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Software Development Project Winter 2025

COMP CO867
Open Closing on December 21, 2024
Mohawk College
Mohawk College
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
Dr. Douglas Ferrier
Dr. Douglas Ferrier He
Professor
2
Timeline
  • January 6, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 15, 2025
    Project Selection (tentative)
  • April 11, 2025
    Experience end
Experience
15 projects wanted
Dates set by experience
Preferred companies
Anywhere
Any company type
Any industries
Categories
Website development Mobile app development Information technology Software development Data analysis
Skills
design software development time management user experience business consulting
Student goals and capabilities

Mohawk College delivers a Software Engineering Project (COMP-CO867) course that all students take in their 3rd year (5th semester), where they work in groups to complete a project with a client/partner. Ideally, the client is a company/organization that requires the development of a software prototype solution to solve a particular problem.

The client does not pay for the student effort in these projects. Projects have been completed for Hamilton Health Sciences, local non-profit groups, The City of Hamilton, Industrial clients, and many clients of the Innovation Factory and client through Riipen

Students
Undergraduate
Intermediate levels
40 Students
Project
40 hours per Student
Educators assign Students to projects
Teams of 2
Expected outcomes and deliverables

The final deliverable will include:

  1. Requirements Document
  2. Prototype with Source Code
  3. Final presentation/video
Project timeline
  • January 6, 2025
    Experience start
  • January 15, 2025
    Project Selection (tentative)
  • April 11, 2025
    Experience end
Project Examples

The process requires that students take a project from the beginning phases (requirements, design) through to coding and presentation. This is done at a relatively fast pace (course is complete within 14 weeks) and upon completion, the students and/or partner can decide to take the project/prototype product further. The course is a credit course and my experience last year is that the developed prototypes can be used and developed into full working systems once the course is complete.

Project examples include but are not limited to:

  • Developing web applications for the front-end and/or back-end
  • Developing mobile apps in Android OS or Apple iOS
  • Enhancing your existing applications with new features
  • Integrating your existing applications with other/new applications
  • Designing object-oriented software programs
  • Designing simple databases applications
Companies must answer the following questions to submit a match request to this experience:

Provide a dedicated contact that is able to set aside some time during the semester to meet with the students in order to complete the requirements and design – (Usually 3 or 4, 1 to 2 hour meetings).

Be available for a quick phone call with the instructor to initiate your relationship and confirm your scope is an appropriate fit for the course.

Be available to attend the presentation during the last week of the semester.

A project description is used to create interest for the student groups. Typically, this requires a one-page document that includes: • Project Title, • Background Information, • Work Request, • Technology Requirements, Platform, Technology Requirement/Preference (if any), • Contact Information