Project Release 1

A Basic Book-Content Processing System

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Agile Software Development
Fall Semester 2004

Full Release Due: Friday, October 15, at 8:00 AM

Introduction

For this assignment, you will write the beginnings of a content management system for your client, me. You will work on this assignment in teams of 3 or 4.

Be sure to use XP practices as you build your program. In particular:

• I realize that you may not be able to do all of your programming as a pair, but I ask you to do at least 75% of your code in pairs. Each member of the team should partner with at least two other members of the team for a non-trivial chunk of time.
• Do the stories in the order scheduled. You may break a story down into smaller tasks.
• Write tests for each case first. Code for which there is no test does not exist!
• Be sure that your code for a story passes its test before you move to the next story.
• Refactor after completing each story, looking for ways to improve the code structure. Do not add more functionality in this phase.

The Assignment

1. Implement the set of stories selected for Release 1 during Session 9.

   Work on the stories for the amount of time we contracted during class, plus or minus 10%.

   Keep track of how much time you use for each story! We will use this information to improve the accuracy of our estimates in the future.

2. If you use up your time before completing the stories expected, write a short explanation of why you think this shortfall happened and how you will plan differently on future iterations.

3. If you complete the expected stories before you use up your time, contact me.

   Also, write a short explanation of why you think this bounty of time happened and how you will plan differently on future iterations.

Deliverables

By the due date and time, submit a .zip or .gz archive that contains:

• a readme.txt
• your JUnit test file(s)
• the Java files that implement your program

Be sure that your submission follows all homework submission requirements.