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We have implemented the following actions: 1. only the lectures from SIT on Group dynamics and Presentation skills - successful 2. develop the student groups based on the student’s educational background - successful 3. framework for selection and training process of both the new and experienced teaching assistants - successful 4. customers apply their proposals for the course. by using NTNU forms - successful 5. The compendium will be more structured - successful

The course is designed around three learning outcomes: <ol><li>Knowledge: To give the students practical experience in executing all phases of large development projects. </li><li>Skills: Ability to organize and carry out large development projects, as well as document and present results to a real customer. </li><li>General competence: Insight into project work and how groups can be used to solve complex software engineering problems.</li></ol>This year we had 11 groups of 6 persons each. Each group had an external customer and an internal supervisor. Each group had obligatory meetings with the supervisor every week, and the group project leaders also have weekly leadership meetings with the lecturers. The course included two plenary lectures and a set of lectures for the group leaders. Both students and customers are vey happy with the results. Evaluation data (attached)<ol><li>minutes of all the meetings with group leaders</li><li>a survey with the 11 group leaders</li></ol> No changes will be implemented for 2024-25, we will consolidate the framework and we will try to tackle the challenges that we will have since we will not be in our building, so we do not know about meeting rooms and other issues.

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Institutt for datateknologi og informatikk

Department of Computer Science

Engelsk

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TDT4140 - Programvareutvikling eller tilsvarende

Faglig innhold

Hver gruppe får en oppgave fra en kunde som skal gjennomføres som et prosjekt. Alle faser ved gjennomføring av et utviklingsprosjekt skal dekkes: forstudie, kravspesifikasjon, konstruksjon, programmering og evaluering. Det er viktig at gruppene har god dialog med kunden. Det skal lages en prosjektrapport og holdes en avsluttende presentasjon og demonstrasjon av et kjørbart program med kunde og sensor til stede. Det er obligatorisk oppmøte til emnets oppstartsmøte som holdes tirsdag i semesterets 2. uke, til gjesteforelesninger og kurset i gruppedynamikk, og til den ukentlige veiledningen. Manglende oppmøte kan medføre at studentene ikke får anledning til å ta emnet.

Kursmateriell

Rapporter fra tidligere år, kompendium og forelesninger.

Læringsutbytte

Kunnskaper: Å gi studentene praktisk erfaring i å gjennomføre alle faser av et større utvikling prosjekt. Ferdigheter: Evne til å organisere og gjennomføre større utviklingsprosjekter, samt til å dokumentere og presentere resultatene til en reell kunde. Generell kompetanse: Innsikt i prosjektarbeid og hvordan grupper kan brukes til å løse komplekse systemutviklingsproblemer.

Læringsformer og aktiviteter

Oppgavene utføres som gruppearbeid med gruppestørrelse på 5-7 studenter pr. gruppe. Hver gruppe har en kunde og en interne veileder. Hver gruppe har obligatorisk veiledning med internveilederen hver uke, og prosjektlederne i gruppene har i tillegg ukentlige ledermøter med faglærerne. I emnet inngår et sett med forelesninger.Kurset er regulert av NTNUs rammeverk for IPRSe https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/opphavsrett+til+studentoppgaverSe https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Standardavtale+mellom+bedrift+og+student

Kundestyrt prosjekt

Teknologiske fag

Datateknologi - masterstudium (5-årig)

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1. Based on the reference group report, only the lectures from SIT on Group dynamics and 
Presentation skills will continue for the next semester whereas the other lectures
- Project Management will not be run.
- Agile we will refer to the course TDT4140.
- IT security we will refer to course TDT4237.
- Technical Writing, we refer to the video taken in 2021.

Letizia has suggested the supervisors (student assistants) to look at the recorded video on
technical writing from the year 2021 and help the respective groups accordingly.

2. We propose to develop the student groups based on the student’s educational background.
Letizia proposed to introduce a form in blackboard to collect the background information of
students before the groups are created. In this way more multidisciplinary groups can be
created.

3. We propose to continue the selection and training process of both the new and experienced
teaching assistants. We will continue working for integrating more male Norwegian master
students to bring diversity to the supervisors group.

4. We will continue to make it easier for the customers to apply their proposals for the course.
by using NTNU forms as last year, 2021. We will continue to organize an online event for the
customers during the call for the proposals in the Spring semester. The aim is to present the
customers with the planning and expectations for the course work. This initiative is part of a
continuing step to make the course more appealing for the customer.

