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Prof. Dr. Duygu Çelik Ertuğrul

TERM PROJECT: TOOLS, DEADLINES & ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tool Usage Policy:

  • Reports: Use Microsoft Word for all report submissions.
  • UML Diagrams and PM Tools: Use Modelio or MS Visio only.
  • UI Designs: Design user interfaces exclusively with FigmaAdobe XD, or Proto.io.
  • Project Management: Manage your project timeline and tasks with MS Project.

📌 1. Current Semester Project Topics

Download the Fall 2026–2027 Project Topics package:

👉 DOWNLOAD PROJECT TOPICS – FALL 2026–2027

📦 2. Student Project Package

Download the complete Student Project Package, including the required project materials and templates:

👉 DOWNLOAD STUDENT PROJECT PACKAGE

Note: you can also find a few sample projects from previous semesters inside this package.

🛠️ 3. Installation Guidance

Students are required to install and configure all tools required for the course project before starting the project activities.

👉 DOWNLOAD REQUIRED TOOLS & INSTALLATION GUIDELINES

Important: Please make sure that all required tools are properly installed, configured, and ready to use before Week 3. Students are responsible for completing the installation and resolving any setup issues in advance.

📑 Term Project Reports

Students are required to prepare three reports for their group term project:

  1. Planning & Project Management (PPM) Report
  2. Intermediate Project Report (SRS)
  3. Final Project Report

⚠️ Important: Mandatory Requirements

Programming and a functional project demonstration are MANDATORY.

Teams must prepare and present detailed outputs for:

  • 📋 Project Planning
  • 📝 Requirements Analysis & SRS
  • 🏗️ System Design & UML Diagrams
  • 🎨 UI Design & User Guide (wireframes/mockups)
  • 🧪 Software Test Plan & Test Results

Project Management Tools introduced during the lectures MUST be used throughout the project planning and management activities.
Documentation or UI design alone is NOT sufficient. A working software product and live demo are required.

STEP #1:

05 October 2026 until 16.00

STEP 1: LAST DAY TO SEND YOUR PROJECT TITLE & TEAM MEMBERS DETAILS TO YOUR ASSISTANT.

 Send your mails and messages to

ebtihal.enfes@emu.edu.tr

ln the subject of your mail:  you should write (FALL 26-27 + CMSE 473+ PROJECT TITLE+ TEAM MEMBERS DETAILS)

STEP #2:

30 October 2026 until 16.00

STEP 2:  SEND A PPM REPORT (%10)

(Submission of Project Planning & Management Report- PPM)

SEND YOUR REPORT TO YOUR COURSE ASSISTANT and INSTRUCTOR. TEAM LEADER IS RESPONSIBLE TO DO THIS. 

ln the subject and Inside of your mail, you should write (FALL 26-27 + CMSE 473+ PPM REPORT + PROJECT TITLE + TEAM MEMBERS DETAILS)

In PPM: Planning Activities (Gantt Chart, Organization Chart, PERT, CPM, Crashing and COCOMO II for estimations of time and budget, etc.).

 Send your mails and messages to

duygu.celik@emu.edu.tr, ebtihal.enfes@emu.edu.tr


STEP #3:

27 November 2026 until 16.00

STEP 3:  SEND A SRS REPORT + PRESENTATION (%15)

SUBMISSION OF a SRS REPORT + a PPT + a VIDEO (%15)

OUTPUTS: (1 SRS WORD REPORT + 1 PPT FILE + 1 presentation video—15 mins)

RULES: SEND (Your SRS report and PPT Files by mail—directly attach them—DON'T send a cloud 
link) + (15 mins your presentation VIDEO + TEAM/PROJECT/COURSE/SEMESTER Details SEND from MS teams messaging)

 WHEN SENDING, DON'T FORGET TO WRITE: 
FALL 2026-2027+ CMSE 473+ SRS REPORT + PPT + INSIDE MAIL: PROJECT TITLE + EACH TEAM MEMBER ID&NAME
ALSO SAME AS FOR MS TEAMS MESSAGING!

1) Presentation (a ppt)—MAX 15 mins, all TEAM members SHOULD talk and SHOW his/her FACE. Prepare a professional video with a maximum duration of 15 minutes. You may use MS Teams to record your video. To do so, start a meeting and enable recording. The leader will then send the recorded video as a message via MS Teams.

2) In your presentation, include the following: Project Scope & Aim, Actors, Functional and Non-Functional Requirements, UML Designs (Use Case, Activity, Sequence, State, Context, Class diagrams etc.), UI designs (any Figma, Proto IO, Adobe XD), (with detailed explanation), Database Designs, and other relevant diagrams, and IMPORTANTLY WHICH PM TOOLS USED (Process map, brainstorming, quality functional deployment, the Kano model, affinity diagrams, fishbone diagrams, check sheets, Pareto charts, Nominal Grouping Technique, Delphi technique, SWOT analysis, and burndown charts), etc.

3) Send your mails and messages to

duygu.celik@emu.edu.tr, ebtihal.enfes@emu.edu.tr

4) ln the subject of your mail or MS teams messages,

you should write (FALL 26-27 + CMSE 473+ SRS REPORT + PROJECT TITLE + TEAM MEMBERS DETAILS)

5) Late submissions will get 0.

6) The team leader should be responsible to send the SRS, PPT and VIDEO file.

7) VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: During the presentations, each student is responsible for presenting his/her own part produced. It is strictly forbidden to present contributions produced by someone else in the presentation.

STEP #4:

21 December 2026 until 16.00

STEP 4:  SEND FINAL REPORT + PRESENTATION (%15)

SUBMISSION OF a FINAL REPORT + a PPT + a VIDEO (%15)

OUTPUTS: (1 FINAL WORD REPORT + 1 PPT FILE + 1 presentation video—15 mins)

1) RULES: SEND (Your FINAL report and PPT Files by mail—directly attach them—DON'T send a cloud link) + (15 mins your presentation VIDEO + TEAM/PROJECT/COURSE/SEMESTER DETAILS (SEND from MS teams messaging)

 WHEN SENDING, DON'T FORGET TO WRITE:

FALL 2026-2027 + CMSE 473+ FINAL REPORT + PPT + INSIDE MAIL: PROJECT TITLE + EACH TEAM MEMBER ID&NAME
ALSO SAME AS FOR MS TEAMS MESSAGING!

2) Present A DEMO/RUN YOUR PROGRAM, Mention about User Guide Details, Algorithms, Required LibsTest activities done, and IMPORTANTLY WHICH PM TOOLS USED (Process map, brainstorming, quality functional deployment, the Kano model, affinity diagrams, fishbone diagrams, check sheets, Pareto charts, Nominal Grouping Technique, Delphi technique, SWOT analysis, and burndown charts), etc. etc. activities.

 

3) Send your mails and messages to

duygu.celik@emu.edu.tr, ebtihal.enfes@emu.edu.tr

4) ln the subject of your mail or MS teams messages, you should write (FALL 26-27 + CMSE 473+ FINAL REPORT + PROJECT TITLE + TEAM MEMBERS DETAILS)

5) Late submissions will get 0.

6) The team leader should be responsible to send the FINAL REPORT, PPT and VIDEO file.

7) VERY IMPORTANT NOTE: During the presentations, each student is responsible for presenting his/her own part produced. It is strictly forbidden to present contributions produced by someone else in the presentation.