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IS Project Experience Options
Student may choose to complete an IS Application Project or an IS Research Project or an IS Project Experience (FinTech).
| IS485: IS Research Project | IS483: IS Application Project | IS484: IS Project Experience (FinTech) |
|---|---|---|
| Research + Data Collection + Solution approach + solution implementation + report | Requirements + Scoping + Design and Development (POC) + Testing (System and User Testing) | Open to all tracks. Projects are predefined by Citibank, OCBC and NETS. Otherwise, similar to IS483. |
| Implemented POC (Demo of the implementation is need) | Implementation (Demo of the implementation is need) | See details at IS484: IS Project Experience (FinTech) |
| Student with GPA > 3.4 | ||
| Budget of approximately $200 per team for industry sponsored research projects only. Faculty sponsored research projects will not receive any budget from SMU-X | Budget of approximately $200 per team |
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Prerequisites
- Be a year 3 or year 4 student . As you need sufficient coursework exposure to do a good job in your IS483, it is best to take it later in your curriculum. Taking IS485/IS483 in the first term of year 3 is discouraged.
- For IS485 project, you need to have a GPA of > 3.4.
- A maximum of 4 (four) additional courses at SMU can be taken by a student in a term along with IS485/IS483/IS484.
- You must work on one of the tracks declared for your first major. If you are taking dual track, you can align to either of the two tracks.
- IS483 projects can only be aligned to | IS tracks and cannot involve tracks from other majors.
- For SMT major students, please refer to the pre requisites here
- For BA / DCS / FT students, you need to pass the following courses
- Software Project Management (IS212) is a co-requisite
- Any two (2) track courses. One of these courses can be a co-requisite.
If the student drops the co-requisite courses in the same term that IS Project experience is being taken, the student will get an F for IS project experience.
Pre requisites for Multi-track Projects
Multi-track projects can include two tracks only. There has to be more than one student from each track in the project team. Acceptance of multi-track project proposals and project grading will be on the basis of required criteria being fulfilled for both the tracks.
Stakeholders & Students
Stakeholders
- Track coordinator will evaluate your proposal and give you feedback on the proposal. For dual track projects, track coordinators from both tracks will evaluate your proposal.
- Once project is accepted, your team will be assigned a faculty supervisor and evaluator. The supervisor will meet your team regularly to manage your project. Your faculty evaluator will work with your supervisor to grade your project.
- Sponsors/Mentors of the project may be an internal faculty or from the industry for external industry depending on the nature of the project.
Students
- All project must be completed in teams.
- Application project (IS483/ IS484) will consist of students of group size 4 to 6.
- Research project (IS485) will consist of students of group size 2 to 3.
- Application project must be done only once
- Students are to self-form their teams prior to registration of the IS Project Experience course. Thus, team formation is the responsibility of the students. Students may post messages at the “Team formation” forum under the “IS Project Experience” course on eLearn to contact one other regarding team formation.
- Students from different cohorts are welcome and encouraged to work together.
| IS Application Project IS483 | IS Research project IS485 |
|---|---|
| 4-6 student members | 2-3 student members |
| Sponsors/ Mentors | Sponsor is the supervisor (internal faculty) |
| Supervisor + Evaluator + Track Coordinator | Supervisor + Evaluator + Track Coordinator |
Students looking for teams to join or for additional members for their teams can post their requirements at the Discussions forum of the IS Project Experience eLearn site: https://elearn.smu.edu.sg/d2l/home/241792
Project Timeline and Milestones
Activities before the start of the term
Not sure of the proposal submission process, pre-requisites etc and dont want to read the wiki? Get the quick summary from this process model File:IS483 - Proposal Submission - 2022-08 (Rev03).pdf .
| Activities | Timeline | Tasks | Action by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indication of project plan | As soon as you decide when to do your IS483 project | Fill the form here IS Project Experience Registration | Teams |
| Project Sourcing and Registration | Week -16 to Week -8 |
|
Students |
| Proposal | Due before the start of Week -8 (i.e. by 6th November 2022 23:59) |
|
Students (submission) |
| Decision on Proposal | Week -4 |
Presentation (whether a presentation by students on the submitted proposal is required will be decided by the Track Coordinator), 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 |
|
IS483 Faculty Manager |
Activities during the term
| Activities | Timeline | Tasks | Action by |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of Project | Week 1 |
|
Students |
| Midterm | Week 7 to 9 |
|
Students, Supervisor, Evaluator (Optional: Track Coordinators, Sponsor, CEC Consultant) |
| Finals | Week 13 to 16 |
|
Students, Supervisor (Optional: Track Coordinators, Sponsor, CEC Consultant) |
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 on the wiki's individual track link for your track project or you may self-source your own projects with the companies. For self-source projects, please approach your track coordinator to verify if the project is suitable to for the track.
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. Proposals need to be submitted to the eLearn Assignments folder: "AY22-23 Term 2 Proposal Submission". Each team needs to submit a duly completed "Prerequisite Summary for Team Members" (template available in the Resources section below) along with the proposal. 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 track students: Empirical Studies, Research Methods, Analytics Foundation, Geographic Information Systems, Sustainable (Digital) Cities, Introduction to Public Policy.
- For BA/ DCS/ FT 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) |
| 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) |
| Final Presentation [20%] (by Supervisor) |
| Term paper [40%] (by Supervisor) |
Guidelines for IS485 projects: Students in a team needs 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. The work of a team needs to be demonstrated using some user interface.
Resources
Proposal Template
- Digitalisation and Cloud Solutioning Proposal Template [link]
- Business Analytics Proposal Template [docx]
- Financial Technology Proposal Template [docx]
- Smart-City Management and Technology Proposal Templates [click here]
- IS483 Generic Proposal Template [docx]
- IS485 Generic Research Template [docx]
Prerequisite Summary
1. Prerequisite Summary for Team Members [docx ]
