To develop group working skills and provide the opportunity to work on the development of a larger application. Overview Students are split into project groups with 4-6 members, each group having a supervisor who is a member of academic staff. The supervisor provides support and guidance, and also act as the customer. Project groups are selected by the course organiser, with students having no choice.
Supervisors select the project ideas.
The project runs continuously through both teaching terms with the group responsible for organising themselves, with advice from their supervisor. Groups are expected to meet with their supervisor once per week. A series of deliverable deadlines are set and must be met by the project groups. A group diary needs to be kept to record the progress of the group, including the minutes of meetings held. The first group activity is to perform an assessment of the reports delivered by a group project from a previous year.