Project Specification and Planning

Learning Objectives

develop a detailed specification for a software project
develop a project plan for a software projecct including:
- different stages of development
- a decomposition of the problem at each stage

Textbook

N/A

Activities

Proposal ideas
- parametric calling of other software: FCI, MCNP, lattice physics
- simplified interface (GUI) for other software
- Monte Carlo radiation transport
- PDE/eigenvalue problems:
  - transient thermal conduction in a fuel pebble
  - vibration in a guitar string
  - CFD along shark skin
  - time-dependent neutron diffusion
  - finite element electrostatics/dynamics
Understanding requirements
1. formal processes
2. research software
  - initial requirements
  - planning for future requirements
3. demonstrate with project ideas
  - pick 2: time-dependent neutron diffusion & parametric FCI
Developing project plan
1. Stages of development
  - scope - dimensionality, types of boundary/interface conditions, etc
  - complexity - physics approximations, linearity, etx
  - algorithmic breakdown - input, processing steps, output
2. demonstrate with project ideas
  - same two projects as above