Projects in Computing and Information Systems: A Student's Guide - Softcover

Dawson, Dr Christian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0321263553 ISBN 13: 9780321263551

Publisher: Addison Wesley, 2005

Synopsis

Undertaking an academic project is a key feature of most of today’s computing and information systems degree programmes. Simply put, this book provides the reader with everything they will need to successfully complete their computing project.

 

The author tackles the four key areas of project work (planning, conducting, presenting, and taking the project further) in chronological order giving the reader the essential skills they will need at each stage of the project’s development:

 

• Writing Proposals
• Surveying Literature
• Project Management
• Time Management
• Managing Risk
• Team Working
• Software Development
• Documenting Software
• Report Writing
• Effective Presentation

About this title

From the Back Cover

“An excellent sourcebook for student project work in computing.”

(Prof Darren Dalcher, Middlesex University)

“Contains everything that a student needs to know in order to successfully complete an academic computing project for their degree.”

(Peter Morris, University of Greenwich)

Undertaking a project is a key component of nearly all computing/information systems degree programmes at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. Projects in Computing and Information Systems covers the four key aspects of project work (planning, conducting, presenting and taking the project further) in chronological fashion, and provides the reader with the skills to excel in the following essential areas:

• writing proposals;
• surveying literature;
• project management;
• time management;
• managing risk;
• team working;
• software development;
• documenting software;
• report writing;
• effective presentation.

The author uses a number of real-life case studies to pass on the experiences of past student projects in order that the reader gets a genuine understanding of how to avoid pitfalls and ensure best practice throughout their own projects.

This book is the essential guide for any student undertaking a computing/IS project, and will give them everything they need to achieve outstanding results.

Christian Dawson is currently a lecturer at Loughborough University.

Edition details

• Publisher: Addison Wesley
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0321263553
• ISBN 13: 9780321263551
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 264