1. 3rd Year Group Project You will work in groups of up to 7 students
You will have a Manager and a Customer who will both be academics
Your group will receive an overall mark
Your individual mark will be based on Peer Assessment
Your mark will contribute 50% of the marks for the modules F29SO Software Engineering and F29PD Professional Development

2. Project Personnel Project Director: Lilia Georgieva
Teamwork Facilitator: Nick Taylor
Project Manager: tba
Project Customer: tba
Project Group: YOU, et al.

3. Who does what? The Project Director
The project director runs the group projects
S/he takes part in assessing every project
The project director should NOT be your first port of call if your group isn’t getting on - your manager should be
The project director organises the peer assessment at the end and does the sums

4. Who does what? The Teamwork Facilitator
The teamwork facilitator provides instruction on working in groups
You should NOT need to contact him/her
S/he leads the de-briefings at the end of the project to help you learn from the experience and heal any open wounds
The teamwork facilitator plays no part in the assessments

5. Who does what? The Group Manager
Your manager is an advisor only
S/he is a line manager, not a project manager
YOU must manage the project
Your manager checks that workloads are fairly spread and deadlines are met
The manager is NOT there to answer technical questions - that’s your job
The manager contributes to the assessment

6. Who does what? The Group Customer
Your customer is NOT another manager
S/he is only acting the part of a customer
You must treat the customer as a lay person
Your customer’s agreement to the specification constitutes a contract
Any subsequent changes MUST have the customer’s agreement
The customer contributes to the assessment

7. Who does what? The Group Member
You will receive an INDIVIDUAL MARK for the group project at the end of the day
Don’t free-load - you’ll pay for it eventually
Don’t exclude others or allow yourself to be
Don’t contact your manager until Week 2
Don’t contact your customer before your manager - always prepare for the customer
You contribute to your peers’ assessment

8. Key Deadlines

9. A word to the wise … Read Stuff
Read all of the instructions and descriptions yourself - don’t rely on others to read them
Familiarise yourself with the deliverable deadlines and contents
Read regularly for communications from the project director, your manager and your group
Do your share of proof-reading the documents you submit as deliverables

10. Importance of your 3rd Year Average
Your average mark for Year 3, AT YOUR FIRST ATTEMPT, affects your final degree assessment
Students graduating at the end of Year 3
Degree depends entirely on 3rd Year Average (and obtaining the requisite number of credits, of course)
Students entering Honours in Year 4
3rd Year Average contributes 20% to final degree assessment at the end of Year 4
Students entering MEng in Year 4
3rd Year Average contributes 10% to final degree assessment at the end of Year 5