Project proposals

During the project, student teams implement a software product, a prototype, a proof of concept (PoC), or add new features to an existing application. The team size is typically 6 or 7 team members. Depending on the project, the team can dedicate around 800 to 900 hours to complete it. It is required that the customer collaborates with the team during the project and participates in all important meetings (Project plan review, sprint reviews, final meeting).

The projects starts twice every year (end of August, beginning of January).

By default, students have rights to all the work they produce, but the customer and the team can also agree otherwise. Often, the source code of an application is published under an open-source license (e.g., MIT), but this too can be agreed upon differently between the customer and the team. It is advisable to document the customer’s preferences regarding copyrights and the potential open publication of the source code in the project proposal. If the project team has the opportunity to receive compensation for a successful project, this can also be mentioned.

The project proposal would contain at least: project name/topic, customer’s problem, what would be done (high-level requirements), environment (hardware, software, operating system), required skills (technologies, tools), and customer’s contact information.

Check also some earlier projects.

Schedule for project proposals (autumn 2025 course)

• Preliminary deadline for project proposals is on 15.08.2025. Send the proposal in .pdf format to Tero Ahtee (tero.ahtee at tuni.fi) and Timo Poranen (timo.poranen at tuni.fi).
• More information will be given later.

Schedule for project proposals (spring 2025 course)

• 07.01.2025 deadline for project proposals. Send the proposal in .pdf format to Tero Ahtee (tero.ahtee at tuni.fi) and Timo Poranen (timo.poranen at tuni.fi).
• 08.01.2025 Project proposals are published in course’s Moodle forum (only students can see the proposals) and students select their projects. Project names are listed on Current projects page.
• 09.01.2025 (Thursday), starting at 14.15, customers can shortly present (max. 5 min) their project topics and students can ask questions (orally or in chat).
  • Zoom link: https://tuni.zoom.us/j/68641521376 (waiting room is in use).
    
  • Presentation order is the same as projects are listed on Current projects page (see section 2025 Spring proposed projects).
  • Presentations are voluntary for customers, so your presentation slot just will be skipped if there is no presentation. Also, minor changes to the presentation order are possible, and if needed, in the end there is some extra time available.
  • The course is supposed to have over 200 students.
• Interested project groups contact customer and ask more about the project. Customers are encouraged to answer quickly group’s questions.
• If more that one group contacts customer, the customer can decide whether to take one or more groups for the same topic. However, the customer can select only one group for the topic.
• Latest by Monday 20.01.2025 groups are formed and projects started. The groups contact customers.