demonstrate a broad array of interest

Examples : entertainment , finance , health , education , public sector entrepreneurships

Geographical Distribution :These projects came from all round NJ (North , Central and South) , NY or PA . We even had a project from Boston , MA . This expands our reach beyond short-distance businesses.

A number of companies have offered our students excellent support for their careers .

Examples : CIT, Saint Clair health system , Edu-Global , Cyberextruder , All fine-dining , IMS health Support forms : Full time employment , part-time employment , internships , rewards , financial support , research support , recommendation letters , direct support calls , software purchase , company resources , certified training , after graduation training.

Added-value Community Benefits

        Sposnor-Sposnosr Collaboration Open-house Participation Collaboration across teams and across semesters Non-Profit and public service projects NJIT departments projects Commercialization of students ideas Students published empirical research EDC bi-directional support

Thank You

Attachments and Additions to Follow

Testimonials

Testimonials

“We have 50 NJIT student interns who are studying information technology and computer science, working on eight projects. Having them work for us has allowed us to jump ahead in our work.” Larry Gardner CEO and Founder of Cyberextruder

Testimonials

This was a huge project and required much attention to detail. The team asked the right questions and we very helpful to Arc of Monmouth staff in deciphering what needed to be done. They provided many useful suggestions.

Sarah Logan Office Manager The Arc of Monmouth

Testimonials

I was so impressed with the whole process. I am amazed at how talented, professional and responsive the team was to the project. The group of students that worked on this project quickly understood the scope and was able to deliver the requested tool within a very short period of time. The entire experience was one that I am going to recommend to other managers at IMS.

Marilyn Mahon Group Manager, Quality Assurance IMS Health 100 Campus Road Totowa, NJ 07512 USA

Testimonials

“If I had to pay a consultant to do the work that the NJIT students did for CIT as part of the Capstone Program it would have cost us hundreds of thousands of dollars” “The program gives NJIT students a chance to integrate real world experience into their academic experience, which is invaluable to them and to us.” Harold Olmstead Vice president of Systems and Technology Services CIT

Testimonials

“The solution for Cocomats created by the group reflected a keen assessment of both the weaknesses of Cocomats and the needs of the Office of Constituent relations “ Ian Thomas Brennan New Jersey Office of the Governor, Office of Constituent Relations Aide to the Governor

Testimonials

This group was very prompt in implementing suggestions, very professional and timely. Based on the scope of work initially developed, we are very pleased with the results.

Juan Rosario Newark Housing Authority Acting I.T. Administrator

Testimonials

This group hung in there and were able to work around these problems and move steadfastly through the project. This group communicated well and worked very efficiently. They were always on time for the meetings and handled themselves in a very professional manner. I was very impressed with the work that they did. They fulfilled all of our needs and produced a product that is above and beyond what we expected. Overall all I was pleased and would look forward to participating in upcoming projects.

Jerri Drakes CEO The Workstation Inc.

Testimonials

Very well diverse group of dynamic individuals with many skills equipped to create a website, write a business plan, business marketing, hard working, and capable of delivering a complete product.

Henri Boll President Go2Museum.com Inc

Testimonials

As a whole the team preformed extremely well. The direction given by TMS was an outline. The team was able to understand what we were looking for and implement our needs into the finished program.

Sean P McShane President Transportation Made Simple

Testimonials

Jeremy (Jeremy Dela Rosa) has been very accommodating regarding my extremely busy schedule. He has demonstrated a strong ability to learn and adjust throughout this experience. Jeremy performed a terrific job in coordinating the efforts of the team, a task that is very difficult for any leader. He was also able to work well as a liaison between me and the team, ensuring that my requests were communicated properly to all the members. Additionally, as project manager, he was involved in nearly every aspect of the project, and demonstrated a solid understanding of every one of the team’s Jason Huang Project Leader Honeywell International Inc

Our Sponsors

No 10 11 12 13 14 1 2 3 4 5 8 9 6 7 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Sponsors Name Web-based Appointment System EMG, Inc. Interclipper / Documat LLC CyberExtruder Educate Global Adeena , LLC Nano Medica LMI Technologies Mask Business Solutions All-fine-dining /Go-To-Museum Workstation Sandbox Technologies Qplay Interactive Geo-Interactive MindPillar LLC 4+ Inc Supertron Technologies, Inc.

