OUR SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT CLASS WILL SOLVE YOUR PROBLEMS

[Limited to the Portland, OR area. The semester is Jan-Apr 2024.]

Every year, students in the CS 488 Software Development course at Lewis & Clark College work in teams of 4-8 to build software for an external customer. That customer could be you!

Previous years' projects have included:

* A video game to teach people about earthquake preparedness.
* Creative animation software for an artist.
* A tool to help a faculty member organize course content.

Do you (or someone you know in a local organization) have a computational problem for which you need a piece of software? Let us know and maybe we can help you out.

WHAT YOU GET

Free custom software! This comes with some caveats:

* We usually produce stand-alone desktop applications. Other things are possible, but it's easiest to stay within this realm.
* These are mostly seniors working on their first large piece of software. We can make no guarantees as to quality; you might get something that you can use to do real work, but you might just get a fragile "proof of concept". We use an "agile" development technique that regularly reexamines goals, priorities, and expectations; this leads to a good probability that we'll have something working by the end of the semester, even if some of your more optimistic features have to be dropped.
* There probably won't be anyone to maintain your program after the semester is over. You might be able to hire some juniors to do more work on it.

WHAT YOU GIVE (We'll work with you on all of these things)

* Create an initial description of your project.
* Create and maintain a list of "user stories" (things that you want your program to do).
* Commit to meet [IN PERSON] with the students every other week to discuss progress and priorities. This must be a firm commitment; it's a disaster for the students if a customer flakes out.

Please DM me ASAP if you're interested!

[I normally teach this class, but as I'm on sabbatical it will be an adjunct this semester. I can put you in touch.]

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