Course information

Project Timeline and Milestones

Activities before the start of the term

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Activities	Timeline	Tasks	Action by
Indication of project plan	As soon as you decide when to do your IS483/IS485 project	Fill the form here IS Project Experience Registration	Teams
Project Sourcing and Registration	Week -16 to Week -8	Team Formation Confirmation of Sponsor Project Sourcing & Requirements Gathering from Sponsor IS485 only: agreement of faculty supervisor	Students
Proposal	Due before the start of Week -8 (i.e. by 11th June 2023 23:59)	Proposal Submission (see below for templates)	Students (submission)
Pitching and proposal revision	Week -8 to Week -4	Selected teams will need to pitch their project proposals to their track coordinators. Track coordinators will contact the teams to arrange pitching where required. Teams may need to revise their proposals based on feedback from track coordinators.	Students and track coordinators
Decision on Proposal	Week -4	Acceptance/Rejection decisions will be communicated via email and via eLearn announcement at the IS Project Experience eLearn site: https://elearn.smu.edu.sg/d2l/home/241792 before the end of the week	Track Coordinators, Students, Sponsor (optional)
Supervisors Assignment	Week -1	Supervisors - Teams Assignment	IS483 Faculty Manager

Activities during the term

Activities	Timeline	Tasks	Action by
Start of Project	Week 1	Bid e$10 for IS483/IS485 Supervisors Meet Teams	Students
Midterm	Week 8	Rehearsals and Presentation	Students, Supervisor, Evaluator (Optional: Track Coordinators, Sponsor, Peers)
Finals	Week 14	Presentation Report	Students, Supervisor (Optional: Track Coordinators, Sponsor, Peers)

Important Notes

BOSS Bidding

After acceptance of the project proposal, you will need to bid for your faculty supervisor's IS483 or IS485 section during BOSS Round 2, Window 1. You should bid only e$10. Please note that if there is an insufficient e$ balance in your account, you will NOT be able to enrol for the project experience course, even if your team's proposal was accepted.

Project Sourcing

You may select projects listed here for your project or you may self-source your own projects with the companies. For all projects, please approach your track coordinator to verify if the project is suitable to for the track prior to submitting your proposal.

Project Registration

For resource planning, the school needs to keep track of the number teams planning to enroll in IS485/IS483 projects in forthcoming terms. As soon as your project sourcing is complete, please register your project (one registration per group only) at IS Project Experience Registration. Please note that project teams which have registered but did not submit their project proposal within the deadline for a particular term will be automatically disqualified.

Proposal Submission

If you have specific queries in the proposal development phase about project scope and relevance to particular track(s), you can check with your track coordinator. Completed proposals need to be submitted at https://smu.sg/is483submit. If a team does not submit this form with the required information, the team's proposal will not be evaluated.

Proposal Submission template

Download Proposal template from Resource link below.

IS485: IS Project Experience (research)

IS485 aims to introduce students to academic and industry research in Information systems. it allows students to experience first hand, the challenges of research, discovery and innovation, and allows students to work near the frontiers of research in the field.

Prerequisite

• GPA of >= 3.40
• Year 3 or Year 4
• Work on one of the tracks declared for your first major
• Recommended Skills for SMT major students: Empirical Studies, Research Methods, Analytics Foundation, Geographic Information Systems, Sustainable (Digital) Cities, Introduction to Public Policy.
• For BA/ DCS/ FT/ SMT track students: You need to pass any two track courses, one of which can be a co-requisite.
• Students must find a SCIS faculty member (for all research projects) and an industry mentor (for industry research project) who agrees to serve as his/her project supervisor
• Students who do not meet the GPA requirement will need to seek special permission from the Course Coordinator.

IS485 Academic and IS485 Industrial Research

• IS485 Research projects can be either done as an industry research project (SMU-X) or an academic research project.
• Students who do the IS485 (Academic Research Project) will have to source their own faculty supervisor
• Students who do the IS485 (Industry Research Project) will have to source both an industry mentor and a faculty supervisor to mentor the team

Grading

Grading components - IS483
Proposal Review [10%] (by Track Coordinator(s))
Midterm Presentation [25%] (by Supervisor, Evaluator)
Final Evaluation (Presentation and Report) [45%] (by Supervisor, Evaluator)
1 min Project Video [5%] (by Supervisor, Evaluator)
Poster [5%] (by Supervisor, Evaluator)
Individual contribution [10%] (by Supervisor), based on weekly individual reflections (from T2AY22), peer reviews and supervisor observations

Grading rubrics for IS483: Please refer to the grading templates for the Proposal Review, Midterm Presentation, and Final Evaluation from the Resource link below for further details about the grading components.

Grading components - IS484
Proposal Review [5%] (by Track Coordinator(s))
Midterm Presentation & Demo [30%] (by Supervisor)
Final Presentation & Demo [65%] (by Supervisor)

Grading templates for IS484: Please refer to the grading templates for the Proposal Review, Midterm Presentation, and Final Evaluation from the Resource link below for further details about the grading components.

Grading components - IS485
Proposal Review [5%] (by Supervisor)
Midterm Presentation [35%] (by Supervisor and evaluator)
Final Presentation [20%] (by Supervisor and evaluator)
Term paper and Research poster [40%] (by Supervisor and evaluator)

Guidelines for IS485 projects: Students in a team needs are encouraged to have a separate research problems which are sub-problems of one main research problem. One term paper per team is required which integrates the results from each sub-problem worked upon by the students.

SMT track and major students: please note that from AY22 Term 2, you are no longer required to maintain a wiki page for your project. The deliverables will be as above for all students

Resources

Proposal Template

1. Digitalisation and Cloud Solutioning and Generic Proposal Template [link]
2. Business Analytics Proposal Template [docx]
3. Financial Technology and IS484 Proposal Template [docx]
4. Smart-City Management and Technology Proposal Templates [click here]
5. IS485 Generic Research Template [docx]

Prerequisite Summary

1. Prerequisite Summary for Team Members [Prerequisites https://wiki.smu.edu.sg/ISProjectExperience/img_auth.php/f/fa/Prerequisite.xlsx]

Change Management Process

This is a suggested process for change management during your project proposal and development period. Teams are encouraged to modify and improve the process according to the nature of the project and tools being used. File:Change Management Model - ISPx2023-07 (2.1.2).pdf

Grading Rubrics

Refer here for details on the grading rubrics for proposal, mid term and final terms as well as suggested format for report, poster and video. pdf