ITEC 4610 - Project Development and Portfolio Defense

Project Presentations

Course Orientation and Resources

  • Course Syllabus
  • Enter Class Attendance PIN
  • See Cheryl Johnston's Website for tips on preparing for your project presentation
  • Meeting Rooms
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EIT Events

  • Apr 3 - Elevator Pitch Workshop - Open House - EIT 224 - 12pm-1pm
  • Apr 4 - Life Skills and Culture Talks - Part 3 - EIT 224 - 12pm-1pm
  • Apr 18 - Open House - Jack Stephens Center - 12pm-3pm
  • Apr 30 - Life Skills and Culture Talks - Part 4 - EIT 224 - 12pm-1pm

Projects

Community Legal Access

  • Client Organization Name: Community Legal Access
  • Client Contact: Cheryl Chapman
  • Client Email: cachapman@ualr.edu
  • Client Phone: (501) 837-8472
  • Client Decision Maker (if different from contact): Tony Mansell
  • Organization Description/Mission/Purpose: Community Legal Access (CLA), a newly launched Arkansas nonprofit, links moderate and low-income clients with affordable legal assistance.
  • Description of the problem or need: Community Legal Access (CLA) currently does not have a website. A website is critical to promote the organization's mission and purpose, to make Arkansans aware of the services, to recruit attorneys, and to support fundraising efforts. Initially CLA will begin serving clients in Pulaski County and eventually broaden the scope of services across the state.
  • Description of deliverable requested: (E.g. website, database): As mentioned above, a website will serve multiple purposes. Our hope is to build a site that can easily be updated by support staff. In addition to the website, we would like a database for data collection of clients and attorneys.
  • List any current implementations of deliverable (URLs, etc.): NA

SunStop Window Tenting

  • Client Organization Name: SunStop Window Tinting
  • Client Contact: Justin Lamb
  • Client Email: justinlamb@sunstopar.com
  • Client Phone: (501) 690-9253
  • Client Decision Maker (if different from contact): Justin Lamb
  • Organization Description/Mission/Purpose: SunStop is a local window tinting business that services little rock and the surrounding areas. We apply window film to vehicles and residential / commercial buildings. We are dedicated to providing our customers with exceptional customer service and a quality product. Our main goal is to provide our customers with a long-term solution from the damaging rays of the sun and high energy cost.
  • Description of the problem or need: We are wanting our Wix website moved into WordPress. Maintaining all of the current capabilities and a new updated design that is consistent across all pages. Also, the website NEEDS to be completely responsive across all devices and works seamlessly across browsers.
  • Description of deliverable requested: (E.g. website, database): A functioning website in WordPress.
  • List any current implementations of deliverable (URLs, etc.): www.sunstopar.com

Project Management

Group Project Team Members Team Leader URL
Group 1Community Legal AccessSamra, Melissa, Brandon, MeaganBrandonhttps://community-legal-access-samra98.c9users.io/
Group 2SunstopDeven, Shiri, Izzy, CatherineIzzyhttp://sunstopar.wpengine.com

Project Schedule

Date Assignment Deliverables
1/23/2019 Assign projects to teams. Contact client and set up initial meeting Let instructors know the meeting date. Set up Team Folders and Cloud 9 accounts as needed.
1/23/2019 Contact client and set up initial meeting Let instructors know the meeting date.
1/23/2019 Do an internet search of the project and client. Formulate questions for client meeting. Put the client questions in a Google document called "Client Meeting Questions" in the project folder.
1/28/2019 Conduct meeting with client. After the client meeting, consolidate your meeting notes in a Google document called "Client Meeting Notes" in the project folder.
1/30/2019 Develop a Scope Document for the project. Put your scope document into a Google document called "Scope Document" in the project folder.
2/4/2019 Obtain Approval of Scope Document Let instructor know the document has been approved
2/6/2019 Develop WBS, Estimates, Task Assignments Put your information in a Google sheet called "Work Breakdown Structure" in the project folder. When the instructor has approved the WBS, then create the WBS in Trello.com. Note: the Work Breakdown Structure is your internal document and is not shared with the client.
2/6/2019 Develop Client Communication Schedule and Change Management Form Put your Client Communication Schedule in a Google document called "Client Communication Schedule" in the project folder. Put your Change Management Form in a Google document called "Change Managment Form" in the project folder.
2/11/2019 3/13/2019
 Work on Project Give a weekly verbal status to the instructor.
3/25/2019 4/3/2019
 Final wrapup on Project Give a weekly verbal status to the instructor.
3/27/2019 Each team will do a usability test on the other team's projects. Give a weekly verbal status to the instructor.
4/8/2019 Project Presentation in EIT Auditorium at 12:15pm - Invite Clients  
4/10/2019 Final Testing, Installation, and Turnover of materials. Give a weekly verbal status to the instructor.

Portfolio

Portfolio - Desired Outcomes

A key part of ITEC4610 is the capstone portfolio. The portfolio has two general goals:

  • Document application of core competencies learned through the IT Minor program
  • Demonstrate to potential employers the value you could offer as an employee with skills obtained through the IT Minor program

You will have two sites:

  • A well-formatted LinkedIn profile with a link to your portfolio
  • A portfolio of your work using one of the following techniques:

You can see an example of a portfolio at https://blbauer.github.io/portfolio/.

