6. Project Process

All students taking the Major / Minor Project modules (CS39440, CC39440, CS39620, CC39620) are expected to demonstrate the use of a suitable process to manage their projects. The students should be able to evidence the use of a process in the way that they organise their work and how they report the work in the Project Report.

This section outlines some processes that might be used for the Major and Minor Projects.

• 6.1. Introduction to processes
  • Student experiences of software methodologies
  • Research-oriented projects
  • Scope of the process
  • Scope of this section
• 6.2. Example processes
  • Code and Test
  • Waterfall Model / Plan-driven
  • Spiral Model
  • Agile
  • Extreme Programming (XP)
  • Feature-driven development (FDD)
  • Scrum
  • Kanban
  • Test-driven Development
  • Research Process
  • If you aren’t sure what to choose…
  • References