The aim of the course is to bring together skills acquired on previously studied information systems courses (see prerequisites). You will work in a group to experience the system development process from requirements gathering through to software implementation.

The project is expected show progression from the IS Project 1 (INFS2611). This progression is expected to demonstrate a broader business perspective (e.g., a business process orientation, enterprise systems), greater technical depth (e.g., deployment of Web services, AJAX mash-ups, mobile applications), and a sophisticated approach to project planning and control (drawing on lesson learnt in IS Project 1). Students will be given a broad remit over how the project is defined and managed.

The choice of business application will be negotiated by the student group with their consulting academic, who will provide ongoing supervision and guidance through regular meetings. A business case outlining business value, technical novelty, risks, and a project management strategy will be required before practical work commences. A further requirement of the project will be to identify a piece of open source software (OSS), possibly through Source Forge, and integrate this OSS into their business application.