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315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project

315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project. Overview of Lecture. Aims Learning Outcomes Outline Delivery Structure Assessment Your Responsibility. Aims. work collectively to provide an IT solution to a business opportunity. develop the solution within a business framework

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315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project

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  1. 315CSC323 BIT Final Year Project

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

  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.

  4. 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

  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 • 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

  6. 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

  7. Structure of Delivery • Lectures • Business Meetings (Tutorials) • Begin Week 3 • Guest Speakers • Business Plan, Financial, Strategic Planning etc.. • Industry Experts • Group Presentations

  8. Group Structure • Suggested Areas of Responsibility • Managing Director • Technical • Financial • External funding • Sales/Marketing • Legal/Implementation

  9. Assessment

  10. 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

  11. 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

  12. 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

  13. 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’.

  14. 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

  15. Questions?

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