Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Prerequisites: None. The course is open to any graduate student at UTD, regardless of major.
Learning Objectives:
Most importantly, you will have learned the basic project management skills necessary to
complete a project in a set amount of time.
Methodology:
Student will work individually or in teams to meet the needs of a real world client. A Statement
of Work will be produced and signed by the client and student (or team) indicating the work to be
done and the deliverables. Students will make presentations throughout the semester both to the
client and the class detailing the work done and the lessons learned from the project.
Projects are due at the beginning of class in week 14. Late projects - those lacking a sign-off
letter from the client, will receive an "I" until the signoff letter is received. Once the signoff letter
is received, the project will be graded and a total score calculated. The final grade for a late
project will be one letter grade lower than this total.
Academic Honesty:
The university has policies and procedures regarding scholastic dishonesty. Detailed information is
available at: http://www.utdallas.edu/student/slife/dishonesty.html. All students are expected to
maintain a high level of responsibility with respect to academic honesty. Students who violate
university rules on scholastic dishonesty are subject to disciplinary penalties, including the
possibility of failure in the course and/or dismissal from the university. Since such dishonesty
harms the individual, all students and the integrity of the university, policies on scholastic
dishonesty will be strictly enforced.
TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
MAS 6V00: BUSINESS PRACTICUM
1 Introduction
Documentation and Templates Project Selection
2 Business Analysis & User Client Info
Requirements
* Unless otherwise agreed to by the instructor and client, all documents are to be generated in
Microsoft Office format and sent to the instructor/client as an attachment to an email.
Project Documentation:
The Statement of Work Template must be used to develop the SOW. If your client has a specific
format for the SOW, please let me know so I can discuss it with them.
The Status Report template must be used to submit bi-weekly status reports.
Project Reports are submitted as Documents attached to emails. These may be in Word,
PowerPoint, Excel, etc.
The only items required to be hardcopy are the table of contents, signed SOW, and signed
signoff letter. Everything that can be submitted electronically should be.
COVER PAGE FORMAT
CASE NAME
submitted to:
submitted by:
Date
Statement of Work Template
The Statement of Work spells out the scope of work to be done, the deliverables, the responsibilities of
each party, and any remuneration. Additional information such as assumptions and work location may
also be spelled out. The SOW should include a place for signatures of each team member and the client
and the date signed.
The SOW is the road map for your project. It is developed in conjunction with your client. It must be
reviewed and approved by me before signature by the client.
Basic outline
I. Introduction/Scope of Project
Lays out the overall scope of the project. Includes description of the company and the business problem
that will be addressed by this project.
II. Deliverables
Describes the specific deliverables that are required as part of this project.
Details out the specific responsibilities of the student(s) working on the project
V. Assumptions
List of any assumptions that are being made regarding the implementation of this project.
VI. Disclaimer
"The Student(s) undertake(s) this project as part of a class requirement at the University of Texas at
Dallas. Neither the University nor the Center for Information Technology and Management (CITM)
warranties the work in any way.”
VII. Date and Signatures (Client plus all students on this project)
PROJECT STATUS REPORT
PROJECT NUMBER ____
UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS • SPRING 2005
Status Report
Dates: 08/26/04 through 09/09/04
Team Members:
09/09/02 Statement of Work revised slightly per Dr. Savoie’s request. Revised Statement of Work
sent back to Dr. Savoie for approval.
Key issues for Dr. Savoie: Waiting for final approval of SOW