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CSC3023 BIT Final Year Project

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Dr Barry McCollum01 October 2012

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

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

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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

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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Structure of Delivery

Lectures

Business Meetings (Tutorials)

Begin Week 4

Guest Speakers

Financial, Strategic Planning etc..

Group Presentations

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Group Structure

Managing Director

- Business Growth Model

- Project Management

Financial

- Model

- Funding

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Sales/Marketing

- Models

- E Commerce

- Legal Aspects

Technical

- Design

- Coding

- Implementation

Assessment

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Element Percentage Type

Interim Report 30% Group/Individual

Group Presentation 5% Group

System Demonstration 20% Group

Dissertation 25% Group

Development Diary 20% Individual

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

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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.

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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

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System Demonstration Notes on Assessment issues 2 weeks before demonstration

Demonstration artefact required

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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

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’.

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Your Responsibilities

Form into groups

Self allocation in the first instance

By 8th 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

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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

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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

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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

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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?

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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.

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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

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Questions?

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