Project Overview

Mission and Scope

TODO: Answer these questions in your own words by filling in each <dd> tag.

What problem does this project address?: 2-4 SENTENCE PROBLEM
What is the goal of this project?: 2-4 SENTENCE GOAL
What is the scope of this project?: 2-4 SENTENCE SCOPE
What development methodology is being used?: See our software development methodology document.
Where should a new team member start?: For more information, see the project proposal.

Status

TODO: Briefly describe the status of this project. E.g., what phase are you in? And, what is your next major milestone? Detailed project status is written in the status reports, not here.

We have completed our second beta release and are currently working on adding more of the functionality described in our product specification and fixing defects.

The next major milestone is a third beta release with nearly complete functionality and a wider set of testers.

Project Documents

Inception:	Project overview Project proposal Target audience and benefits Statement of user needs
Elaboration:	Project plan Software requirements specification Feature set Use case suite Design QA Plan Test suite
Construction:	Review meeting notes Implementation notes User guide FAQ / Troubleshooting guide
Transition:	Install / Quick start Demo script Release notes Release checklist
Continuous:	Status report

For Everyone:	Project overview Project proposal Target audience and benefits Statement of user needs Software requirements specification Project plan Release checklist
For Management:	Project resource needs Status report
For Developers:	Design Review meeting notes
For QA:	QA Plan
For End Users:	Install / Quick start User guide Release notes
For Support and Ops:	Implementation notes FAQ / Troubleshooting guide
For Sales/Legal:	Demo script Legal issues

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