Preliminary Architecture and Plan
(due Sunday night)

• P2A Preliminary Architecture
  • What subset of the functionality do you plan to do this semester?
  • What are the components (to build or bring up) that will implement that functionality?
  • How much of the whole-product architecture do you need to describe in how much detail to:
    1. show how the full-product functionality can be delivered
    2. fully illustrate the roles of the components to be implemented
    3. represent all of the interfaces of the components to be implemented
    4. provide an adequate foundation for discussing all of the functional requirements on the components to be implemented
  • What descriptions, in what forms, will be required to tell these stories?
• P2A Phase 2 Plan
  • Who will create the required whole-architecture descriptions, and when will they be reviewed by the team?
  • Who will write the detailed functional specifications for each of the components to be implemented, and when will they be reviewed by the team?
  • Who will review your architecture, and who's architecture will you review?
    Line these up and schedule those reviews.
  • What additional research or prototyping do you need to firm up your proposal? Who is going to do it, on what schedule?
• P2B Moving Forward
  • What updates (or additional background material) do you want to make to your architecture before you forward it to your reviewers?
  • How much time will you need to study the architecture you will be reviewing? Will you receive that proposal with adequate time to do that study?