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University Honors Theses

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Job Management Portal Software Review, Ruchir Elukurthy Jun 2023

Job Management Portal Software Review, Ruchir Elukurthy

University Honors Theses

This essay provides an overview of a computer science capstone project focused on developing a website for Abilities At Work, a non-profit organization. The website aims to assist employment specialists in managing clients' information and tracking their job application in finding meaningful employment. The essay highlights the various stages of the project, understanding requirements, selecting tools and technologies, creating an application architecture, and writing code. Also, this essay focuses on the challenges encountered during the project, along with the valuable lessons learned. This essay emphasizes how the project closely resembles real-world software development, offering insights for prospective students and professionals. …


Epl Card Reader Capstone: The Strengths Of Partner Programming From A Team Leader's Perspective, Zach Yost Jun 2023

Epl Card Reader Capstone: The Strengths Of Partner Programming From A Team Leader's Perspective, Zach Yost

University Honors Theses

This essay looks to reflect back upon the successes and failures of the EPL Card Reader capstone project, sponsored by Edward Ivory, head of Portland State University's Electronics Prototyping Lab. The EPL Card Reader's goal is to provide a means of tracking and updating student activity and training on the various machines in the lab. Using a local computer port to host this web app a lab administrator or manager is able to scan a student's access badge to review which machines they have been trained on as well as update that training status. The app also has a running …


Case Study Of Scrum Methodology As Used By A Capstone Team, Lilly I. Yeaton Jun 2021

Case Study Of Scrum Methodology As Used By A Capstone Team, Lilly I. Yeaton

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Scrum is widely used in the software industry to manage all kinds of projects. This case study examines the way in which a capstone team used the methodology and models the specific project management processes they used over the course of their project. These models and the process modifications therein are then compared to the team’s velocity at different points in the project. The results of this analysis suggest a correlation between asynchronous daily meetings and sprint reviews and improved velocity.