Student Project Management - Sharing of Experiences Dr Sumam David S. Professor & Head, Dept of E&C NITK Surathkal

2 Objective Share our experience in effective management of student projects and to learn successful practices from others Improve the quality of BTech student projects BTech Project Management

BTech Project - Outcomes Well-trained students More specifically students must have acquired System integration skills Documentation skills Project management skills Problem solving skills Unique opportunity to solve real-life problems Professionalism 3 BTech Project Management

Common Features Duration – final 1 or 2 semesters Credits – eqvt of 2 – 3 theory courses Team work – 2 or 3 students Carried out in institution 4 BTech Project Management

Challenges Student Motivation Faculty Motivation Resources Industry projects Effective management is a burning issue in most institutions 5 BTech Project Management

Project Phases Planning Implementation Evaluation Documentation Presentation 6 BTech Project Management

Planning VI Semester Project Coordinator Faculty centric Project outline Objectives, Wish specifications, Timelines, functional partitioning, prerequisites, Key references Joint projects with industry Allocation of projects Resources for the projects 7 BTech Project Management

Implementation Course & Evaluation Plan Lab allotment Work diary Meeting with faculty Major events Study phase – June - September Design phase – October - February Engineering phase – March - May 8 BTech Project Management

Evaluation Continuous evaluation 2 presentations & demos to evaluation panel in each semester Evaln 1 – 25% Evaln 2 – 25 % Guide – 50% Relative Grading 9 BTech Project Management

Documentation Project brief Preliminary Report - I evaluation Design Report I - II evaluation Design Report II- III evaluation Final report - IV evaluation Online submission using CMT - Moodle Guidelines for reports 10 BTech Project Management

Presentation 10 minutes per team 10 minutes for demo 10 minutes for Feedback, Q&A 11 BTech Project Management

Some projects Joint projects with industry BTech projects BTech projects BTech Project Management 12

Acknowledgements Outcome of Electronics Education Network project funded by SDC Jointly developed by Dept of E&C of PSGTech, COET, OU, NITK and CEDT 13 BTech Project Management

14 References Project Management Document, EENP, 2000 EC449/EC499 Course plan , NITK BTech Project Management

15 Thank you BTech Project Management