Project Analysis

Students are expected to:

• produce a clear statement that describes the problem area and specific problem that is being solved/investigated
• outline how they researched the problem
• state for whom the problem is being solved/investigated
• provide background in sufficient detail for a third party to understand the problem being solved/investigated
• produce a numbered list of measurable, "appropriate" specific objectives, covering all required functionality of the solution or areas of investigation (Appropriate means that the specific objectives are single purpose and at a level of detail that is without ambiguity.)
• report any modelling of the problem that will inform the Design stage, for example a graph/ network model of Facebook connections or an E-R model.

A fully scoped analysis is one that has:

• researched the problem thoroughly
• has clearly defined the problem being solved/investigated
• omitted nothing that is relevant to subsequent stages
• statements of objectives which clearly and unambiguously identify the scope of the project