Computer Science Project Work: Principles and Pragmatics Book

	Preface
1	Composite Case Studies	13
1.1	Final-year Individual Project	14
1.2	Second-year Group Project	18
1.3	Taught M.Sc. Project	24
1.4	Project with Handover (a.k.a. 'Software Hut')	29
1.5	Research-type Project	34
1.6	Design-and-Build Project	38
1.7	Project with Industrial Involvement	42
1.8	Project with a Client	47
1.9	Process-based Project	53
1.10	Integrative or "Capstone" Project	57
1.11	The Professional Bodies' View	61
2	Mechanisms	67
2.1	Allocation of Topics to Students (or Teams of Students)	68
2.2	Allocation of Students (or Teams) to Supervisors	74
2.3	Allocation of Students to Teams for Group Projects	79
2.4	Supervisor's Roles	83
2.5	Meeting Composition: Attendance and Focus	88
2.6	Time for Meetings	91
2.7	Roles in Groups	94
2.8	Motivation	96
2.9(i)	Nature of Assessment	100
2.9(ii)	Group Assessment	102
2.9(iii)	Basis of Assessment: Deliverables	104
2.9(iv)	Assessment: Who Marks?	107
2.10	Marking Schemes	112
2.11	Overseeing, Moderation and Quality Assurance (QA)	118
2.12	Staff Deployment	121
3	Specific Case Studies	125
3.1	Large-scale Group Project (University of York, UK)	127
3.2	Project Managed by Negotiation (University of Teesside, UK)	132
3.3	Creating a Real Company (University of Sheffield, UK)	138
3.4	Third Year Students Supervising First Year Groups (University of Leeds, UK)	143
3.5	Emphasis on Personal Transferable Skills (University of Exeter, UK)	148
3.6	International Group Project (Uppsala University, Sweden and Grand Valley State University, US)	155
3.7	Computing History Projects (Metropolitan State College of Denver, US)	160
4	Allocation	179
4.1	Me and My Shadow	184
4.2	"I'd Like To Do That"	186
4.3	Project Sabbaticals	188
4.4	Dynamic Matchmaking	189
4.5	Musical Chairs	191
4.6	Horses for Courses	192
4.7	Job Application	193
5	Supervision	195
5.1	Characterising Supervisor Input	200
5.2	Loosely Coordinated Groups	202
5.3	The Help They've Had along the Way	204
5.4	The Supervisor's Eyes and Ears	206
5.5	Looking for the Early Wobble	207
6	Assessment	209
6.1	Use Peer Assessment	213
6.2	Assessment Walkthrough	214
6.3	Increase the Granularity	215
6.4	"Authentic" Assessment Criteria	216
6.5	What Is a "Report" Anyway?	217
6.6	Assess the Fact that They Did It	218
6.7	Three Wise Monkeys	219
6.8	Assessing Something Is Not the Same as Measuring Something	220
6.9	Never Make a Choice Without a Reason	222
6.10	Phased Assessment (End-of-level Guardian)	223
7	Reflection	225
7.1	Throw the Driver Under the Bus	228
7.2	Mid-project Report	229
7.3	Coordinated Supervision	230
7.4	Project Log	231
7.5	Sooner Rather than Later	232
7.6	"Follow That Plan"	233
7.7	Cherish It	234
7.8	"I Thought that ..."	235
7.9	Last Year's Punters	236
7.10	"If I Had My Time Again"	237
8	Team/Group Projects	239
8.1	Managing Staff Input	244
8.2	Fair Allocation	245
8.3	Maximal Allocation	246
8.4	Battle-scarred Veteran	247
8.5	Red Card/Yellow Card	248
8.6	Moderation Using Student Input	249
8.7	Quick Off the Mark	252
9	Motivation	253
9.1	Going Solo	257
9.2	Well, They Managed	258
9.3	You've Done It Before	259
9.4	This Is for Real	260
9.5	Get to Know Them	261
9.6	Here's One I Prepared Earlier	262
	Coda	263
	Index	265