Web project III

As long it is practically possible, the project assignments will be given by external employers, normally companies the university college is cooperating with. The assignments will mainly be related to the company's own web development projects. Where possible a close cooperation with the company will be encouraged and facilitated, and it may be possible to work in the company's offices for periods of time.To some extent, faculty members or administrative employees of the university college may also be used as employers for project assignments.

The projects at the Bachelor of Web Development, named Web Project I-III, aim to give the students practical competence and experience with developing communication solutions for web and mobile. The main topic for Web Project III is making complete web solutions.

Knowledge
Upon completing this course, the student should
-have thorough knowledge of methods for planning and managing web development projects
-have an overview of the most common publication systems for the Web, and their advantages and disadvantages

Skills
Upon completing this course, the student should be able to
-participate as an experienced, rich in initiative and effective member of a self-organizing project team that works systematically towards a common goal
-plan and contribute effectively over time to an iterative design and development process
-contribute to seeing and preventing conflict and ineffective or counter-productive group behavior before it arises, and handle such problems effectively
-design and implement a complete web solution from sketch to fully functional prototype or beta version
-critically evaluate a functional prototype against user feedback, and make necessary adjustments based on this

General competence
By working to complete this course the student should develope her competence in the following areas:
-Project work
-Problem solving
-Team work
-Communication
-Experience-based competence

-Lectures
-Project work
-Academic supervision

Further information:
For the main part, the teaching will consist of work in groups, as well as regular meetings with a supervisor. Additionally there will be held some lectures about topics which are relevant for the project.