- 2011
View content for printing (opens a new page)EEEN40035 - Team Project
Availability - Course (Compulsory/Elective)
Requisites
| Pre Requisites | |
| Satisfactory completion of the sixth semester of one of the degree programmes of which this module forms part. | |
Aims
The unit aims to:
Expose students to team working in the context of a substantial technical project
Brief Description
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE UNIT
The team projects are intended to create an environment in which students exercise and develop professional engineering skills - both technical and managerial. Emphasis is placed on the development of project management, planning, design and implementation skills. The design and implementation skills required will cover hardware and software aspects across the broad spectrum of Electrical and Electronic Engineering activities. Project assessment is based on performance against objectives and achievement of goals - these are measured by the quality of the project deliverables. The style and challenges for the projects will vary but one aspect will remain constant; namely, the theme of a team working closely together to achieve a common objective. These terms of reference are open to wide interpretation and, in theory, the objective may cover the spectrum from being largely of a research nature, evaluating novel techniques or components, through the development stages of a prototype system, up to the production of an actual product. The scope of each project and the final deliverables may vary but all projects have a common assessment scheme and timetable.
Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding
- This will depend on the nature of each project
Intellectual skills
- This will depend on the nature of each project but typically includes hardware and software design of analogue and digital electronic systems
Practical skills
- Use project planning software
- Appreciate team building issues
- Develop a website
- Develop other skills dependent on the nature of each project but typically includes implementation and testing of analogue and digital electronic systems
Transferable skills and personal qualities
- Project management
- Team working
- Communication skills
- Preparation of documentation
- Presentation skills
Teaching & Learning Process (Hours Allocated To)
Lectures |
Tutorials/Example Classes |
Practical Work/Laboratory |
Private Study |
Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 50 | 300 | 250 | 600 |
Assessments
Interim Report
A word-processed report as defined by the Team Project Handbook
Report length (N * 6) + 14 pages maximum ("N" is the number of students)
Submitted by Monday, Week 10, Semester 1.
Assessed by project supervisors.
The Interim Team Report forms 15% of the unit assessment.
Presentation
A presentation by members of the project team as defined by the Team Project Handbook.
Duration approximately 45 minutes.
The Team Presentation is on Friday, Week 15, Semester 1.
Assessed by project supervisors.
The Team Presentation forms 10% of the unit assessment.
Final Report
A word-processed report as defined by the Project Handbook.
Report length 100 pages maximum.
Submitted by Friday, Week 15, Semester 2.
Assessed by supervisors of other teams.
The Final Team Report forms 35% of the unit assessment.
Demonstration
A demonstration of the project by members of the project team as defined by the Team Project Handbook.
Duration approximately 45 minutes.
The Project Demonstration is on Friday, Week 16, Semester 2.
Assessed by project supervisors.
The Project Demonstration forms 15% of the unit assessment.
Individual Management
An Individual Management Mark is awarded as defined by the Team Project Handbook.
The mark is allocated by continual assessment.
Project supervisors assess their own team.
The Individual Management Mark forms 25% of the unit assessment.
Individual Assessment
Individual Marks are awarded as defined by the Team Project Handbook.
This is informed by the student self assessment spreadsheet.
Project supervisors assess their own team.
Staff Involved
| Prof Trevor York | - | Lecturer |