Quality Challenge

Summary Report Instructions


The Summary Report has two sections: Summary Calculations and Lessons Learned.

Summary Calculations

Using the data from your Time Logs, add up the times spent in each phase and create a table of percent time in phase:
 
Assignment
#1
#2
#3
#4
DESIGN
 10%
10%
10%
25% 
CODE
 20%
15% 
15%
30% 
COMPILE
 20%
25% 
25% 
10%
TEST
 60%
50% 
50%
35% 

Next, create a table similar to the one below which shows summary calculations.  Size, time and defects are obtained from your copy of your Time and Defect forms.  The formulas for productivity and defect rate are shown below.
 
Assignment
#1
#2
#3
#4
Days behind schedule        
Size (LOC)        
Total Time        
Total Defects        
         
Productivity        
Defect Rate        

Productivity  =  LOC / Hour

Multiply 60 by the actual program size divided by the total actual development time (in minutes).
Example:  If the project took 125 minutes and you produced 50 LOC, the LOC/Hour are 60*50/125 =  24.
Defect Rate = Defects / KLOC
Multiply the total defects (from all phases) by 1000 and divide by the actual program size.
Example: With 14 defects and 92 LOC, the Defects/KLOC  = 1000*14/92 = 152.2.

Lessons Learned

Write a narrative describe your personal learnings from completing the Quality Challenge. Use your best written English and present an organized, coherent essay.

You may describe both objective and subjective experiences.  You can provide an interpretation of the summary calculations above. You can discuss what seemed challenging to you about the activities. You can explain difficulties you encountered and what you learned from them. You can discuss new tactics or approaches you tried and how they worked for you. You can share any insights about your own beliefs or attitudes towards programming or quality work. You can discuss any habits of mind or obstacles to peak performance that you discovered about yourself.  You may comment on any ways in which you feel you are a better programmer or a better person for having completed these activities.  You may ponder any "big picture" questions relating this activity to your major, career, the university, or society in general.


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