COMP3100/COMP3500/COMP4500 - SE_Projects

Project Reviews : 45%

During the year, each team will participate in three Project Reviews. Each review will be conducted during a 1.5 hour meeting attended by the project team, academics (including the course examiners and others) and client representatives. The aim of these reviews is to convince clients and academics that the project is on track to deliver value to the client by the end of the project and should therefore be continued into the next reporting period. Reviews take place at roughly seven week intervals and will comprise the following components:

• Submission of a progress report to your client, mentor and the course examiners at least 48 hours prior to the review.
  
• 15 mins: Setup. The team will ensure that all computers, software and data are ready for the review.
• 15 mins: Team Leader Presentation. Team leaders will provide an overview of what was planned for the term, what was achieved, what was not achieved (and why), the major activities undertaken by each team member and objectives for the next stage of the project (as detailed in the progress report).
• 60 mins: Questioning. Academics and clients will question the team about all aspects of the project to date. In the case of COMP4500 students, the focus will be on project management. For COMP3100/3500 students, the focus will be on technical aspects of the project.

  Teams will be required to have on-line or local access to all project artefacts including documents, source code, repository and other logs, running software, web sites and specialised hardware. During the review, team members will be expected to quickly locate and display requested information. They must be able to demonstrate any running code.

Notethat Project Reviews will not be a simple presentation and a few questions. They will act as a form of examination, and as such, questioning of EVERY team member will be thorough.

Assessment

The course examiners and team mentors will use these project reviews to assess the state of each project and award a team mark that reflects project progress. A mark for each individual student will then be determined by adjusting the team mark (up or down) depending on the student's contribution. This contribution will be determined by considering student performance during the review, observations made by mentors during mentor meetings, attendance at and participation in lectures, and peer assessments.

Week	Assessment Item	Marks
Semester One
Week 8 23-27 April	Project Review 1	15
Semester Two
Week 1 23-27 July	Project Review 2 Details as per Project Review1.	15
Week 8 24-28 September	Project Review 3 Details as per Project Review 1.	15