Description

Theory
0.5

Theory/Practice
1.5

Laboratory
3

Instructors

Carlos Ferreira

Contents

1. Personal Skills and Working Methods Module (30%)
a) Personal skills and the relevance of a structured work method:
- Case studies
- Individual work plan
- Teamwork: dynamics and strategies
b) Introduction to SCRUM framework in informatics engineering projects:
- Definition, phases, and approaches
- Instruments for collaborative project management
c) Reporting (report writing):
- Structure and layout
- Research, select, and summarize information
- Define objectives, requirements, and assumptions
- Write introductions, describe procedures, systematize conclusions
- Refer to tables, figures
- APA/IEEE citation style and reference management tools
d) Presenting a project to an audience:
- Organizing the information on visual supports
- Preparing and delivering presentations.
 

2. Project Module (70%)
a) Team project development, applying concepts from the semester courses and learning how to to use a distributed version control system.

Learning Outcomes

This course involves two components:
-The first component, named Personal Skills and Working Methods (CPMT), aims at preparing the student to effectively work in teams, apply basic project management strategies, improve report writing, and develop oral presentation skills.
- The second component, named Project, consists of a multidisciplinary and integrative project to be developed by a team.

At the end of this course the student should be able to:
CO1: Apply the most suitable algorithms, data structures and mathematical tools to the problem presented.
C02: Plan, organize, monitor the implementation of the project in teamwork.
CO3: Develop and evaluate a software application, in a team, based on a set of requirements.
CO4: Organize the presentation of a project and be able to present it to an audience and discuss it.