In this report, you are to keep track of the time you spend on each problem. Please also keep track of interruptions in your work (e.g., someone came over to talk to you, telephone call, stopped to read email, etc.).
The example shown below has a "who" column for group work; for individual assignments, this column can be omitted.
For each assignment, please fill out a table like the following:
Date Who Start Stop Inter Time On Task Comments
3/23 MW,IS 1:02 1:47 10+5 30 Analysis of Q1
1:47 2:19 10 22
2:33 2:48 15 Got boundary condition wrong.
Hmm, misunderstood what Q1 wanted
2:48 3:11 5 23
3/24 MW,LF 10:03 10:10 7
10:10 10:22 12 regression testing (oops, new version didn't
quite work on previous test cases)
MW,IS,LF 10:20 11:00 10+5+5 20 **Q1 finished**
//etc.//
Total Time On Task 129
Total Lines of Code 27
Total Lines of Tests 67
Notice in the in the example above that Time on Task is equal to (Stop-Start)-Interruptions.
At the end of the summary, please total up the time spent on the
assignment, and also give me an estimate of the total number of
new/changed lines of code you contributed. Keep track separately of the
number of lines of code and number of lines of tests. You can use the
Unix tools diff and wc
to help you make these line counts.
You need keep track of time only to the nearest 10 or 15 minutes.
Put in as many comments as you find useful. The goal is that you should be able to look at these notes a week or two later, and say "oh, I remember what went wrong on that problem." (So hopefully you'll solve the same problem more quickly if it comes up again.) We are particularly interested in finding out what portions of the problems you found difficult, what are typical bugs and errors, etc., and anything you can do to help will be appreciated.
The above diary separates out regression testing as a separate activity. Do that if it is significant. (Regression testing is always a good idea).
The Development Diary will be graded. If they are missing or unsatisfactory, you will be penalized approximately 10% of the value of the assignment. You will be penalized if you do not include total Time on Task, Lines of Code, and Lines of Tests.
Last modified: 7 January 2008