While the project description slides assist students in having a high level understanding of your project, the project charter outlines what they are working towards and why it is important in detail.
- About the company
- What does your company do?
- History
- About the specific department/team the project falls under
- What is your team's role in relation to the company?
- About the Mentor
- Title
- Summary of job responsibilities
- Contact
- Availability
- Tenative Schedule
- Please be mindful of holiday and academic calendars.
- Getting Started (while the specific project goals may change over an academic year, it helps to outline overall goals and milestones)
- Fall
- Sprints
- Typically understanding the data, exploration, conduct research on proposed methodology, etc.
- Spring
- Sprints
- Deployment
- Outlook for a good stopping point prior to the end of the academic year
- Expectations
- It is understood that this project is intended to be a learning experience; there are no guaranteed deliverables, outcomes, or performance. Having said that, outlining expectations for the students enables them to work towards the project goals.
- Preparations
- Reviewing Materials
- What required materials should the students review to understand the project? (Videos, literature, articles, etc.)
- Tools and Software
- Identify tools and softwares the students need to know to be successful on this project.
- Hardware
- Identify required hardware or computing the students need access to in order to be successful on this project.
