Senior Projects

Meeting 13

September 23, 2009

For Fun

1. Analyze and provide feedback for a game that teaches about functions (as in C)

2. Determine whether the Pyramids (one of the 111 wonders of the ancient world) have equilateral triangles for faces.

What You’ve Learned

From the project (so far)• Vince• Tom• Tara• Mike• Kristin S• Kristin R• Jim • AJ

What You’ve Learned

In general

• Simulation

• Modeling

• Parallel computation

• Internet software development

• Web 2.0 applications

• Social networking technologies

What You Should Have Learned

• Business realities– Typical beginning salaries by business sector– Formalized roadmap of technical skills for

various IT career paths– Structure of typical work day– Awareness of IT professional associations

• Association of Information Technology Professionals (AITP)

• Society for Information Management (SIM)

More Should Haves

• Correct technology– IT tools– Programming languages– Technology platforms

• Awareness of cultural differences– Historical perspective– Common business practices– Time zone effects

Yet More

• Understanding interpersonal signals

• Communicating in a multigenerational workplace

• Tension between experience and new ideas

And more

• Matching strengths to career path– E.g., strong in math leads to business

intelligence or data analytics– Work in financial systems needs foundation in

• Process flows• Change management• Chart of account conversions• Project accounting

Next Week

• Class meets Monday for software development review

• No class meeting Wednesday. Teams meet and proceed with project.

• No class meeting Friday. More time for team meetings.