What are the most significant risks that could jeopardize the success of the project?
The most significant risks right now is our shallow understanding of these algorithms; most of the issues being encountered are related to algorithm implementation, causing longer debugging times that we anticipated. Additionally, a lot of our classes are beginning to pick up as the end is in sight, so we’ve been juggling the work with this class with the work with our other courses.
How are these risks being managed? What contingency plans are ready?
The risks are being managed by looking at more examples and trying to better understand the ways that these algorithms can be implemented; additionally, we’ve found youtube videos really helpful with explaining these concepts. Moreover, I feel that clearer communication has facilitated debugging, since asking each other for help and using each other to debug has been helpful.
Since the end is in sight more than ever, we feel that we’ve prioritizing other projects based on deadlines, and since this assignment is the soonest deadline for all of us, we really want to make a big push this weekend + beginning of next week before things pick up again.
Were any changes made to the existing design of the system (requirements, block diagram, system spec, etc)?
No- after our discussion last week of not making any more revisions and being confident & set on our current design, we have not made any significant changes to our design.
Why was this change necessary, what costs does the change incur, and how will these costs be mitigated going forward?
We’ve not made any changes this week!
Provide an updated schedule if changes have occurred.
The schedule has not changed.