Course content

Each group is given a task from a customer that is to be carried out as a project. All phases of a development project are to be covered: Preliminary studies, requirements specification, design, implementation, and evaluation. It is important that the groups work in close collaboration with the client. The groups will hand in a project report and give a final presentation and demonstration of a runnable system to the customer and the sensor. The following days are obligatory: the starting day of the course which is in the semester's second week, the guest lectures and the course in group dynamics, and the weekly supervision. A failure to meet on these days may prevent the student from completing the course.

Learning outcome

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

Learning methods and activities

The tasks are carried out as group work with groups of 5-7 persons. Each group has an external customer and an internal supervisor. Each group has obligatory meetings with the supervisor every week, and the group project leaders also have weekly leadership meetings with the lecturers. The course includes a series of lectures.

The course is regulated by NTNU framework for IPR

See https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/opphavsrett+til+studentoppgaver

See https://innsida.ntnu.no/wiki/-/wiki/Norsk/Standardavtale+mellom+bedrift+og+student

Recommended previous knowledge

Accepted to the 4th year of the computer science program.

TDT4140 Software Engineering or equivalent.

Course materials

Reports from previous years, compendium, and lectures.

Credit reductions