II1302 Projects and Project Methods 7.5 credits

The course provides hands-on experience in project development under resource and time constraints. Students practice on

• project lifecycle with four phases: initiation, planning, execution, and closure
• iterative and incremental methodologies, with focus on Agile methodologies.

Students carry out project work in groups, where they design and implement a small system. Students regularly reflect on their work throughout development.

After passing the course, the student shall be able to

• identify, describe, discuss, and apply key concepts of project management and development processes
• carry out a project in a group using a structured development process to create a working prototype
• design, develop, test, lead, follow up, and report on project work based on some technical and management roles and responsibilities
• contribute, collaborate, and communicate actively, professionally and inclusively in both Swedish and English
• assess, justify, and reflect on methodological, technical, ethical, and sustainability aspects of working in a project group, the developed product, and its usage.

Knowledge and skills in programming, 7,5 credits, corresponding to completed course ID1018. 

• II1300 Engineering Skills, or have equivalent knowledge in basic engineering methods to work in a small IT project in a group.
• IS1200 Computer Hardware Engineering, or have equivalent skills to design, implement, test and debug both software and hardware for an IoT device.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

• INL1 - Hand-in assignments, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F
• PRO2 - Project work, 3.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• UTV1 - Evaluation documents, 1.0 credits, grading scale: P, F

Based on recommendation from KTH’s coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

Attendance requirement at project work.

Reported working time during the project development phase. Each student must work at least 20 hours per week.

Voravit Tanyingyong

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Students who studied the course in 2022 or earlier and need to complete one of the earlier examination parts should contact the examiner to get a new exam task. The examination parts include:

• PRO1 and TEN1 for the course 2019 and earlier
• PRJ1 and RAP1 for the course between 2020 and 2022

In this course, the EECS code of honor applies, see: http://www.kth.se/en/eecs/utbildning/hederskodex.

The course has mandatory sessions with attendance requirements equivalent to about 16 hours a week. These hours are often distributed on 4 occasions with each of four hours in the form of half-days sessions per week.

Course contributors

These company contributors are accepted due to added course value in regard of academic, professional and work facilitation aspects.

• Ivar Jacobson International ( www.ivarjacobson.com )
• Lucidchart ( www.lucidchart.com ) is a web-based diagramming tool that allows users to collaborate in real time to create flowcharts, mind maps, mockups, wireframing and more.