Students shall work together in interdisciplinary groups and plan, structure and conduct a software project solving practice-oriented real-world problems. In addition, students can apply system programming languages and manage a software project. Furthermore, they can apply their existing in-depth knowledge to their projects and develop their software applications. Moreover, they need to master the goal-oriented implementation of known methods of project management (goal definition, resource planning, personnel management, time planning, interface planning, communication, conflict resolution, protocol management, presentation of interim results, planning control, planning update, progress monitoring, project meetings, system analysis, evaluation, development, configuration management, change management, tests).

The core of this subject is an individual practice-oriented programming project. Students will form an interdisciplinary team to apply their programming knowledge and solve a practice-oriented programming task. Since the study program is also offered to non-computer scientists, students with high-level programming skills shall work with lower-level students. As a team, they will cover different software project tasks, think of creative solutions, apply their programming skills, and learn from each other through the guidance of the lecturer. They will report on each step and present their solution at the end of this subject.  

Social and Personal Skills:

The students will train their communication skills through group work and presentation preparation in the framework of the programming project. Furthermore, the students will improve their self-awareness and self-confidence by managing the projects independently. This will also improve their creativity as they work together in interdisciplinary teams with different professional backgrounds and expertise. Moreover, the students will deepen their knowledge of how to manage software projects.