5. The compendium will be more structured and move to overleaf from the MS word document.

6. One PhD student is working in Spring 2022 to implement the actions 1-5 above.

Tiltak

Handlingsplan med tiltak og ansvar for oppfølging med frister:

This year we implemented the following changes, based on the action points from last year (appendix): 1. only lectures from SIT; 2. groups based on educational background;  3. training of assistants;  4. forms for recruiting of customers;  5. compendium on overleaf and more structured.  This year we base our reflections on  <ol><li>Bi-weekly meetings with group leaders (attached) </li><li>Surveys with customers (attached) </li><li>Surveys with group leaders (attached)  </li><li>Informal feedback from customers and students  </li><li>Reflections by the students in the reports  </li></ol>The changes we have made have functioned well. However, attention is needed on the same points as well.  We propose 3 action points for next year <ol><li>Focus on sustainability and inclusion – this is a requirement that comes from NTNU – moreover we want to systematically collect data and evaluate our work in this direction. This will include forms for facilitating sustainability and inclusion work as well a year plan for when to have which meetings and which surveys. One assistant will be responsible. </li><li>Training of assistants will continue as in this year; in addition, we will organize the guidelines for assistants in a compendium.  </li><li>Customers </li><li>The process for recruiting customers will be improved, there will be a physical meeting in the Spring. Customers will be required to click on the survey that they accept NTNU’s rules for IPR and no extra agreements will be made. This to have focus on open source and open innovation and to reduce the burden on students and assistants in the work with agreements that is very difficult and time consuming for such a project. Physical availability versus digital presence should be carefully planned and discussed.  </li><li>Assistants will have a more active role to follow up the customers and have a dialogue with them about what they wrote in the survey (e.g., providing necessary resources) and what is actually happening  </li></ol>

Hver gruppe får en oppgave fra en kunde/oppdragsgiver som skal gjennomføres som et prosjekt. Alle faser ved gjennomføring av et utviklingsprosjekt skal dekkes: forstudie, kravspesifikasjon, konstruksjon, programmering og evaluering, men vekten skal legges på de tidlige fasene. Det er viktig at gruppene har god dialog med kunden. Det skal lages en prosjektrapport og holdes en avsluttende presentasjon og demonstrasjon av et kjørbart program med kunde og sensor til stede. Det er obligatorisk oppmøte til emnets oppstartsmøte som holdes tirsdag i semesterets 2. uke, til gjesteforelesninger og kurset i gruppedynamikk, og til den ukentlige veiledningen. Manglende oppmøte kan medføre at studentene ikke får anledning til å ta emnet.

Oppgavene utføres som gruppearbeid med gruppestørrelse på 5-7 studenter pr. gruppe. Hver gruppe har en kunde og en interne veileder. Gruppene har obligatorisk veiledning med internveilederne hver uke, og prosjektlederne i gruppene har i tillegg ukentlige ledermøter med faglærerne. I emnet inngår et sett med forelesninger.Kurset er regulert av NTNUs rammeverk for IPRSe https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/opphavsrett+til+studentoppgaverSe https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Standardavtale+mellom+bedrift+og+student

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The action points for 2021 were: 1. ﻿Due to the outbreak of Corona in 2020, many new strategies were implemented for thecourse. Most of the guest lectures (5 out of 6) were scheduled for online presentation. These recorded videos can be reused for the students to view at the beginning of the semester. This would be helpful to save both time and resource. We propose that each student would write a small reflection note on how they relate to the guest lectures and make it part of the deliverable. 2. We propose to improve the selection and training process of both the new and experienced teaching assistants. 3. We will plan to make it easier for the customers to apply their proposals for the course. The customers are currently applying their proposal through https://easychair.org/ which is a time-consuming process for busy customers. We propose to switch to a more convenient way to do so by using NTNU forms. We propose to organize an online event for the customers during the call for the proposals in the Spring semester. The aim is to present the customers with the planning and expectations for the course work. This initiative is part of a step to make the course more appealing for the customer. 4. One PhD student is working in Spring 2021 to implement the actions 1-3 above. Action plan with measures and responsibility for follow-up with deadlines: Point 1 has been implemented whereas most of the lectures were done in a hybrid format. Point 2 has been implemented as well by introducing a new training program for the new and experienced supervisors by holding monthly supervisors meeting. During these meetings, the supervisors could share their experience, ask questions to learn and grow together as supervisors for this course. Point 3 has been implemented and customer meeting was organized on 14.04.2021. The customers appreciated the effort for such pre-involvement workshop andThe customers appreciated the effort for such pre-involvement workshop and the form has successfully implemented for submitting project proposals – this is https://sbs.idi.ntnu.no/tdt4290. Point 4 has been implemented as well where a PhD student was coordinating for the implementation of above planned activities.

