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| - | ====== Software Engineering Project | + | ====== Software Engineering Project ====== |
| - | This page contains details | + | This is the main page for information about the 40 credit two-term final year module |
| - | * Team report (requirements specification and project plan) in week 8, first semester, worth 15% of the total module mark. | + | |
| - | * Presentation to include demonstration of system in week 8, second semester, woth 10% of the total module | + | |
| - | * Final report of up to 25,000 words and viva due at the end of the second semester, worth 75% of the total module mark. | + | |
| - | Below are some guides to help you preparing these deliverables and submitting the reports on PATS. These are still under development, | + | Below are some guides to help you preparing these deliverables and submitting the reports on PATS. These are still under development, |
| - | ==== Viva Exam ==== | + | ===== Project Selection ===== |
| - | The viva exam for your Final Year Project will be timetabled any time in the University' | + | At the beginning |
| - | Note, that not attending your viva exam will result in you failing the module (unless you have extenuating circumstances in which case the viva exam will be rescheduled). | + | * [[Project Proposals]]: |
| + | * [[Project Supervision]]: | ||
| + | * [[Supervisors]]: | ||
| - | Note to supervisors | + | For software engineering team projects special arrangements apply and you will be notified by e-mail on these. We will arrange a meeting with you to discuss which project each team will be taking on. |
| + | ===== Deliverables ===== | ||
| - | ====== Project | + | This is an overview of the expected deliverables and related tasks you have to execute for your project. Details on these deliverables and tasks are available on the linked pages. You also find the required deliverables with their submission deadlines under your PATS project details. |
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| + | * [[Team Report]]: You must submit a team report on the requirements specification and project plan in the first semester(by end of week 8 of the first semester, at most 5,000 words per team member, worth 15%). | ||
| + | * [[Team Presentation]]: | ||
| + | * [[Individual Report]]: | ||
| + | * [[Project Viva]]: A project viva will take place after the exams for every final year project. | ||
| + | * [[Project Publication]]: | ||
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| + | For information about how to submit a report via PATS please see the [[Submission Guide]]. Note that in order to get an extension to the submission deadline the general coursework submission extension guidelines apply. | ||
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| + | ===== Guides ===== | ||
| These guides are meant to help you produce good final year project reports. A good report is one that presents your project work concisely and effectively. It should contain various materials relevant to the work you have undertaken in respect of your project; it should be organised into a logical framework; and it should be supported by written material that follows well-established academic conventions in a consistent fashion. | These guides are meant to help you produce good final year project reports. A good report is one that presents your project work concisely and effectively. It should contain various materials relevant to the work you have undertaken in respect of your project; it should be organised into a logical framework; and it should be supported by written material that follows well-established academic conventions in a consistent fashion. | ||
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| Your project supervisor will guide you on what it is reasonable to expect a project in your chosen topic to deliver. However, all projects are required to justify all decisions made at every stage of research and the development of appropriate deliverables, | Your project supervisor will guide you on what it is reasonable to expect a project in your chosen topic to deliver. However, all projects are required to justify all decisions made at every stage of research and the development of appropriate deliverables, | ||
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| - | * [[Project Viva]]: A project viva will take place after the exams for every final year project. | ||
| - | * [[project_publication|Project Publication]]: | ||
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| - | ===== Project Writing Guide ===== | ||
| * General guides for writing reports: | * General guides for writing reports: | ||
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| * [[Supporting Material]] | * [[Supporting Material]] | ||
| * [[Main Recommendations]] | * [[Main Recommendations]] | ||
| - | * [[Typesetting Rules]]: follow these rules to typeset your interim and final report. | + | * [[Typesetting Rules]]: follow these rules to typeset your final report. |
| * [[Sources for Further Guidance]]: a collection of useful references. | * [[Sources for Further Guidance]]: a collection of useful references. | ||
| - | ===== Technical Guides ===== | + | Further information on how to use PATS, prepare the various deliverables in a suitable format and related technical issues are available in these guides: |
| - | Please find further information below on how to use PATS, prepare | + | * [[Submission Guide]]: General instructions |
| - | various deliverables in a suitable format and related technical | + | * [[PDF Guide]]: Instructions on how to generate PDF files. |
| - | issues. | + | |
| - | * [[Submission Guide]]: General instructions on how to submit the reports and plans for your final year project via PATS. | + | ===== Project Coordinator ===== |
| - | * [[PDF Guide]]: Instructions on how to create PDF files required for all submissions via PATS. | + | |
| - | * [[Checksums]]: | + | |
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| - | ====== Project Coordinator | + | |
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