In person

Points will be assigned to various activities as follows:

Project (P) – 75%

• Given a real situation for which the development of a project is needed, students will be asked to work in teams and develop a project plan.
• This project is designed to develop student’s skills in actual applications requiring the use of different quantitative methods and tools in interpreting data for decision-making.
• All group members are expected to discuss regularly the project and must have equal participation in completing the group work. To foster a productive learning environment, it is important that everyone comes to class prepared and willing to contribute.
• The grade of the project is divided as follows:
• Project management notebook (5%): each team will have to select a project management tool and use it to monitor the progress of the work. This tool should be updated on a weekly basis and the instructor should be granted access to it.
• Deliverables (40%): follow-up activities to be conducted either during or outside class hours that refer to the project (e.g. golden circle, concept sheet, survey, focus group, user research presentation, empathy map, persona, project canvas, etc.). All these exercises will be normalized, so that they each count equally towards the overall grade.
• Final report (30%): report of the project.
• Final presentation (15%): video with the final presentation + tutoring session.
• Cross-Disciplinary Workshop on Sustainability (10%): http://www.uic.es/en/sustainability/cross-disciplinary-workshop-on-sustainability
• COIL activity (15%): Pre-COIL video presentation; video presentation of the final solution; Final report. *The pre-COIL and post-COIL survey are mandatory in order to be evaluated for this activity. 

Case study (CS) – 10%

• Case study that covers the module on Project Scheduling.
• A computer with excel is needed for solving it.
• This case should be solved individually.

Autonomous learning activities (A) – 15%

• Autonomous learning activities to be performed individually before each of the sessions.
• Activities will be normalized, so that they each count equally towards the overall grade.

The resulting equation is:

Final grade = 0.75xP + 0.10xCS + 0.15xA 

For the second evaluation period, the final grade results from an individual project (50%) and an exam (50%).

Policy issues

• Please attend to classes prepared, with the required material and the pre-class activities delivered on time.
• Punctual attendance is critical. If you have to miss a class (e.g. family emergency, medical emergency, etc.), you must let the instructors know in advance and work out a proposal for making up whatever work you will miss.
• Assignments are expected to be of professional, client-ready quality and submitted on time. Assignments will be evaluated for both content and presentation given that project management demands clear communication with all project stakeholders. Therefore, work will be graded based on accuracy, clarity and professionalism.
• Late work will lose one point per day late. The only exception are the autonomous learning activities, which, if not submitted by the deadline will be evaluated as 0.
• If a student is to miss a class, s/he must still turn in the assignments due that day.
• Cell phones disrupt the class. All such devices must be turned off or put in a silent mode and cannot be taken out during class.
• In testing situations, the use of cell phones or similar communication devices may lead to academic dishonesty. Consequently, the student will be expelled from exam and exam result will be evaluated as 0. The same penalty will be applied if a student is caught cheating.