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MODULE TITLE	Group Development Project	CREDIT VALUE	30
MODULE CODE	ECMM427	MODULE CONVENER	Dr Majeed Soufian (Coordinator), Prof Achim D. Brucker

DURATION: TERM	1	2	3
DURATION: WEEKS	12	12	0

Number of Students Taking Module (anticipated)	15

DESCRIPTION - summary of the module content

This module provides an opportunity for you to undertake a software development project for an external “customer”. The project will be large enough that you will have to work in teams, and varied enough that you will have to develop separate pieces of the project according to your interests and abilities. As well as applying and enhancing your existing Computer Science skills, you will have to demonstrate knowledge of the customer’s motivations, practices and constraints, and contextualise this within the legal and ethical framework of the profession.

AIMS - intentions of the module

The aim of this module is to give you experience of developing software for a customer who has a good understanding of their own domain, but not such a good one of yours (Computer Science). It will give you an opportunity to apply knowledge and skills gained from taught modules and independent learning to a real computing problem, working as part of a team in a professional way. You will have to interpret and negotiate customer requirements, to produce creative and imaginative solutions that meet these requirements, and to listen to and act on customer criticisms of your solutions.

INTENDED LEARNING OUTCOMES (ILOs) (see assessment section below for how ILOs will be assessed)

On successful completion of this module you should be able to:

Module Specific Skills and Knowledge

1. Capture requirements from an external “customer” from outside the Discipline of Computer Science
2. Negotiate and manage expectations with an external “customer” and with other team members

3. Acquire knowledge of how data is collected, stored and processed in a “customer” domain

4. Apply practical and analytical skills to a “customer” domain, developing new skills as necessary

Discipline Specific Skills and Knowledge

5. Apply the principles and practices of supporting disciplines
6. Choose and use an appropriate development process

7. Make a general evaluation of scientific risk

8. Work as a member of a development team, participating in self-evaluation and peer review

Personal and Key Transferable / Employment Skills and Knowledge

9. Understand and participate in the legal, social, ethical and professional framework
10. Develop a systematic understanding and knowledge of a new domain

11. Tackle a significant technical problem

SYLLABUS PLAN - summary of the structure and academic content of the module

Overall, the module follows the steps of an agile software development project from requirements gathering to handover of the developed prototype to the client. The students will have weekly meetings with the academic supervisor, which will be joint fortnightly be the client.

The first term focuses on gathering the requirements, the system design and the implementation of a first prototype. In term two, the prototype will be revised and extended and the handover to the client will be prepared.

LEARNING AND TEACHING

LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS (given in hours of study time)

Scheduled Learning & Teaching Activities	25.00	Guided Independent Study	275.00	Placement / Study Abroad	0.00

DETAILS OF LEARNING ACTIVITIES AND TEACHING METHODS

Category	Hours of study time	Description
Scheduled teaching and learning activities	2	Introduction to problem domain
Scheduled teaching and learning activities	20	Weekly project review meetings
Scheduled teaching and learning activities	3	Group project presentations
Guided independent study	275	Independent study

ASSESSMENT

FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT - for feedback and development purposes; does not count towards module grade

Form of Assessment	Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length)	ILOs Assessed	Feedback Method
None

SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT (% of credit)

Coursework	90	Written Exams	0	Practical Exams	10

DETAILS OF SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT

Form of Assessment	% of Credit	Size of Assessment (e.g. duration/length)	ILOs Assessed	Feedback Method
Coursework – Project Kick-Off Report	20	Ca. 10	1,2,3,4,7,9,11	Written
Coursework – Prototype Report and Demonstration	20	Ca. 10 pages + 15 minutes	3,4,5,6,7,8,11	Verbal, Written
Coursework – Project Handover	50	Short report and well documented project repository/source code	3,4,5,6,7,8,11	Written
Practical - Presentation and Demonstration	10	20 minutes	All	Verbal, Written

DETAILS OF RE-ASSESSMENT (where required by referral or deferral)

Original Form of Assessment	Form of Re-assessment	ILOs Re-assessed	Time Scale for Re-assessment
All above	Coursework (100%)	All	Completed over Summer, with deadline in August

RE-ASSESSMENT NOTES

Reassessment will be by a single piece of Coursework. For referred candidates, the mark will be capped at 50%. For deferred candidates, the mark will be uncapped.

RESOURCES

INDICATIVE LEARNING RESOURCES - The following list is offered as an indication of the type & level of
information that you are expected to consult. Further guidance will be provided by the Module Convener

Basic reading:

ELE: http://vle.exeter.ac.uk/

Web based and Electronic Resources:

Other Resources:

Reading list for this module:

There are currently no reading list entries found for this module.

CREDIT VALUE	30	ECTS VALUE	15

PRE-REQUISITE MODULES	None
CO-REQUISITE MODULES	None

NQF LEVEL (FHEQ)	7	AVAILABLE AS DISTANCE LEARNING	No
ORIGIN DATE	Tuesday 10 July 2018	LAST REVISION DATE	Wednesday 18 January 2023

KEY WORDS SEARCH	Group development project

ECMM427 - Group Development Project (2023)