PMO 303

Week 1: getting started

Today…• About PMO303

• Planning the next 12 weeks

• Meet with supervisors

ABOUT PMO 303

Project Part B

• continuing your individual

project investigating in

depth an aspect of

information technology

Plan what happens next…

in semester 2 you will....

plan

Meet regularly with your supervisor

in semester 2 you will....

meet regularly with supervisor

implement your project

in semester 2 you will....plan

implement your project

Present your completed project to a discipline & industry audience

in semester 2 you will....

meet regularly with supervisor

plan

Unit outcomes

• identify, frame and investigate a project in your area of speciality

• research, organise and evaluate electronic resources and information on related problems

• formulate methods for solving the problem

• plan, design & develop/implement a solution where appropriate

Unit outcomes

• critically examine and evaluate findings

• communicate conclusions & solutions effectively and professionally

• work independently and with others (where appropriate) to achieve identified outcomes

internal attendance/contact

• 9am – 10am Mondays – compulsory

• 10 - 11 • meetings with supervisors

[hopefully]

external attendance/contact

• weekly posts in your project journal

• negotiated with your supervisor

• needs to be (at the minimum) once a week

Project skills & processes....

• Focus of the 1 hour sessions

• Technical report writing skillshow to write about methodologywriting abstracts/executive summarieswhat to do with code

• Professional presentation skills

Assessment

Item Value Deliverables Due Date

Project Journals 10% Use template in

LL

Weekly Wednesday COB

Draft Project Report 25% 10 pages approx Friday Week 7

ProjectPresentation 25%

1 min oral1 slide1 poster

Week 12

Final report [+ solution where appropriate]

40% Finalised projectNo more than 30 pages.

Week 13

Questions

WHAT NEXT?

Tell us….

• What was your plan at the end

of semester 1?

• What have you done since

then?

• What are your first 3 priorities

this semester?

Share…

1.plan

2.progress

3.first 3 priorities

Any questions

Help your peers clarify

their thinking by asking

detailed questions

All questions are good

questions

Update your plan

• review your plan for Sem 2

• update based on feedback

• confirm with supervisor

• complete – end of Wk 1

PROJECT JOURNAL & SUPERVISOR MEETINGS

Project journal

1. Work completed– progress since last meeting

2. What’s going well and why?

3. What’s not going well and why?

4. Meeting/ discussion points

5. Plan for next week

Just like semester 1

Meeting with supervisors

• You are expected to meet with your supervisor weekly

• Before the start of each class, complete the project journal

• Project diaries are a component of your assessment for this semester

• This is required preparation for each meeting.– No diary entry = no supervisor meeting

(internal or external)

Questions

Over to you…..

• Update your project plan

• Begin organising resources needed for your project

• Get going

Next Week

• Project writing

• Structure of the final report • [or what can I use that I have done

already?]

• Progress update