Students in small groups will form a computer based product development team and play various different roles in the production of a computer based solution to a problem, to commercial or near commercial standards. You will develop and display your professional engineering skills. Emphasis is placed on the management of the project and the design and implementation of the relevant computing product. The overall theme of the engineering of products to defined quality criteria will pervade.

The computing based problem to be solved will be drawn from requirements from an external organisation or case study.

The nature of the project and mix of subject area expertise required will change from year to year.

80% group project - group work with individual components
Group project artefact/solution with supporting documentation and report on underpinning research, 4,000 words per group member 70% (LOs 1-5) plus a group presentation and demonstration of solution 10% (LOs 1-5)

20% Individual critical reflection on the group work process 1200 words (LO 6)

Students in small groups will form a development team and play various different roles in the production of a substantial computer based solution to a problem to commercial or near commercial standards.

There will be regular meetings of the group with a supervisor. These will be timetabled as 30 minutes per week. Typical group size would be 3.

Various journals, web based materials and books, etc. as necessary

Any resources within the Faculty as required.

None.

1. Demonstrate a critical awareness and evaluation of the current research, advanced scholarship, contemporary problems and/or new insights within a given subject area of computing, as it pertains to the development of computing-based solutions to problems within the discipline of professional product development.
KNOWLEDGE & UNDERSTANDING, ENQUIRY, ANALYSIS

2. Demonstrate effective and efficient use of communication, teamwork, team leadership and management skills to a high professional level.
COMMUNICATION, TEAM WORK

3. Apply good practice, and established and innovative techniques within a given subject area of computing, based on critical awareness and evaluation of current research and advanced scholarship in the planning and development of computing based solutions to problems.
APPLICATION, LEARNING

4. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the wider customer contexts and critically evaluate the problems that such contexts produce
ENQUIRY, ANALYSIS

5. Apply professional judgement systematically and creatively (often in the absence of complete data) and employ appropriate decision-making to solve complex problems in particular concerning the necessary balance of costs, benefits, completeness, reliability, and safety in the development of computing based systems.
PROBLEM SOLVING

6. Critically evaluate their own contribution and the contribution of others within the product development cycle and use that criticism effectively.
REFLECTION, TEAM WORK