Course content

This course allows the students practice and further improve their skills in Web design and project management. The students will explore and document a real-world issue, explore possible solutions for it, and develop the solutions into a minimally viable product (MVP) leveraging the skills and knowledge obtained throughout the study program. The students will work in groups to gather requirements, design solutions, and develop a working Web-based application.

Learning outcome

Knowledge

Students, upon completion of this course, will know:

• the steps required to take a project from basic idea to a website;
• tools and techniques for evaluating their project effectiveness;
• strategies to maximize their Web app sustainability;
• ways to deal with issues in a collaborative environment.

Skills

Students, upon completion of this course, will be able to:

• independently use modern Web technologies to solve real-life issues related to Web development;
• outline a specification for the project, and document project code and design;
• divide project tasks in a balanced way among the group members;
• handle conflicts and issues between group members and product owners.

Competence

Students, upon completion of this course, will know how to:

• design and develop a static website, from start to finish;
• collaborate with others to successfully conclude a project;
• elicit and document system requirements;
• evaluate the effects of their design and development choices on website quality and sustainability;
• present prototypes and MVPs publicly.

Learning methods and activities

• Group work
• Supervision, tutoring and iterative guidance

Compulsory assignments

• Group project presentation 1
• Written group report 2

Specific conditions

Required previous knowledge

• IDG1292/D Webcoding (or IMT1291)
• IDG1011 Front-end Web development (or IDG1100/D)

Course materials

The syllabus will be announced at the start of the study.