Info2009 Group Project

The various shares for Info2009 coursework 2

e-Research Methods Theme 5 Project Management

The aims of this theme are: •to identify and develop personal attributes that enable postgraduate students to manage a research project to the correct standard and to complete it on time; •to enable postgraduate students to plan and organise their research project in order to successfully reach their full potential in their chosen postgraduate degree; •to enable postgraduate students to apply appropriate time management skills to the planning of their research project; •to identify study skills and resource management strategies that can benefit postgraduate students to effectively organise and research their chosen field; •to develop team work skills within the postgraduate cohort studying the Project Management core theme.

e-Research Methods Theme 5 Project Management ZIP

Source files for theme 5

What makes a good learning activity for school kids: examples from the MiGen project

Powerpoint describing good educational eactivities

Ask the Scientist project

Resources for the project

Análisis de la relación comercial entre la República de Colombia y la República de Corea

Dadas las relaciones de cooperación internacional que presentan las Repúblicas de Colombia y Corea que se evidencia en los fuertes vínculos comerciales existentes entre las dos naciones y aún más en la negociación de un TLC desde el 2009 y gracias al buen clima económico que presenta en la actualidad Colombia, surge este proyecto de investigación con el objetivo de analizar las relaciones bilaterales y contribuir al desarrollo de la economía emergente que presenta el país. Para ello, en primera instancia se realiza un proceso de contextualización desde aspectos demográficos hasta históricos. En seguida y a manera descriptiva, se expone los diversos bienes y servicios que se intercambian entre las dos naciones con el fin de identificar oportunidades que se podrían ofrecer y afectar una vez se firme el tratado. Finalmente, se evalúa y analiza cada uno de los sectores emergentes de Colombia con el objeto de motivar la inversión en el país para generar de tal manera, un incremento en la producción y por ende incrementos en la demanda agregada, logrando abrir las puertas de la economía colombiana a un socio estratégico como lo es la República de Corea y contribuir poco a poco a la reducción de la balanza comercial deficitaria que se presenta en la actualidad entre los dos países. Términos clave: Relaciones internacionales, Corea, oportunidades, economía, relaciones comerciales.

Social Networking Technologies: Project Launch

Students taking the 20 credit version of the course (COMP6052) will work in groups of 6 to develop and design a new social networking tool/application/website. The teams will work on their design throughout the semester, and keep a design and development blog that will act as a digital portfolio of their work. At the end of the semester they will also be asked to submit an individual reflective summary that will outline their teams objectives and progress, their part in its progress, and a critical analysis of whether or not they were successful. At the end of the course teams will be asked to pitch their ideas to an interdisciplinary Dragon's Den style panel who will expect them to not only have created something that is technical viable, but will also want to see other economic, social, legal and ethical factors taken into consideration. In this presentation we explain the structure of the group project, what is expected in the blog, and explore some potential ideas to help students understand the scope of the work required. The outcome of the group project does not have to be a fully working piece of software, instead we are looking for a well developed idea that contains enough detail to be convincing to the panel.

Los vínculos políticos de Colombia y la UE : una relación que involucra a la CAN y el compromiso de Colombia con la subregión

La aproximación de Colombia hacia el mundo ha sido tradicionalmente restringida. Además de los vínculos con los Estados Unidos, el país no consideró durante gran parte del siglo pasado la opción de aproximarse a otras áreas geográficas. Sólo algunas iniciativas políticas desde la década de los sesenta y algunas reflexiones académicas desde la década de los ochenta, han indicado la importancia de acercarse hacia los semejantes, es decir, hacia los países de la América Latina, sus subregiones y en especial los escenarios vecinos. A pesar de que la UE ya convertida en potencia económica y diplomática, ha empezado a surgir desde los primeros años de la década de los noventa también como un actor político y militar de gran influencia internacional, los vínculos políticos y diplomáticos de Colombia con esa subregión no han tenido el fortalecimiento que ameritan. Muy pocos son los estudios que se han efectuado en el país para analizar las relaciones políticas y estructurales entre Colombia y la UE. Algunos lo han hecho desde la perspectiva económica y las preferencias arancelarias, otros desde el ámbito de la cooperación y la ayuda humanitaria, y otros desde la perspectiva bilateral, estudiando diferentes temas de las relaciones con algunos de los Estados miembros, en particular con Francia, Alemania, España, el Reino Unido y ahora con los países nórdicos.

REALISE project - final case study

This document describes the REALISE project, its successes and challenges. There are transferability plans for sustainability.

Agile Game: A Project Management Game for Agile Methods

Since mid-1990s, companies have adopted agile methods and incorporated them in their development methodologies. For this reason, future project managers and developers need to have a full understanding of these methods. At present, the university’s approach to agile methods is theoretical and is not reflected during the development of a product and their practical use. The purpose of this project is the creation of a software system in the form of a game, named Agile Game, which simulates their use. The system is designed for use as supplementary material in lectures, to help students understand agile methods, to present their use within a project, and to demonstrate how they differ from traditional project management methodologies. The final system, which is web based, was implemented using PHP, MySQL and JavaScript. It was fully tested against the requirements and evaluated by peer students. The evaluation showed that the majority of users were satisfied with the system but they thought that it should contain more detailed information at every step of the game. For this reason, some parts of the design and the content were reviewed to meet user requirements.

ARTD 6051 Research WIP Project

This collection contains all the shares of student WIP presentations and peer-review feedback sheets, along with any other materials related to their research projects for this module.