SMD125 Di Project Course
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| 01-10-22 02-03-12 02-03-17 |
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| Examiner: | David Carr | email: david@sm.luth.se |
| Instructor: | Peter Lestander | email: Peter.Lestander@cdt.luth.se |
| Course Composition: | 2 Recitations, 5 Milestone Report Seminars (attendance mandatory), and a Final Report Seminar (attendance mandatory). A syllabus is available. | Course Schedule: | Period 2 |
| Grading: | U, G, or VG based on work in a Group Project. |
The purpose of this course is to give experience with working in a group on a project. Students will be divided into groups of about 5 and will work on a project together.
During "läsperiod" 2, the groups will work primarily on project definition. Students will start from a short description of the project and produce a requirements specification plus a workplan. The work plan will include manpower planning, deliverables, and further milestones. During läsperiod 3, most of the actual work will be performed.
The class will meet about every other week. At this time each group will present an oral progress report and turn in a written progress report. At the same time milestone deliverables will be due. Oral reports will differ from the traditional in class report in that one group member will present the report in its entirety. Each group member will present at least one report.
The official language of the course is Swedish with English as an optional language. This means that all reports and presentations should be in Swedish. However, if the authors or presenters are more comfortable in English, they may use that instead.
Project information is found on the
Projects page and a preliminary class syllabus can be found below.| Date | Type | Contents |
|---|---|---|
| 01-10-30 | R | Introduction to the course & projects. |
| 01-11-06 | R | Project specification, planning, & setting milestones. |
| 01-11-21 | S | Project Plans. Milestones: Project description, preliminary workplan, preliminary milestone description. |
| 01-12-05 | S | Research Reports. Milestone: Background research report. |
| 02-01-16 | S | Status Report. Milestones: Project dependent. |
| 02-01-31 | S | Status Report. Milestones: Project dependent. |
| 02-02-11 | S | Status Report. Milestones: Project dependent. |
| 02-03-01 | S | Final Report. Milestones: Final report & final deliverables. |
| R | Recitation (lektion) |
| S | Seminar, attendance mandatory. |
The course will be graded on a U, G, VG scale. The group project will dominate the grade. Groups which do a well above average job will get VG. Those that do well below average a U. Individuals will also be able to affect their grade somewhat. Those that stand out as above average will have a chance to increase their grade, especially if the group is on the borderline. Similarly, those who do an unusually poor job may receive a grade lower than their group.
Evaluation will be based on the quality of reports and presentations, as well as the results achieved.