Course Addendum
Semester: Summer 2023 Subject Code: CAP805 Section: NAA
Subject Title: Capstone Project
Professor: Clint MacDonald Office:
E-mail: clint.macdonald@senecacollege.ca
Office Hours: By Appointment ONLINE
Approved by:
Kathy Dumanski, Chair, School of Software Design and Data Science
Please read this addendum to the general course outline carefully. It is your guide to the course
requirements and activities. Please refer to the course outline for learning outcomes, course
description and text and materials. Please also visit sdds.senecacollege.ca for key information on
courses, graduation requirements, transfer credit, and more from the School of Software Design and
Data Science.
Assessment Summary
Labs (5 individual labs) – 25%
Group Project (min 4 milestones) – 65%
In-Progress Work (4 IP @ 2.5% each) – 10%
Recommended Books
Systems analysis and design, an object-oriented approach with UML, 5th Edition,
By: Dennis, Wixom, and Tegarden, Wiley, 978-1-118-80467-4
24 deadly sins of software security, Programming Flaws and How To Fix Them,
By: Howard, LeBlanc, and Viega, 978-0-07-162676-7
Testing Computer Software, by Cem Kaner, Jack Falk, Hung Quoc, Nguyen. ISBN: 0-471-
35846-0
Promotion Policy
Have a grade of 50% or better on Group Project,
Have an average of 50% or better on individual assignments,
Have a grade of 50% or better on the overall course,
Successfully completed the final presentation as part of a group
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USE.
TENTATIVE WEEKLY SCHEDULE
Semester Year
Week Topics Reading Assessments Weight
Provided PPTs
Introduction to the Course and a
Roadmap to successful completion Provided Handouts – project
ideas
Review of: the SDLC, UML and
IP 1: Team Formation,
Week UML diagrams, Roles in Software
Group Work Contract Team Contract, Project 2.5%
1 Teams, Collaboration Tools (MS
Selection
Teams / Task Management /
Various provided Web Links
BugTrackers), Terms and
(TBD)
Definitions
Dennis Chapter 1
Provided PPTs
Planning and Analysis stage of the Handout – Function vs. Non-
SDLC Functional Requirements
System Request, Scope Provided URL: Scope Lab 1 - Functional / Non-
Week Function/Non-Function Creep(TBD) Functional Requirements 5%
2 Requirements, Survey Questions
Scope Determination and Provided Web Resource Links –
Statement Mockups and WireFrames
GUI Wireframe Mockups http://Draw.io
(Software Usage)
Dennis Chapter 3
Analysis Continued Provided PPTs
Project Phase I - System
Feasibility (Technical, Financial, Dennis Chapter 2, 4 Request, Requirements
Week etc) Definition/Scope – with
15%
3 Modelling Use Case Use Case Scenarios,
Scenarios/Diagrams Activity Diagrams, and
Use Case Documentation Screen Mockups
Activity Diagrams (UML)
System Architecture (Servers, MVC, Provided PPTs
Cloud Computing)
Dennis Chapter 5, 6 Lab 2 – Project
The role of the database in the Management Software
Week architecture 5%
4 JIRA Implementation for
Software Development Your Group
Methodologies
Team Development Tools
The development Environment
Provided PPTs
Provided Web Resources
Task, Issue and Bug Tracking
Software
How to Use Jira | Official Buyer &
Week JIRA User Guide (atlassian.com) IP 2 – Testing Cases and
2.5%
5 Integrated Development Use Case Scenarios
Environments (IDE) https://www.guru99.com/jira-
Source Control (Git/GitHub) tutorial-a-complete-guide-for-
beginners.html
Database Integration Provided PPTs
Role of the database https://www.guru99.com/jenkin-
System Architecture Involving a Lab 3 - Install and setup
database continuous-integration.html
Week the database, connections
Relational and Non-Relational from software, and display
6 databases 5%
data on website
Cloud (Azure) vs Server based
database
Scaffolding and Code
Generation
Provided PPTs Project Phase II –
Website Screens Created
Provided Links to Web with Navigation and
Resources from various providers Launched live to web
Week Coding with Database (TBD) 15%
7 Connections server (Heroku) through
source control (GitHub),
and the database setup
with test data inserted
READING WEEK
Provided PPTs
Coding with Database Connections
Continued Static Code Analysis Control |
Week OWASP Foundation 10%
8 Continuous Integration
Jenkins Source Code Analysis Tools |
GitLab OWASP
Automated Building Provided PPTs
Automated Scripted (ANT / Provided Online Resources Lab 4 – Continuous
Week NANT) (TBD) 5%
9 Integration
Build Server
Simulated Production
Environment
Testing Provided PPTs
IP 3 - Test Cases 2.5%
Week testing plan Kaner, Chapters 1-3
10 Derivation and Coding 5%
test cases
Dennis, Chapter 12
testing tools overview
Provided PPTs Project Phase III -
Week Automated Test and Build 15%
Test Automation Provided Online Resources
11 setup
(TBD)
Software Security and Provided PPTs
Vulnerabilities
Week https://owasp.org/www-project- Lab 5 - Software
5%
12 Top vulnerabilities top-ten/ Vulnerability Research
How to code them and code
Howard, Chapters 1-2
against them
Week Testing for Vulnerabilities Provided PPTs IP 4 – Individual 2.5%
13 Review/Reflection of the
https://owasp.org/www-project- software development
top-ten/ process and how we have
Howard, Chapters 1-2 implemented it and other
technologies that we have
not covered.
Project Phase V - Final
15%
Week Submission
Project Presentation and Wrap-up
14 5%
Project Presentation
Summary:
Labs (5 labs) – 25% (5% each)
Project Phase 1 – 15%
Project Phase 2 – 15%
Project Phase 3 – 15%
Project Phase 4 – 15%
Project Presentation – 5%
In-Progress (4) – 10% (2.5% each)
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