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Student Project Management - Sharing of Experiences. Dr Sumam David S. Professor & Head, Dept of E&C NITK Surathkal sumam@ieee.org. Objective. Share our experience in effective management of student projects and to learn successful practices from others
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Student Project Management - Sharing of Experiences Dr Sumam David S. Professor & Head, Dept of E&C NITK Surathkal sumam@ieee.org
Objective • Share our experience in effective management of student projects and to learn successful practices from others • Improve the quality of BTech student projects
BTech Project - Outcomes • Well-trained students • More specifically students must have acquired • System integration skills • Documentation skills • Project management skills • Problem solving skills • Unique opportunity to solve real-life problems • Professionalism
Common Features Duration – final 1 or 2 semesters Credits – eqvt of 2 – 3 theory courses Team work – 2 or 3 students Carried out in institution
Challenges Student Motivation Faculty Motivation Resources Industry projects Effective management is a burning issue in most institutions
Project Phases Planning Implementation Evaluation Documentation Presentation
Planning • VI Semester • Project Coordinator • Faculty centric • Project outline • Objectives, Wish specifications, Timelines, functional partitioning, prerequisites, Key references • Joint projects with industry • Allocation of projects • Resources for the projects
Implementation • Course & Evaluation Plan • Lab allotment • Work diary • Meeting with faculty • Major events • Study phase – June - September • Design phase – October - February • Engineering phase – March - May
Evaluation • Continuous evaluation • 2 presentations & demos to evaluation panel in each semester • Evaln 1 – 25% • Evaln 2 – 25 % • Guide – 50% • Relative Grading
Documentation Project brief Preliminary Report - I evaluation Design Report I - II evaluation Design Report II- III evaluation Final report - IV evaluation Online submission using CMT - Moodle Guidelines for reports
Presentation 10 minutes per team 10 minutes for demo 10 minutes for Feedback, Q&A
Some projects Joint projects with industry BTech projects 2006-07 BTech projects 2007-08
Acknowledgements Outcome of Electronics Education Network project funded by SDC Jointly developed by Dept of E&C of PSGTech, COET, OU, NITK and CEDT
References • Project Management Document, EENP, 2000 • EC449/EC499 Course plan 2007-08, NITK