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TERM PROJECT

I. PROJECT PURPOSE

The project is designed to give you an in-depth teamwork experience with an information technology, application, product, service, trend or a related topic. The requirement is to prepare a 24-25 pages technical paper and a 24-25 minutes PowerPoint-like presentation, to be given to the class, on any information technology topic related to this course. The technical paper and presentation should reflect the problem, the context, the current best practice, the architecture, and the state of art in information technology.

II. PROJECT FORMAT

Teams of five students are to be formed. Each team will jointly define its project. While each project should be an integrated team effort, i.e. there is a single deliverable; you should identify both in your project proposal and final report what part of the project each team member is responsible for.

Note:

This is a course in a business school and the project subject matter should be business oriented and presented in acceptable management format, i.e., you are presenting the final project to your boss.

III. PROJECT MANAGEMENT

To ensure the quality and progress of the team work, each team need to do at least the following:

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Elect a team leader and clearly define the role and responsibility of all team members. Create a milestone/schedule for the project.

Create a form to record all the meetings held (e.g., time, date, and place of meeting, member presented, agenda discussed, etc.). These forms will be included as the appendix of the final report.

Team peer evaluation will be conducted at the end of the semester. The results from peer evaluation will be used to assess the contributions of each member.

PROJECT OUTCOMES

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Project Proposal

 A one-page project proposal in Word format outlining the project needs to be submitted to the instructor no later than January 27 (Wednesday), 2016. The proposal should at least cover the following information: team organization, a brief introduction of the specific topic on which you are going to work, and tentative milestone/schedule of the project.

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Project Presentation

 In the last three sessions of the quarter, each team will deliver a 24-25 minutes presentation on the project, using PowerPoint and/or other presentation tools. Team participation is required.

Final Report

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 The final written report should be submitted to the instructor on March 21 (Monday), 2016. The report should be professionally written in Word format and in APA style with about 24-25 double-spaced pages. A cover page is required.

PROJECT GRADING POLICY

The final score for the project will be calculated based on the following grading policy:

 Project Proposal: 10%

 In-class Presentation: 40%

 Final Written Report: 50%

The term project and presentation will count as 25% of the total grade.