Rutgers University - Cook College, Department of Food Science NJIT- Human Resources Department NJIT- Main Library St. Philip’s Academy (SPA)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 Rutgers University - Jazz Institute Essex County College Torah Academy of Bergen County NJIT- Research office “ Intellinetix “ Inc.

Global Education Mission Entrepreneurship Track :Dr. Roger Cubicciotti (W.Khori) Entrepreneurship Track : Dr. Roger Cubicciotti (Dipesh Patel) Entrepreneurship Track : Dance Online Entrepreneurship Track : Control My home Entrepreneurship Track : ERS (Emergency Recovery system) Entrepreneurship Track : Police Vehicle System McKesson CIT PSE&G Honey Well Bayer J&J Scholastic Books Inc.

41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 AVIS car rental Saint Clairs Health System Professional Resources Corporation (PRC) Green Roof Suites PF Laboratories Inc IMS Health The Arc of Monmouth GMS Group LLC.

NSF Funded Project - NJIT Faculty-Dr. Bieber NASA Funded - NJIT Faculty -Dr. Bieber WTC Case -NJIT faculty -Dr. Mendonsa AI Systems -NJIT Faculty- Dr. Baltrush The Information Exchange -Dr. Withworth 20 Component-Project (Audio system)- Dr. Tremaine Interactive Course Performance Feedback. Dr. lm and Dr. Tremaine IE Department at NJIT (PM :Alb Arasalan) GIS (Geographiic Information systems) with Rutgers High Schools Programming Contest -Dr. Giller Philipino Students Organization (National) Career Development services @ NJIT (Newark City & NJ Services)

66 67 68 69 70 61 62 63 64 65 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 Newark Public Library Newark Housing Authority National Guard NJ Governor's Office Wendy’s Fast Food Restaurants (one branch) MGR Enterprises Heights Service Station Duet Designer Consignment Boutiqu Pomarico Pharmacy A-1 Construction Services Survey-Sez.com

Parts Infinity Joseph N. and Joseph A. Rispoli (Magnabid) Electronic Software Solutions, Inc.

RiverWays Enterprises TRANSPORTATION MADE SIMPLE AL Systems DPE Consulting / DPE Enetrpreises , LLC ICG, Inc Movie Plex

81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 NJ Rent a Car Mycor Services Cottage Computers LAHMS Capital LLC Visual Web Slutions Kerness Consulting Group LLC IT Initiatives Corporation Clean18.com

Tu PC Doctor ACM at NJIT Open Source/Linux at Rutgers

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List of some of our External Sponsors -1-

Large Companies • • • • McKesson ,Systems & Technology Solutions, Revenue Cycle Mgmt. Services, Somerset, NJ 08873 CIT @ Livingston , NJ Scholastic Books Inc., 26 Glen Oaks Ct., Clifton, NJ 07012 AVIS car rental • Recent contacts with UPS and PSE&G for Summer and Fall 2003 projects Medium-Size Companies • Professional Resources Corporation (PRC) ,8 Twin Lakes Dr Manalapan, NJ 07726 .

• Green Roof Suites , 45 River Road, Suite-301, Flemington, NJ 08822 • PF Laboratories Inc., Damon G. Douglas CO.,700 Union Blvd., Totowa, NJ 07512 Small Businesses and Entrepreneurs Wendy’s Fast Food Restaurants (one branch) , 59 Central Avenue , Union , NJ MGR Enterprises, 421 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001 Heights Service Station, Inc., 70 Glen Ave., Midland Park, NJ 07432 “ Intellinetix “ Inc.,35 Parchment Drive New Hope, PA 18938 Duet Designer Consignment Boutiqu, 79 S. Livingston Ave, Livingston, NJ 07039 Pomarico Pharmacy, 239 Old Bergen Road, Jersey city,NJ A-1 Construction Services, Inc. , 33 Sackett St., Jersey City , NJ 07304 .

