1. © 2002 IBM Corporation CSC3023 BIT Final Year Project 1 Dr Barry McCollum 01 October 2012

2. Overview of Lecture  Aims  Learning Outcomes  Outline  Delivery Structure  Assessment  Your Responsibility 2

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. 3

4. Aims  represents the bringing together of the areas of the BIT degree  Industry feedback – 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 4

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  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 5

6. Structure of Delivery  Lectures  Business Meetings (Tutorials) Begin Week 4  Guest Speakers Financial, Strategic Planning etc..  Group Presentations 6

7. Group Structure Managing Director - Business Growth Model - Project Management Financial - Model - Funding 7 Sales/Marketing - Models - E Commerce - Legal Aspects Technical - Design - Coding - Implementation

8. Assessment 8 ElementPercentageType Interim Report30%Group/Individual Group Presentation5%Group System Demonstration20%Group Dissertation25%Group Development Diary20%Individual

9. Interim Report – Group Contribution  overview of the project  Overview of proposed areas and solutions  Outline business plan and projections  Outline of the work to be completed 9

10. Interim Report – Individual’s contribution  a Gantt chart of how the individual’s work fits into the overall project’s milestone  Details of area proposed  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. 10

11. Group Presentation  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 11

12. System Demonstration  Notes on Assessment issues 2 weeks before demonstration  Demonstration artefact required 12 Dissertation (May 2013)  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  Contribution Matrix  Conclusion and Reflection

13. Development Diary  work carried out and individual contribution  Details of work carried out in various areas  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 e.g. background research and talks given by ‘outside speakers’. 13

14. Your Responsibilities  Form into groups  Self allocation in the first instance  By 8 th October; 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 14

15. 15 The Starting Point  Groups of educated and motivated individuals  Interest, knowledge and understanding of modern IT, business processes etc..  Frustrations and Ideas  Capture all of this within a Business Context  The next step is Idea Generation

16. 16 Creativity – Turning ideas into a project (business)  Initiate A point on which to nucleate ideas  Imagine How could this be improved?  Invent IT must be in the solution  Implement Give thought to design and ‘rollout’  Sustain

17. 17 Idea Generation  Where are the Problems / Opportunities? What are you aware of? How do you find out?  Potential Areas to Focus on e.g. Health, Economy, Environment, Education, Entertainment, Business Processes, Travel, Community, Retail, Family, Fashion and Beauty, Food, Gaming, Holmes and Housing, Security, recreation, Marketing and advertising, Non Profit Social Cause, Telecom and Mobile, Transportation, Style and Design

18. 18 Idea Generation - examples  Work experience areas of problems, high demand, customer complaints, frustrations and waste identified.  Patterns and Trends e.g. Demographics Family size, exercise habits, perceptions, aging of population, work patterns  Money available?

19. 19 Idea Generation  Talk to people Family / Friends / Relations / Neighbours  Many ideas come from customers - so find people with a need or a problem.  Magazines/Watch television  Look to the USA for ideas emerging there. They tend to be several years ahead of us.  Sell a complete package. Pull a range or products and services together to fully solve a specific problem.

20. 20 Key issues  Team ‘buy in’  Understanding of Team Strengths  Initial background research  Enthusiasm  Attitude and belief  Project Management  Looking for opportunities which separate your team from others

21. © 2002 IBM Corporation Questions? 21