Module Descriptors
PROJECT (PLANNING, RESEARCH, ANALYSIS AND DESIGN)
XCOM51065
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 5
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Rosemary King
Email: R.King@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 4
Independent Study Hours: 146
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • REPORT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
20 min session with tutor (1:1)
Supervisory meetings with tutor
Self directed study
Module Resources
The Project Handbook
The Library
ITS and School of Computing labs
Module Indicative Content
Structured proposal of a problem:
- of a significant level of difficulty
- pertinent to the award
- requiring a non-mechanistic solution
The documented selection and use of structured research, analysis and design methodologies
The project title and proposal should reflect the route of study and/or the student's chosen award.
Module Additional Assessment Details
A project proposal, and report covering research analysis and design worth 100% to be normally 7,500 words approximately.

Milestone 1 - Proposal of the task which will assess Learning Outcome 3
Milestone 2 -Research, analysis and design which will assess Learning Outcomes 1, 2 and 3
Assessed by marking of the written report.
Module Texts
The Project Handbook

Projects in Computing and Information Systems, A Student's Guide, Christian Dawson, 2005, Addison Wesley, ISBN: 0321263553
Success in Your Project, Philip Weaver, 2004, Prentice Hall, ISBN: 0273678094
Similar texts are appropriate.
Module Special Admissions Requirements
Students must have studied Level 1 modules relating to their award or have an equivalent background.