Team software development projet - KAIN6M14

Goal(s)

The project applies the theoretical and practical skills acquired during the third year. The goal is to develop a software application over a four-week period on a full-time basis in teams of five or six students.

The objectives of this course are

• to reinforce what has been learned
• to illustrate the concepts of project management and software engineering
• to challenge students, who are accustomed to structured lab work, to design a complete software application in a more open-ended setting
• to gain an understanding of team management, cooperation, and conflict resolution.

Content(s)

The assignment is to develop an event-driven application. This topic covers a wide range of computer applications across various fields.

To motivate the students, the subject takes the concrete form of a game engine.
The theme of the game is left open, but the engine must respect the following constraints:

• The behavior of each active entity is defined by an automaton.
• Automata, characters and scenery are described in a file, which requires the use of a parser to import them into the engine.
• Design follows the MVC pattern (model, view, controller)
• the engine is event-driven: a single task manages interactions (keyboard, mouse), the graphical interface and physical model updates
• The scheduling of entity activation must guarantee fluid and fair simulation of active elements.

The project provides an introduction to software engineering through

• the use of a version management system ;
• the importance of software architecture;
• the role of integration tests;
• the role of interfaces in breaking down tasks;
• producing developer/user documentation;
• preparing a demo.

The project consists of two phases:

• Weeks 1 and 2: closely supervised development of the core engine, creation of a game prototype, presentation of a game proposal, and drafting of a contract for the final game.
• Weeks 2 and 3: expansion of the engine, game development, presentation and demonstration, and evaluation of compliance with the contract.

Having taken the courses of year 3 in imperative and object-oriented programming, automata and syntactic analysis is required

Calendar

The course exists in the following branches:

• Curriculum - INFO - Semester 6

Additional Information

Course ID : KAIN6M14
Course language(s):

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Bibliography

• Conception & Développement de Logiciels
  • Design Patterns: Catalogue de modèles de conception réutilisables, Erich Gamma, Richard Helm, Ralph Johnson, John Vlissides - Vuibert (1999), 480 pages.

• Management & Coopération
  • Structure et dynamique des organisations, Henry Mintzberg - Eyrolles (1998)
  • Super-collectif : la nouvelle puissance de nos intelligences, Emile Servan-Schreiber - Fayard (2018)
  • Approche systémique dans les organisations, Alex Mucchielli - Colin (2004)
  • Donner et prendre, la coopération en entreprise, Norbert Alter - La Découverte (2011)
  • The evolution of cooperation, Robert Axelrod, - Basic Books (2006)