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315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project

Dr Barry McCollum28 September 2009

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Overview of Lecture

Aims

Learning Outcomes

Outline

Delivery Structure

Assessment

Your Responsibility

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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Structure of Delivery

Lectures

Business Meetings (Tutorials)

Begin Week 3

Guest Speakers

Business Plan, Financial, Strategic Planning etc..

Industry Experts

Group Presentations

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Group Structure

Suggested Areas of ResponsibilityManaging Director

Technical

Financial

External funding

Sales/Marketing

Legal/Implementation

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Assessment

Element Percentage Type

Interim Report 30% Group/Individual

Group Presentation 5% Group

System Demonstration 20% Group

Dissertation 25% Group

Development Diary 20% Individual

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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

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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

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System Demonstration Date to be announced.

Notes on Assessment issues 2 weeks before demonstration

Dissertation (8th 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

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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’.

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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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Questions?