Each team is required to post regular progress
reports before the established deadlines. The purpose of the report is to convey
information about progress that is being made by the team as a whole, as well as
individuals on the team. Even if 'no' progress was made during the time period,
a report is still required - a report of "no news" is still "news"!
These reports should be posted to your project's
web site.
You are required to use the following format for
the progress reports (headings in bold):
- Title (brief identifier of the
project),
- Names (all team members),
- Date (range of the reporting period),
- Problem statement for this reporting
period (a concise, few line statement),
- Summary of accomplishments (Note that
there is a difference between activity and accomplishment - enumerate the
accomplishments for the reporting period),
- Statement of team goals (projection
for the upcoming reporting period),
- Project schedule (this covers the
entire semester in reporting period blocks - briefly describe the goals for
future periods, and accomplishments of past and current periods),
- Difficulties (statement of any
particular obstacles: technical, group dynamics, gathering information,
facilities, etc. that the team or individuals are experiencing with respect to
the project),
- Activities (a concise accounting of
activities and time spent working on the project for the reporting period by
team for joint work and by individual for separate work - include a cumulative
running total for the team to date).
Deadline: 8 pm Wednesdays (see Syllabus for submission dates)