Emnerapportens datagrunnlag (hvilke data er lagt til grunn for vurderingen, f.eks. referat fra referansegruppemøter, spørreundersøkelser og karakterer): - Monthly meetings with the project leaders of all 14 student groups. - Monthly meetings with the all the supervisors. - This year for first time we run surveys with students (1) and with customers (2). - Weekly supervision meetings between each student group and their allocated supervisor. - There are 10 supervisors consisting of pf professors, Phd students, and researchers for this semester. Regular coordination meetings are scheduled between all supervisors during the semester. The new training program for the new and experienced supervisors is implemented by monthly supervisors meeting. Emneansvarlig’s vurdering av kvaliteten i emnet: The course is rated as one of the most important and educating courses at IDI, as also confirmed by the reference group report attached to this report. It is a demanding course to give, since it involves 14 external companies, 10 supervisors and tasks that are at times very challenging to students. The results are impressive, the customers are very pleased, and the students report that they learn so much in a practical and realistic project course like this.

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TDT4140 Software Engineering eller tilsvarende

Rapporter fra tidligere år og forelesninger.

Oppgavene utføres som gruppearbeid med gruppestørrelse på 5-7 studenter pr. gruppe. Hver gruppe har en kunde og en interne veileder. Gruppene har obligatorisk veiledning med internveilederne hver uke, og prosjektlederne i gruppene har i tillegg ukentlige ledermøter med faglærerne. I emnet inngår et sett med forelesninger.

Kunnskaper: Å gi studentene praktisk erfaring i å gjennomføre alle faser av et større utvikling prosjekt. Ferdigheter: Evne til å organisere og gjennomføre større utviklingsprosjekter, samt til å dokumentere og presentere resultatene til en reell kunde. Generell kompetanse: Innsikt i prosjektarbeid og hvordan grupper kan brukes til å løse komplekse, datatekniske problemer.

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Knowledge: To give the students practical experience in executing all phases of large software development projects. Skills: Ability to organize and carry out large development projects, as well as document and present results to a realistic client. General competence: Insight into project work and how groups can be used to solve complex computer science problems.

The course is rated as one of the most important and educating courses at IDI, as alsoconfirmed by the reference group report attached to this report. The teacher Jaccheri is active research in the theme of software engineering education and tries to link the course to the recent International trends. The teacher communicates the course in a kick off meeting. Moreover: - Bi-weekly meetings with the project leaders of all 17 student groups.- Weekly supervision meetings between each student group and their allocated supervisor.- Coordination meeting between all supervisors of course. The supervisors are connected through slack for discussing various project related issues.

It is a demanding course to give, since it involves 14 external companies, a number of supervisors and tasks that are at times very challenging to students. The results are good, the customers are pleased, and the students report that they learn so much in a practical and realistic project course like this. Due to the outbreak of Corona in 2020, many new strategies were implemented for the course. Most of the guest lectures (5 out of 6) were scheduled for online presentation. These recorded videos can be reused for the students to view at the beginning of the semester. This would be helpful to save both time and resource. We propose to improve the selection and training process of the new teaching assistants. We will plan to make it easier for the customers to apply their proposals for the course. The customers are currently applying their proposal through https://easychair.org/which is a time-consuming process for busy customers. We propose to switch to a more convenient way to do so by using forms (than https://easychair.org/We propose to organize an online event for the customers during the call for the proposals for the upcoming semester. The aim is to present the customers with the planning and expectations for the course work. This initiative is part of a step to make the course more appealing for the customer. One PhD student is working in Spring 2021 to implement the actions above

The project reports are evaluated by external evaluators who produce a page of text according to criteria specified by the teacher. The teacher is responsible to coordinate the evaluators.

Kunnskaper: Å gi studentene praktisk erfaring i å gjennomføre alle faser av et større utvikling prosjekt.

Ferdigheter:  Evne til å organisere og gjennomføre større utviklingsprosjekter, samt til å dokumentere og presentere resultatene til en reell kunde.

Generell kompetanse: Innsikt i prosjektarbeid og hvordan grupper kan brukes til å løse komplekse, datatekniske problemer.

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Kundestyrt prosjekt - TDT4290