Prerequisite/Recommended prerequisite for participation in the module

Content, progress and pedagogy of the module

The objective of this project module is to give hands-on experience on the design of a complex service on the basis of a modular platform, in which actors and competences are clearly identified, organizational and interaction aspects are planned and user participation is planned and supported.

Learning objectives

Knowledge

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Must be able to understand the nature and structure of distributed system
• Must be able to organise, explain and discuss the role, capabilities and relevance of different components/actors in a product service system (synthesis)

Skills

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Must be able to plan and describe competences of different components/actors in a modular service architecture and to organise them appropriately (synthesis)
• Must be able to apply techniques that support the participation of actors with different backgrounds, skills and culture
• Must be able to integrate technical and human components on a service platform (synthesis)
• Produce a project report according to norms of the area, take into consideration relevant literature, apply correct terminology and convey the research-based foundation, problem and results of the project orally and in writing in a coherent manner, including the relationship between the problem formulation, the project’s realization and its conclusion
• Evaluate and select relevant literature, scientific methods and models and other tools for application in the project work, and evaluate the project’s problem area in a relevant scientific context

Competences

Students who complete the project module will obtain the following qualifications:

• Must be able to plan adequate systemic structures for the organisation of services (synthesis)
• Must be expert in planning and supporting collaboration, participation and integration of different components in a service system (synthesis)
• Plan, execute and manage complex research and/or development tasks, and assume a professional responsibility for carrying out, potentially cross-disciplinary, collaborations
• Assume responsibility for own scientific development and specialization

Type of instruction

See general description of the types of instruction described in § 17.

Exam

Prerequisite for enrollment for the exam

• An approved PBL competency profile is a prerequisite for participation in the project exam

Exams