Programme of Study Catalogue

Objectives:

On successful completion of the module, students will be able to:
Work effectively in a team to deliver a project to a specified brief;
Interpret a project brief to plan for delivery, including use of approaching tools and within appropriate professional standards;
Understand the impact of disruptive technologies and how to create them.

Content:

This module will work to a given brief, building and testing a project (from development to going live). Students will assess the project against key performance indicators. Key areas that the module will explore will be disruptive technologies, tooling (code; agile development; auto testing; quality control; and repositories); the purpose of ISO Standards; pair programming and re-factoring code.

Learning and Teaching Information:

The subject content will be delivered through workshops and group project work. This module engages students with their peers on the earlier Team Project modules, where they offer advice, guidance and support.

Workshops
Hours: 54
Intended Group Size: Cohort

Guided independent study
Hours: 146

Further details relating to assessment
Artefact: The 'artefact' is the product that responds to the given brief and it is evaluated in terms of the KPI's. The mark given is not limited to the product; emphasis is placed on work processes, qualities of communication, and professional/critical attitudes involved in creating the artefact. Employers supply appropriate briefs and serve as clients during the project. They advise on completed project with reference to the KPIs and the customer service.

Commentary: the contents should include (the breakdown by word count is merely illustrative):

- project outline (100 words);
- explanation of the design approach adopted (500 words);
- description and rationale of chosen solution, resources used, programming language, and known problems (e.g. bugs) (200 words);
- evaluation: SWOT analysis, plan for improved future performance, evaluation of personal performance and motivation (200 words).

Other relevant matters
Project students build will need to be able to still work under duress, be able to be built on and address KPIs - e.g. meantime to recovery.

Assessment:

Fact File

Module Coordinator - PRS_CODE=
Level - 6
Credit Value - 20
Pre-Requisites - NONE
Semester(s) Offered -