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Each project represents approximately 140 person-days of effort, and it is important to set the scope of the project accordingly. All project proposals are reviewed by academic staff to check that the scope of the project is not too ambitious for the amount of time available. The project accounts for a third of the students' study during the trimester, and they will be required to attend classes for their other two modules.
In the ideal scenario, student group projects are a win-win proposition: the students gain some valuable experience and the client benefits from a successful delivery. Projects should not be critical to the client's business since the inexperience of the majority of students when it comes to working in a professional context represents a heightened risk to the project. The best type of project is therefore one which is a low priority to the client, possibly part of a speculative development which would otherwise struggle to attract internal resources and approval.
Clients are not expected to provide supervision of the team's daily work unless they particularly want to do so. Supervision is handled internally by academic staff. The client will need to meet with the project team at least three times over the course of the project in order to clarify the requirements at the outset, to check on progress approximately half-way through, and to take delivery of the results at the end. If the project is popular and several teams bid to take it on, then there may be a further requirement to meet some or all of the teams in advance in order to select the preferred group. Any meetings outwith this schedule are at the discretion of the client.
The students' effort is entirely free of charge to the client and no payment is required to the University either. The only material input required from the client is sufficient staff time to cover the minimal series of meetings, and any specialist hardware or software needed to complete the project. All such resources are returned to the client on completion of the project (where possible) unless otherwise agreed.
The client retains the intellectual property rights to the work completed by the team, although the usual arrangement grants the University and the students the right to use the results for teaching or personal purposes. The detail of any more specific agreement is open to negotiation.
No. We assume that the majority of the work will be done on University premises. However, some projects may require access to resources which are only available at the client site and some clients may prefer the students to work at their offices. In those cases, clients are recommended to make their requirements clear in the project brief. Students can then take that into account when forming teams so that they can work around their classes for the other two modules they will be doing.
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