IS484 IS Project Experience (FinTech)

Course Description:

• This is an SMU-X course designed in collaboration with participating Banks, FinTechs, and other FIs, to serve as project sponsors. Collectively, industry sponsors will supply a minimum of 5 projects ideas to select from.
• Students will form teams of 5 or 6, and select one the project ideas to work on. Project selections do not need to be unique, meaning multiple teams can select the same project idea.
• Each student project team will be assigned to a sponsor/mentor and an SMU faculty supervisor.
• Sponsors will provide project scope and management for student teams to have practical industry learning experiences.
• Student teams will have weekly check in meetings, either virtually or physically, with their sponsor.
• Sponsors will specify the technologies to be used, including; development tools/languages, OS, database, 3rd party libraries, target deployment environment e.g. cloud environment.
• Student project teams will be expected to develop a working software application prototype, to be delivered to the sponsor at the end of the course.

Course Prerequisites:

1. Software Project Management (IS212) is a pre-requisite or a co-requisite.
2. Any two (2) track courses from the track that you are declaring for your project. One of these courses can be a co-requisite.

Project Timeline:

Activities	Timeline	Term 1/ Term 2	Action By
Project Sourcing and Registration	Week -14 to Week -10	Form teams. Review the below set of predefined projects provided by Citibank, OCBC, NETS, UBS, and others. Fill up the Project Team Signup Sheet at the below link, listing your preferred projects. FT Track Coordinator will finalize the matching of teams to projects.	Students
Project Matching	Week -10	FT Track Coordinator will finalize the matching of teams to projects.	FT Track Coordinator
Proposal	Due before the start of Week -8	Submit your project proposals to your Track Coordinator(s). For mixed-track teams, both track coordinators need to review your proposal.	Students
Decision on Proposal	Week -4	Your Track Coordinator(s) will confirm that the project has sufficient scope to fulfill your respective track requirements for IS Project Experience.	Track Coordinator, Students, (Optional: Sponsor)
Start of Project	Week 1	Supervisor - Teams	Student
Midterm	Week 8	Presentation	Students, Supervisor, Reviewer (Optional: Sponsor, Track Coordinator)
Finals	Week 14 to Week 16	Presentation	Students, Supervisor, Reviewer (Optional: Sponsor, Track Coordinator)

Key Dates for AY2025/26 Term 1

• ✓Students submit team registration and prerequisites forms: by 13 Apr 2025
• Sponsor project descriptions available: by 2 May 2025
• Sponsor info session with students: week of 5 May 2025
• ✓Students submit project preferences: by 14 May 2025
• Student teams assigned to projects: week of 19 May 2025
• ✓Students submit project proposals: by 12 Jun 2025
• SMU track coordinator approves proposals: around mid-Jul 2025
• Students start working on projects: in early Aug 2025
• Midterm review: around mid-Oct 2025
• Final presentation/demo: around the end of Nov 2025

Project Team Signup Sheet:

AY2025/26 Term 1
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1q-2qNkXGcjPxybU52s-1cazP5k4zhHTYRn7SKxz5Hjg/edit?gid=0#gid=0

Current Projects - FY2025/26 Term 1

Here is the link to the list of sponsor projects:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/11drNR9efEo9Yx2UNKskiSSatRiQPT3JCaAB4UsZTmpQ/edit?usp=sharing

A couple of the sponsors are in the process of revising some of the descriptions (see the notes column). I will post a message on Teams when the updates are available.

Sponsor Briefing Session Schedule - FY2025/26 Term 1

Tues, 13 May
7:00pm: Citi
7:30pm: Viom

Friday, 16 May
3:30pm: Tiger Fund Management
4:00pm: UBS
4:30pm: OCBC

Still to be confirmed
- UOB KayHian
- Singapura Finance

I will post a message on Teams when the timing of the UOB KayHian and Singapura Finance sessions is confirmed.

Archived Past Projects and Groups

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1IDAhC4JiK3RuKnIDQMG5UjJ6I1IiImo81Lu13wAuUxE/edit#gid=491663198

Past Project Descriptions
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1f7r2y1n6USWAYVTVyWkZkYxJt7HCoxlc-z3jAGzX7LQ/edit?gid=0#gid=0