Computer Systems Project Proposal - September 2009

1. Title (or subject area) of the project

2. Purpose and scope of the research project
   • goal and scope (extent)

3. Background and review of current literature/research in this area.
   • Preliminary background of your topic, reading you've done so far.
   • What kinds of research has been done before in this area? What examples have you looked at?

4. Procedure and Methodology.
   • What language(s) What will be your process be overall?
   • How do you think you may test your program for verification?

5. Testing and Analysis
   • How will you test your program to see how correct it is, to validate, to fix parts that aren't working, to find directions for improvement, and how to better design your work.
   • Dynamic testing: random types of input to your program, specific structural and functional testing, path and branch testing (picking particular inputs that test internal paths of performance of your program
   • Process modeling: determining mathematical formulas that can be used to validate the performance of your program and check the predictive quality of your program.
   • Requirements and specifications: Defining requirements for your program and the structure of your program and defining specifications you can use for verifying how well your actual program meets these requirements.

6. Expected Results & Value to Others
   • What results do you expect to obtain from your project?
   • How will the final results and analyses be presented?
   • If the project were completed, how do you imagine it will perform?