Introduction to ICT Projects (10 cr)

Evaluation scale

H-5

Content scheduling

This course provides students with an understanding how to be a team member in customer projects in ICT field as well as substance knowledge of different ICT field -related topics.

Students will collaborate in teams to undertake ICT field project work on customer projects.

Engaging in the customer projects develop students’ working life skills (for example, such as team working, communication, time management, professional attitude and taking responsibility) and problem solving skills.

Project teams are usually international and the official communication language is usually English. This develops students’ ability to multicultural communication and collaboration.

Objective

After completing the course the student can:
Work as a team member and/or project manager in an ICT project.
Customer communication.
Substance knowledge on ICT field.
Work-life skills and soft skills including team work, communication, communication in English, time management, professional attitude and self-management skills.

Content

Project work in an international project team in ICT projects.
Substance knowledge of different ICT field -related topics.
Working life skills (team working, communication, time management, professional attitude and taking responsibility) and problem-solving skills.

Materials

- Various internet sources, links & descriptions online
- Lecture slides
- theFIRMA's and course's itslearning

Teaching methods

Theory part consists of lectures, independent work, and group work.
In project, the student works together with the project team mainly onsite.

Exam schedules

No exam

To successfully pass the course, students must achieve passing grade in both the assignments and the project work components.

If a student does not pass the course, they are required to re-enroll and participate in the course during the next available offering, typically the following academic year.

Pedagogic approaches and sustainable development

Practical assignments and reports
Project work
Self-study

Completion alternatives

Project work part can be done in a company, if student has a ICT-related job. This has to be agreed separately with responsible teacher.

Student workload

This course is in total 10 ECTS: 10 x 27h = 270 hours of work.
The course will run during the autumn semester 2024.

To pass the course, the student must submit the required assignments on time. Moreover, there are also assignments that are done together during the lecture.

The theory part of the course consists of lectures and activities during the lecture(13x3h), assignments and self-study (136 hours), small group meetings (in total of 5 hours), and theFirma information sessions (in total of 9 hours).
Additionally the student is expected to participate in 4 guest lectures and write a report about them (27 hours)

The practical part of the course consists of 81 hours of project work
Majority of project work is done on-site.
For the project managers working in theFirma projects, there is obligatory weekly meeting that they are expected to participate. For other project members, the weekly meeting is voluntary.

Weekly working hours are 20.8 hours/week.

Evaluation methods and criteria

The course consists of two parts, the theory part and the project work part.

The theory part includes 6 assignments:
- Two of the assignments are assessed by pass/fail scale, meaning that a pass equals 10 points and a fail equals 0 points.
- Four of the assignments the assessments is evaluated with 0-30 points.
Thus, the maximum number of points from the assignments are 140.
Late submission for the assignments will reduce the points by 50%.

In addition, the course includes guest lectures of which the student is required to write a report. The report is evaluated with the scale 0 – 30 points.

The presence in the theory lectures and small group meetings are marked down. The first and last lectures give the student 2 points, other lectures, small group meetings and theFirma information sessions are worth 1 point. In total, there are 30 points from presence.

Altogether these will give the students the maximum of 200 points. These points are evaluated in the following way:
Fail: 0-59 points — Fail
grade 1: 60 – 89 points
grade 2: 90 – 119 points
grade 3: 120 – 149 points
grade 4: 150 – 179 points
grade 5: 180 – 200 points.

Project work:
The students are required to work in the project a total of 81 hours.
- One working hour equals 1 point.
- Participating in one Tech Club session equals 2 points.
- Hosting one Tech Club session equals 5 points (this includes the time spent on planning the content and presenting).

The formative assessment of students' performance in the projects is based on self and peer assessment, customer’s feedback (if available) and project manager’s feedback.
All the required hours done equals to 81 points, every missing 15 hours means one grade point reduction of the grade student has received from the evaluation.

The final grade of the course is weighted average:
- Assignments, presence and the guest lecture report 70%
- Project work (evaluation based on self- and peer assessment) and project hours 30%

Accepted grade cannot be raised.

Failed (0)

Less than 60 points from the theory part and project working hours not completed.

No show, not carrying out responsibilities, disappearing from team work, lack of communication with other team members.

Student has to pass assignments and project work to complete the course.

Assessment criteria, satisfactory (1-2)

Grade 1: under 90 points from the theory part and completing project work hours.
Grade 2: under 120 points from the theory part and completing project work hours.

Poor, but satisfactory performance both in independent work and team work. Low participation on lectures and other activities.

Student has to pass assignments and project work to complete the course.

Assessment criteria, good (3-4)

Grade 3: under 150 points from the theory part and completing project work hours.
Grade 4: under 180 points from the theory part and completing project work hours.

Good performance both in team work and independent work. Active participation on lectures and other activities.

Student has to pass assignments and project work to complete the course.

Assessment criteria, excellent (5)

Grade 5: 180 - 200 points from from the theory part and completing project work hours.

Excellent performance both in team work and independent work. Active participation on lectures and other activities.

Student has to pass assignments and project work to complete the course.

Further information

the course's and theFIRMA itslearning and Microsoft Teams