Terms of Reference
The Project Title:
The project title must be:
- Specific
- Descriptive
- To The Point
You Must Chop and change the title making improvements until you are satisfied.
Overview
The overview contains information about:
- The Company
- Existing System
- The Problem
- Why
- Ownership
- Proposed Solution(s)
The Company
- The Company Name
- What the company does
- When the company was established
- What is the company turnover, profit
- What is the company size
- Where the company is Based (many locations?)
- Your Contact with the Company
- Their Logo (maybe)
Existing System
How does the current system work?
What is the scale of the systems?
Then revise the description to make it:
- More detailed
- To the Point
The Problem
What is the problem with the existing system?
Then revise the description to make it:
- More detailed
- To the Point
Why
Why have you decided to do something for the company?
What link do you have with the company?
What can you do with the system you have built?
Ownership
Will the company own the software you create or will you give the company a licence to use the software?
Proposed Solution(s)
What are you going to build?
- A prototype
- A completed product
- Or a Beta product
How will the system work?
How will the system be built?
When will the system be built by?
How will the System benefit the Company?
How will the product Expand?
Objectives
Objectives Must Be:
- Specific
- Measurable
- This is the important part
- Achievable
- Realistic
- Time Based
Objective topics:
- on the software itself
- on the research
- on the second research
- on the project itself
- on testing
- on designs
Example Objective
Build a prototype W3C compliant database-driven e-commerce website using MYSQL and PHP by the 21st of March 2009 ready for alpha testing.