© 2002 IBM Corporation 1 315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project Dr Barry McCollum 28 September 2009

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 2 Overview of Lecture  Aims  Learning Outcomes  Outline  Delivery Structure  Assessment  Your Responsibility

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 3 Aims  work collectively to provide an IT solution to a business opportunity.  develop the solution within a business framework  Thus, allowing the central concept to be exploited commercially  focuses on exploiting and developing the unique combination of skills taught to a group of highly motivated, capable and bright students.

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 4 Aims  represents the bringing together of the areas of the BIT degree  Curriculum 2000 – inability of students to work in Groups  encourage students to take the first steps in thinking about and establishing business ventures  provide support and infrastructure for groups of students to bring their ideas to a state where they could become marketable  optimise the use of electronic media to disseminate information, advice and best practice

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 5 Learning Outcomes  allow students to use the combined skills learnt throughout the BIT Degree  encourage students to think about the issues surrounding establishing a business  enable students to understand the Legal, Social, Ethical and Professional issues with working together in a business / industrial environment  allow students to reflect on differing approaches to problem solving  enable students to experience/understand the complexities and benefits of working in teams  allow students to assess their own performance as well as those around them in the overall success or failure of a project

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 6 Requirements Outline  Formation of Groups  Idea Inception  Possible Solution  Business Plan  Detailed Marketing Plan  Detailed Financial Projections  Legal Issues/Intellectual Property Rights  Sources of Funding  Development of Solution

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 7 Structure of Delivery  Lectures  Business Meetings (Tutorials) Begin Week 3  Guest Speakers Business Plan, Financial, Strategic Planning etc..  Industry Experts  Group Presentations

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 8 Group Structure  Suggested Areas of Responsibility Managing Director Technical Financial External funding Sales/Marketing Legal/Implementation

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 9 Assessment ElementPercentageType Interim Report30%Group/Individual Group Presentation5%Group System Demonstration20%Group Dissertation25%Group Development Diary20%Individual

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 10 Interim Report  overview of the project  An initial business plan and projections,  an outline of the work to be completed,  the individual’s contribution and  a Gantt chart of how the individual’s work fits into the overall project’s milestone  An report on an individual basis detailing the importance of the function adopted making comparison with at least three ‘real world’ case studies  A report detailing ‘lessons learned’ from the outside speakers.  Friday 12 December 2007

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 11 Group Presentation  begin Semester 2  10 minute presentation of Group’s ideas and their approach to the project  Peer assessed  purpose of this is to allow students to gain feedback from each other

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 12 System Demonstration  Date to be announced.  Notes on Assessment issues 2 weeks before demonstration Dissertation (8 th May 2009)  Project Title / Abstract / Scope  Section Headings: Detailed index of chapters, diagrams etc.  Concise description of Business Case  Business Model and key milestones  Marketing Report  Financial Projections  e-commerce strategy  Solution Specification and design  Solution Implementation  Conclusion and Reflection

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 13 Development Diary  work carried out and individual contribution  make notes on minutes of meetings  reflect on the roles and responsibilities of the other group members  allows the peer assessment of the System Demonstration to be validated  chance to show their level of research and activity  In addition marks will be awarded for critical analysis of talks given by ‘outside speakers’.

timetabling expertise with managed implementation training and consultancy © 2004 eventMAP Limited 14 Your Responsibilities  Form into groups of 6  Groups should comprise 6 people  Self allocation in the first instance  By next Monday; Download, fill in and return “Formation of Groups” form  Students not in a group will automatically be added to existing groups or placed in separate groupings  Read in detail over material on Web Site

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