Introduction

To develop a system that takes in three elements: a base version of a file and two modified versions of the file; the program should then output a resultant file that is a best approximation of the non-destructive merge of the modified versions.

Customer Information

John A. Preston

IT Department

CCSU

(770) 960-4354

jonpreston@mail.clayton.edu

Personnel

Name	csu#	Phone Number	Role
Jocelyn Rampy	13672	770-365-0684	Project Manager
Victoria Nguyen	19947	404-849-2574	Tester
Ian Gualdoni	10522	678-592-9776	Webmaster
Nathan Buffington	12107	770-584-0688	Developer

Resources

Resource	When needed	Justification	Number
Visual Basic	Entire semester	for development & testing	2 Copies
Visual Studio 6.0	Entire semester	for development help	5 copies
Microsoft Word	Entire semester	for documentation	5 copies
Laptops/PC	Testing Period	For testing	4
Switch	Testing Period	For testing	1
Patch Cable	Testing Period	For testing	4

Schedule

Week1

Task	Who	Time Estimate
1	All	12(4, 4, 4, 4)
1.1	Buffington	2
1.2	Buffington	2
Meetings	All	4
Create Requirements document	Rampy,Nguyen	4(3,1)
Review requirements document	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy	3
Website Management	Gualdoni	5
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)

Week2

Task	Who	Time Estimate
1	All	8(4, 4, 4, 4)
1.1; 1.2	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
2	Buffington	6
Meetings	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Create Project Plan	Rampy, Nguyen	8(6,2)
Review Project Plan	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy	3
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4

Week3

Task	Who	Time Estimate
2	Buffington	5
3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
Meetings	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Create Testing Plan	Nguyen, Rampy	8(4,4)
Review Testing Plan	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy, Nguyen	4(2, 2)
Website Management	Gualdoni	5
Project Research	All	8
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4

Week4

Task	Who	Time Estimate
3.1, 3.1.2, 3.1.3	Buffington	5
3.4	Rampy, Nguyen	4(2, 2)
4	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
Meetings	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy, Nguyen	6(3, 3)
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4
Testing Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	4(2, 2)

Week5

Task	Who	Time Estimate
3.3, 3.3.1	Buffington	5
3.4	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
4	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Meetings	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy, Nguyen	4(2, 2)
Website Management	Gualdoni	5
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4
Testing Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	6(3, 3)

Week6

Task	Who	Time Estimate
3.3, 3.4, 4	Buffington, Gualdoni	9(6, 3)
5	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Create Demo1	Rampy, Nguyen	6(3, 3)
Review Demo1	All	4(1, 1, 1, 1)
Documents Management	Rampy	3
Website Management	Gualdoni	5
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4
Testing Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	6(3, 3)

Week7

Task	Who	Time Estimate
3.4	Buffington, Gualdoni	8(6, 2)
4	Buffington, Gualdoni	4(2, 2)
5	Buffington	2
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Create Final Demo	Rampy,Nguyen	8(5, 3)
Review All Documents	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Documents Management	Rampy	4
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4
Testing Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	8(5, 3)

Week8

Task	Who	Time Estimate
4, 5, 6	Buffington, Gualdoni	10(6, 4)
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Create Final Demo	Rampy,Nguyen	10(6, 4)
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	4
Testing Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	8(6, 4)

Week9

Task	Who	Time Estimate
5, 6, 6.1	Buffington, Gualdoni	8(5, 3)
Edit Final Demo	Rampy, Ngyuen	8(5, 3)
Review Final Demo	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Documents Management	Rampy	4
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	6
Test of Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	8(5, 3)

Week10

Task	Who	Time Estimate
6, 6.1	Buffington, Gualdoni	10(6, 4)
Review Final Changes	All	12(3, 3, 3, 3)
Review/Edit Final Demo	Rampy, Nguyen	8(4, 4)
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Documents Management	Rampy	5
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Project Research	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	6
Testing Final Changes to Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	8(5, 3)

Week11

Task	Who	Time Estimate
Final Task Completion	Buffington, Gualdoni	8(5, 3)
Edit Final Demo	Rampy, Nguyen	8(4, 4)
Review Final Demo	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Meetings	All	8(2, 2, 2, 2)
Website Management	Gualdoni	6
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	6
Documents Management	Rampy, Nguyen	6(3, 3)
Project Research	All	8
Development of Merge Program	Buffington	6
Final Testing of Merge Program	Nguyen, Rampy	6

Week
Member	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	TOTAL
Rampy	13	17	10	10	9	14	18	14	18	19	11	153
Nguyen	8	9	10	10	9	11	14	14	14	16	11	126
Gualdoni	12	16	11	11	11	15	16	14	15	17	13	151
Buffington	11	20	15	14	15	17	20	14	17	19	15	177
TOTAL	44	62	46	45	44	57	68	56	64	71	50	607

Risk Analysis

Description	Probability	Impact	*Severity*
Customer changes requirements	9	9	81
Insufficient Research	4	9	36
Hard drive failure	3	10	30
Loss communication with customer	2	10	20
Lack communication between members	2	7	14
Loss of team member	1	8	8

Contingency Plan

Description	Mitigation Strategies	Preventative Plans

Customer changes requirements	Project needs to be changed to fit the need or desire of customer	Meet with customer on regular basis
Insufficient Research	Having a team meeting	Make sure everyone researching what they should be researching
Hard drive failure	Use the backup copy	Make regular backup and distribute to other team members
Loss communication with customer	Slow down development until communication has been restored	Get in touch with customer right away
Lack communication between members	Keep on informing what's going on with the project	Have regular team meetings
Loss of team member	Each team member must work extra hard to make up	Pray that it won't happen!!