You can also see previous ITEC 4610 portfolios.

Portfolio - Grading Rubric (Total 100 Points)

Your portfolio will be a demonstration of your skills, your personality, and your career goals, so you can expect your portfolio to be different from those created by your classmates. At a minimum, however, all IT Minor portfolios should be delivered in a web-based digital format and demonstrate the following:

  • An Elevator Pitch that serves as a home page (5 points)
  • A current Resume in HTML format (5 points)
  • A current Resume in .DOC format (5 points)
  • A generic Cover Letter (5 points)
  • Writing examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
  • Web examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
  • Database examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
  • Programming examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
  • Soft Skills examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
  • A reflection on the capstone client project (20 points)
  • A well-formatted LinkedIn profile with a link to your portfolio (10 points)

You will present your completed portfolio on May 6.

Portfolio Schedule

Date Assigned Date
Due		 Assignment
2/11/2019
2/18/2019 2/25/2019
  • Who Am I
  • Publishing your Portfolio using Github
    • Create a Github account (use a professional username, such as your initials and last name)
    • Add a repository called "portfolio"
    • You will need to publish you web pages to the Internet. Click on the portfolio repository. In the upper tabs, click on "Settings". Scroll down ot "Github Pages". On the Source value, click the dropdown and select "master branch", then click "Save".
    • On you local drive, create a folder called "portfolio"
    • Download portfolio.zip and extract it into the portfolio folder. You can see how to extract ZIP files on a Chromebook at https://beebom.com/how-extract-zip-files-chromebook/
    • Upload the contents of the portfolio folder to your Github portfolio respoitory. Commit the changes. You should be able to see the portfolio at https://githubuserid.github.io/portfolio
    • In your Cloud 9 workspace, create a folder called portfolio, and upload your portfolio files to it. You can use Cloud 9 to develop your portfolio. Practice making a change on Cloud 9, downloading the change to your local drive, then upload the change to Github and commit the change.
  • Assignment
    • Develop an elevator pitch that would serve as a home page (5 points)
    • Include a professional looking selfie on your home page
2/25/2019 3/4/2019
3/4/2019 3/11/2019
  • Developing your Portolio - Writing and Soft Skills - Assignment
    • Writing samples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points)
      • Selected pieces from ITEC 3610/3650 (soft skills and web techniques)
      • Selected blog entries
      • Status reports, client emails, and other writings from 4610
    • Soft Skills examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points) with detail explanations, such as:
      • MBTI
      • Selected activities and reflection
      • Problem Solving
      • Project Management
      • Presentation Skills / Google Slides
      • Writing Skills
3/11/2019 3/25/2019
  • Developing your Portolio - Technical Skills - Assignment
    • Web examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points) with detail explanations, such as:
      • Individual project
      • ITEC 3650 group project
      • HTML/CSS
      • Image Development/Manipulation
    • Programming examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points) with detail explanations, such as:
      • Javascript
      • Microsoft Access Forms and Reports
    • Database examples (2 examples are required, each worth 5 points) with detail explanations, such as:
      • Google Sheets final project
      • mySQL final project
      • Microsoft Access Database
3/25/2019 4/01/2019
4/10/2019 4/17/2019
  • (10 points) Develop a reflection on your capstone client project (approximately 1-2 pages). Include a description of the project and a discussion of your areas of responsibility and successes:
    • How did the team organize itself?
    • What was your individual role on the team?
    • Describe a difficult moment during the project and how you dealt with the situation?
    • What did you learn from the experience about working in teams?
    • What you would do differently if you had to do it all over again?
  • (5 points) Project management plan, work samples (depending on the project, you might include web pages, databases, project documentation),Video of final project presentation
4/17/2019 5/6/2019
  • (Worth a Final Letter Grade) Customize and Style of your Portfolio - Choose one of the following:
    • Heavily Style and Customize your Portfolio. You can add more color, style, images, and content. You can optionally use Bootstrap to make the site responsive
    • Create a wordpress.com site and copy the content pages into wordpress pages. You can still refer to the images and webpages in your github site. Note: maintain your index.html so that the basic portfolio still works.
    • You can do nothing or very little to improve your site, and you will have a letter grade subtracted from your final grade.
    • No matter what you do, you will still have to present your portfolio on May 6.
5/6/2019 5/6/2019
  • Present your Portfolio to the class.
    • You will be limited to 1 minute for your elevator pitch and 4 minutes for your portfolio
    • Demonstrate your LinkIn account and your portfolio
    • Discuss what considerations went into the design of the site

Final Presentations and Reflections

  • Elevator Pitch and Portfolio Demonstration will be on May 6
    • Project Team Peer Feedback - each student will complete a Peer Review Feedback Survey for the other team members.
    • Faculty Evaluation - Each student should fill out a Course Evaluation.
    • Email the URL of your portfolio and your LinkedIn URL to blbauer@ualr.edu
    • You will be limited to 1 minute for your elevator pitch and 5 minutes for your portfolio
    • Demonstrate your LinkIn account and your portfolio
    • Discuss what considerations went into the design of the site