CyberExtruder DocuMat

List of some of our External Sponsors -2-

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Educational Institutions

Newark Public Library ,(973)-733-3607 Rutgers University –New Brunswick, Cook College, Department of Food Science Essex County College 303 university ave (IT department) Newark, 07102, NJ Torah Academy of Bergen County ,1600 Queen Anne Road, Teaneck, NJ 07666.

Global Education Mission ,2184 Kennedy ,Boulevard, Jersey City, NJ 07305

Federal Organizations

NSF (National Science Foundation) NASA

National Guard

Additions

The Triple Win

Multi-Stakeholder Satisfaction Triangle

STUDENTS Senior Project Capstone Course SPONSORS COLLEGE

The First Winner

Students

•Real world exposure and problem solving •Interaction with professional stakeholders •New skills mastered and experience acquired .

•Effective usage of education and backgrounds •Substantial value to their resumes

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The Second Winner

Industry

Cost effective :

Students achieve solutions to business problems free of charge • • • •

Productive :

Students provide solutions in a short time frame using rapid application development

Adaptive and Flexible :

Students can do projects from 3-12 credits project (one to four semester projects)

Effective :

Teams combined from 4 majors will use their 4 years of college education plus experience and university resources in tackling problems

Comprehensive :

Students will provide a complete documentation for the full development process from problem identification to final implementation

Measurable and Tangible :

Project progress can be easily assessed via biweekly progress reports , biweekly prototypes , biweekly presentations , testing methods and statistical analysis

Result-Driven :

Through the sponsor evaluation form , no grade is given without user acceptance and customer satisfaction

The Second Winner Other Industry Benefits

• Creates an opportunity for evaluating potential hires • Builds strong ties with the university and faculty that may result into research and consulting benefits to the sponsor in fields of interest.

• Makes the sponsor more visible on and off-campus.

• Involves sponsor in supporting educational efforts for future specialists in area of interest to him.

The Third Winner

College and University

• Added-value for all academic courses • Students become as school performance indicators wherever they go.

• Endless windows of opportunities for research , support and placement for graduates .

• The entire school system becomes more attractive which boosts enrollment rates.

Our Method

Well-Defined Plan •Clear Agenda •Standardized Process Evaluation •Continuous •Metrics-Based •Collaborative Multi-dimensional Collaboration •JAD •Value-Based •Long -Term

Motivation

• Online Feedback •Competitive environment •Presentations •Live Mentorship Methods And Strategies Productivity •Prototyping •Iterative Development •RAD Leadership Project Managers Interdisciplinary Team structure Roles and Backgrounds Help/Support Facilitating Resources

Position Cod e 01 Position

Project manager

02 03 04 05 Job Description/responsibilities Qualifications

System Analyst Back-end designer

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Data Base Designer

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Network Designer Front-end designer Programmer In addition to managing the team, project managers will be responsible for project management deliverables including feasibility study.

Should use project management tool (Microsoft Project Manager) to plan project tasks, allocate and mange resources, assign team members to complete tasks, compile team members' weekly time sheets, report task completion and actual hours worked on tasks, prepare periodic reports on project progress. Receives extra credit when successful.

In addition to the criteria stated in the previous section, background in software economics, process life cycle models and project management techniques is essential.

System analysts will be responsible for requirements gathering and documentation (Problem definition, requirements report, DFD’s, process specifications, data dictionary , etc) and coordinating with other team members.

Responsible for designing the backend of the system including data structures, entity relation ship models normalization, SQL, normalization, system structure and other architectural models (repository , client server, abstract machine model , object oriented design in UML ,etc.) Responsible for designing the user interface for users (including GUI components , forms , reports , navigation , etc.

Implementing the system at the unit level and system level. Testing and Maintaining the system Writing user manual .

Experience/ background in requirements analysis, requirements elicitation techniques, and project documentation. Experience/ background in DBMS, CASE tools and modeling techniques in software engineering.

Experience/ background in HCI , cognitive psychology , user interface design, user manuals Experience in web programming and other programming such as C++ , Visual Basic , Java, and the like)