CSIS 390 Open Source Software Development

Open Source Project Final Report

500 Points (other assignments are 100 points unless otherwise specified)

• Objective: Write a report which summarizes your experiences on your Open Source Project.

• Internship Report specifications:
• A 3-5 page (minimum length) describing your open source project experiences.
• The report will consist of a detailed summary of the duties performed on the project and a summary of what you learned on the project.
• The report must be professionally prepared and must be free of grammatical and spelling errors.
• Include the following topics in your report:
• Purpose of the project
• Functionality of the project (what does it do?)
• Development Language
• How did you go about joining the project?
• Who was your primary contact person (people)?
• How did you interact your contact person and what was the frequency and quality of your interaction?
• What exactly did you do on the project?
• Show the web site for your project or an operational version of the project to the class.
• Show examples of what you produced for the project.
• What are the main things you learned about open source software development?
• Would you recommend working on a open source project to other students (Why or why not?)
• Final version of your time recording log spreadsheet including all hours worked on the project.
• Upload your report to the Moodle link for this deliverable prior to noon on Tuesday, April 24.