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Last updated December 2012

ICT Project

ICT Project aims to provide students with the experience of developing a medium-scale computing project in a small team. All projects are real, they have an external client or producer. All aspects of the development process are considered: problem specification, requirement extraction or concept formulation, system design, implementation, integration, testing and documentation. This course provides students with the experience of working in a team and dealing with the associated problems of communication and team management.

We are making a significant change in 2013. The projects will fall into one of the following types:

Business solution projects: Projects in this category pertain to a real business problem that an organisation wishes to address. These projects have a client. Students are expected to conduct business analysis at the host organisation to determine the business requirements for a suitable ICT solution before proceeding to designing and developing the solution. The focus of such projects will be on ensuring that the business values of the solution are properly identified and that the solution would be able to deliver those business values.

Market potential projects: Projects in this category pertain to an unfulfilled or emergent need, which could be market or technology-driven. These projects have a producer. Students are expected to conceptualise the project idea after some initial key concepts or restrictions have been supplied by the producer, conduct market analysis, and then determine the requirements of a product that will meet that market before proceeding to the design and development of the product (or a substantial part of it to illustrate proof of concept). The focus of such projects will be on convincing potential investors to offer funding for further development and marketing of the product. It is likely that most market potential projects will have a games or immersive world focus, but they do not have to.

Information for 2013 ICT Project students
Information for ICT Project Client/Producers

Details of previous projects are available here: Past Projects

If you would like to suggest a project for either the Hobart or Launceston campus in 2013 please email Nicole Herbert: nicole.herbert@utas.edu.au

Games Project and Immersive World Project

Students who were expecting to enrol in KXG361/KXG362 Games Project A & B or KXH341/KXH342 Immersive World Project A&B should now enrol in KXX331/KXX332 ICT Project A&B. The units have been merged. You will still be able to do a Games or Immersive World project if this is what you want. You will now have a lot more choice as to the type of project and team members.

If you are enrolled in KXH645/KXH646 Immersive World Project A&B you should read the ICT project manual as you will be doing exactly the same process, but you will be restricted to an Immersive World project.