Development Project (5 cr)

Evaluation scale

Pass/Fail

Objective

Purpose of the course

In the Development Project, the student will implement a development project in the field of their own skills, to enhance their portfolio. Think your upcoming practical training and work applications; What skills would you like to present in your portfolio? You can choose the topic out of your interests or your desire to enhance your skills related to a specific area.

Course competences

- ICT Specialization: Is able to apply their knowledge and skills in a specific area of ICT, as well as analyze, evaluate, and develop operations in this area.
- Software Engineering: Is familiar with tools and methods related to software engineering and able to apply the knowledge in practical work.
- Sofware Engineering: Is able to define, plan, test and/or implement software products.
- Operating in a workplace: Is able to act professionally in communication and interaction situations at a workplace.

Learning objectives

After the project you have gained deeper knowledge of the topic and you will be able to the schedule and estimate your own project work according to the chosen scope and workload of the project. You have gained broader expertise and experience in your chosen field.

Content

The key contents are understanding the development project needs, defining and producing the output of the project, organizing one's own work and the entire project, and reporting the output in a way that is appropriate for the project.

Location and time

Nonstop, independent of time or place.

Materials

Material written by the teacher can be found at Moodle.

Teaching methods

Course will be implemented as an on-line course with non-stop schedule. Assignments and reporting include: Project plan, work schedule, report and presentation. Seminar presentation of development project results to the teacher.

Employer connections

The student selects a development project related to a technology of their choice and completes the course as hourly project work according to the planned schedule.

Student workload

Development project will be tracked by used hours for the project. 1 ECTS credit equals 27 hours of work. Approximately 135 hours of work.

Assessment criteria, approved/failed

The approved completion of the course requires an independently implemented and documented project. The author(s) document and implement the development project. The student keeps track of the time spent and produces the final report of the project. The results of the project will be presented in an appropriate way (eg final seminar, video presentation).

Qualifications

Basic knowledge of project management, software development and technologies selected for the development project.

Further information

Student will choose a development project to work with.
In the final report and the seminar presentation you will do and present the self-evaluation and the evaluation of the development project.