This document provides information about PMO303 Project Part B. In semester 2, students will: 1. Plan their individual projects investigating an aspect of information technology in more depth. 2. Meet regularly with their supervisor to implement their project and present their completed project to industry audiences. 3. The unit outcomes include identifying and investigating a project, researching electronic resources, formulating solutions, and communicating conclusions effectively. Regular project journal entries and supervisor meetings are required throughout the semester.

1. PMO 303
Week 1: getting started

2. Today…
• About PMO303
• Planning the next 12 weeks
• Meet with supervisors

3. ABOUT PMO 303

4. Project Part B
• continuing your individual
project investigating in
depth an aspect of
information technology

5. 
Plan what happens next…
in semester 2 you will....

6. plan

Meet regularly with your supervisor
in semester 2 you will....

7. 
meet regularly
with supervisor

implement your project
in semester 2 you will....
plan


8. 
implement your project
 Present your
completed
project to a
discipline &
industry
audience
in semester 2 you will....
meet regularly
with supervisor
plan

9. Unit outcomes
• identify, frame and investigate a
project in your area of speciality
• research, organise and evaluate
electronic resources and
information on related problems
• formulate methods for solving the
problem
• plan, design & develop/implement
a solution where appropriate

10. Unit outcomes
• critically examine and evaluate
findings
• communicate conclusions &
solutions effectively and
professionally
• work independently and with
others (where appropriate) to
achieve identified outcomes

11. internal attendance/contact
• 9am – 10am Mondays –
compulsory
• 10 - 11
• meetings with supervisors
[hopefully]

12. external attendance/contact
• weekly posts in your project
journal
• negotiated with your
supervisor
• needs to be (at the minimum)
once a week

13. Project skills & processes....
• Focus of the 1 hour sessions
• Technical report writing skills
how to write about methodology
writing abstracts/executive
summaries
what to do with code
• Professional presentation skills

14. Assessment
Item Value Deliverables Due Date
Project
Journals
10% Use template in LL
Weekly
Wednesday
COB
Draft Project
Report
25% 10 pages approx Friday Week 7
Project
Presentation
25%
1 min oral
1 slide
1 poster
Week 12
Final report [+
solution where
appropriate]
40%
Finalised project
No more than 30
pages.
Week 13

15. Questions

16. WHAT NEXT?

17. Tell us….
• What was your plan at the end
of semester 1?
• What have you done since
then?
• What are your first 3 priorities
this semester?

18. Share…
1.plan
2.progress
3.first 3 priorities

19. Any questions
Help your peers
clarify their thinking
by asking detailed
questions
All questions are
good questions

20. Update your plan
• review your plan for Sem 2
• update based on feedback
• confirm with supervisor
• complete – end of Wk 1

21. PROJECT JOURNAL &
SUPERVISOR MEETINGS

22. Project journal
1. Work completed– progress
since last meeting
2. What’s going well and why?
3. What’s not going well and
why?
4. Meeting/ discussion points
5. Plan for next week
Just
like
semester
1

23. Meeting with supervisors
• You are expected to meet with your
supervisor weekly
• Before the start of each class, complete
the project journal
• Project diaries are a component of your
assessment for this semester
• This is required preparation for each
meeting.
– No diary entry = no supervisor meeting
(internal or external)

24. Questions

25. Over to you…..
• Update your project plan
• Begin organising resources
needed for your project
• Get going

26. Next Week
• Project writing
• Structure of the final report
• [or what can I use that I have done
already?]
• Progress update