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-====== Initial Project Plan ====== 
- 
-The final year project is a substantial part of your degree. It can 
-have a major effect on the degree class you are awarded and even 
-whether or not you pass the degree. The initial project plan is to 
-make sure you understand what your project requires you to do and how 
-you are going to finish it successfully. You must submit an initial 
-project plan at the beginning of the first semester of your project 
-(the deadline for this is listed in your PATS account under the 
-project description). 
- 
-The initial project plan for a short individual project must be approved by your supervisor and 
-moderator. Therefore, you should discuss the plan with your supervisor 
-before you submit it to make sure both of you agree on what your 
-project entails. You should further check the project plan with your 
-moderator and also seek his approval in person before you submit. 
-However, the first person to talk about your initial plan is 
-usually your supervisor. 
- 
-We suggest that you write an initial version of your project plan and 
-arrange meetings with your supervisor and moderator to discuss it and 
-revise the plan. If you are not sure what to write in the plan, please 
-discuss this with your supervisor before you write a draft. Once your 
-supervisor and moderator are happy with your plan, submit it on PATS 
-where they can officially approve it. As you can resubmit the plan 
-via PATS multiple times, you can also submit a draft and your 
-supervisor and moderator can look at it there and also leave comments. 
-However, unless there are exceptional circumstances (e.g. supervisor 
-or moderator may be away), we highly recommend to discuss the plan in 
-person and not just on PATS or by e-mail. 
- 
-Finally, note that this is an initial plan, and you can, and most 
-likely should, adjust the plan as you progress. Note, however, that 
-with the initial plan you are prescribing what you intend to deliver 
-at the various stages of the project (in particular for the final and, 
-if applicable, interim report). 
- 
-For information about how to submit your initial plan via PATS please 
-see the [[Submission Guide]]. 
- 
-===== Structure and Contents ===== 
- 
-For your initial plan one to two pages of text are sufficient. It 
-should contain the following information: 
- 
-==== Project Title ==== 
- 
-The title of the initial plan document should be "Initial Plan" 
-followed by the title of your project. List yourself as author and 
-also say who your supervisor and moderator is. Please also list the 
-module number you are taking and credits due for this module (see 
-[[Initial Plan#Approval Criteria]] below). 
- 
-==== Project Description ==== 
- 
-The first section of the document should be a brief description of 
-your project outlining its context and what it is overall about. You 
-can adapt the proposal used to select your project. There is no 
-need to describe a lot of detail and this would usually not more than 
-half a page. 
- 
-==== Project Aims and Objectives ==== 
- 
-The second section of the document should be a list of aims and 
-objectives for your project. These are statements of what you set out 
-to achieve with your project. Try to be as specific as possible at 
-this stage, but avoid getting into too many details that may change 
-later. It's the main results and components of your project you should 
-list. A bullet point list with at most one level of sub-points is 
-usually sufficient. 
- 
-For modules CM0300, CM0333 or CM0400 (the short individual project) your aims and 
-objectives are what you expect to have at the end of the module for 
-your final report. 
- 
-==== Work Plan ==== 
- 
-The last section of your plan should consist of a time plan stating 
-what you are working on when. This should include clear milestones of 
-what you expect to achieve by which date and also show how you intent 
-to achieve these milestones. Make sure the deliverables for the 
-reports (especially the interim report, if applicable) clearly link 
-with your time plan, such that you can actually deliver them when they 
-are due. 
- 
-You are free to choose the work plan format that you think is best 
-suited for your project and working style. This //may// be a [[wp>Gantt chart]], 
-but sometimes it may also be sufficient to simply list in sequence 
-what you are working on with a time-scale and milestones/deliverables. 
-Usually a weekly scale for the work plan is a good choice. Take note 
-of the deadlines for the deliverables as listed in your PATS project 
-description when you develop the work plan and also consider any other 
-commitments and busy times such as the exam periods. 
- 
-===== Approval Procedure ===== 
- 
-Once you have discussed your project plan with your supervisor and 
-moderator and have submitted it on PATS, both, your supervisor and 
-moderator, must approve your plan on PATS. They can choose to leave 
-any comments with your plan. You will see the comments and the 
-approval as soon as they have done this. 
- 
-You can resubmit your plan at any time until the deadline. Should you 
-resubmit a plan that has already been approved, the approval will be 
-removed and the new plan must be approved again. 
- 
-After the submission deadline your supervisor and moderator can still 
-approve the plan, edit their comments, etc. and in very special cases 
-even remove approval (they should get in contact with you to discuss 
-if they choose to do this). They can do this until about one week 
-after the plan submission deadline (the relevant approval deadline for 
-them in shown in PATS to them). After this approval deadline they 
-cannot undo any approval (but still approve your plan in case there is 
-any delay, just that approval will then be final). 
- 
-In case you fail to submit your plan by deadline or wish to resubmit a 
-plan after the submission deadline, please get in contact with the 
-project coordinator to discuss this. 
- 
-===== Approval Criteria ===== 
- 
-Your supervisor and moderator will approve your plan according to the 
-following criteria: 
-  * Title and project description accurately represent the project and are suitable for the module you are are taking 
-  * Aims and objectives are clear, sufficiently detailed and provide a suitable challenge for your project 
-    * For modules CM0300, CM0333, CM0400 the deliverables for the final report are clearly specified 
-    * For module CM0343 the deliverables for the interim and final report are clearly specified and split the total amount of work into 25% / 75% between the two reports 
-  * Time plan is feasible, sufficiently specific to the project, and has a clear timeline and milestones 
-  * The amount of work is suitable for the credits and level of the module:  
-    * 30 credits (300 hours of work) for CM0333 
-    * 20 credits (200 hours of work) for CM0300 
-    * 20 credits (200 hours of work) for CM0400 
  
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