Posted: March 21st, 2015

Project Content

Project Content
• The ultimate purpose of the project is to show the ability of the students to apply the concepts studied in the chapter to a real-world situation.
• The subject of the project must satisfy the following conditions:
o It must be clearly related to the selected chapter. It can be about any part of
the chapter, but does not have to cover the whole chapter. The students are
allowed to go beyond the concepts covered in class; however, they have to
explain any additional concepts they may use (and also provide references for
them).
o It must be related to Qatar.
• Each group chooses one case.
o A case consists of two parts: i) a description of a real or imaginary (but
necessarily realistic) problem related to some of the concepts of the chapter,
and ii) a resolution of the problem using some of the concepts of the chapter

Project Deliverables
Each project has two deliverables: a presentation and a report.
• The presentation part is performed in class:
o The students introduce their project or present their slides  and answer the questions of the other students and the instructor.
o For a dynamic delivery, the students presenting their project should try to:
? Avoid overloaded slides; try to have 10 to 15 slides, 5 to 10 bullets
per slide, and 5 to 10 words per bullet.
? Stand up tall and straight, stand on both feet, and move naturally,
but not too much.
? Gesture when appropriate.
? Speak naturally and conversationally.
? Use an outline for the presentation.
? Have their notes ready, but not to depend on them.
? Use short sentences for emphasis, longer sentences for explanation
and discussion.
? Be dynamic in their delivery.
? Talk to the audience communicatively (establishing eye-contact).
• The report is a Word document, that must:
? Introduce the organization
? Describe the project
? Explain how the data were obtained
? Provide the references for the data in order to ensure verifiability thereof
o The case project must include, in addition to the above, two major parts (clearly
separated):
? The problem: This part is a description of the problem faced by the
organization from the perspective of non-technical persons. The
students should think of this part as a real world case study to be
used in this course in the future.
? The solution: This part is the solution proposed by the group to the
problem. The students should think of this part as a technical report
to be presented to the company.
Important Notes
All groups are expected to:
• Have already read the whole chapter (especially the examples and the cases) in the
book (not just rely on the slides) before they start their project.
• Include in the presentation as well as in the report a title page that provides:
o Course name, course code and section number
o Chapter number and title
o Title of the project
o Name, ID number and serial number of each student in the group
o Date of the presentation
• Have already made the presentation file (whether video or slides) available to the
instructor and the students a few hours before the start of the class
• Limit the presentation from 15 to 20 minutes
• Have all the students of the group participate equally in the presentation and in
answering the questions
• Limit the report from 750 to 1,250 words.
• Submit the report using SafeAssign no later than one week after the presentation (Only
one student in each group should submit the answers of the behalf of the entire group)
• Tell whether the same project has been or will be used for a different course (Failing to
provide this information will be considered as plagiarism)
Project Grade
• The project is worth 10% of the total grade. Students are expected to start working on it
at least 10 days before the presentation.
Criteria Weightage
How well-written, clear, organized, and coherent is the report? 7.5%
How informative is the project? 5%
To what extent is the project related to Qatar? 5%
How interesting and how original is the project? 5%
To what extent is the project related to the chapter? 5%
How clear is the project? How understandable is it? 5%
How successful were the students in proving their ability to
effectively illustrate the concepts studied in the chapter using
a real world situation?
7.5%
• For case projects:
o The weight of the presentation is 40% while that of the report is 60%.
o The grading scheme for the presentation is as follows:

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