Project: detailed dictionary for a small word field

The objective of the two project preparation sessions is

1. to summarise the content of previous sessions,
2. to apply the methodology developed in previous sessions,
3. to produce a concrete, identifiable overall result.

The term 'project' is being used somewhat technically here, and is intended to be analogous with procedures used in a 'research project'. The following checklist is intended to help you to focus on structuring your work efficiently:

Project objectives (needs, requirements specification):

What is the topic of the project? What is the problem to be solved by the project? What is the result - i.e. the 'product' - which this project is intended to produce (a presentation)? For what purposes (not just qualification!) is it being produced? Who (not just your instructor!) is it intended for? How are these objectives to be attained? What resources are necessary?

Project design:

What tasks have to be performed in order to reach the goals of the project? What information sources (corpora, books, web, empirical survey or experiment, 'Gedankenexperiment'...) are required in order to perform these tasks? What tools are to be used in order to process these sources?

Project implementation:

What tools are needed to produce the product of the project (presentation)? Which presentation software? Which graphics software? Maybe also audio software? What will the content of the presentation be (network, mind map, ...)? What will the structure of the presentation be (distribution of information in sections, slides etc.)? What will the style of the presentation be in terms of layout, fonts, colours?

Project evaluation:

What are the criteria for evaluating the quality of your presentation? Are the objectives fulfilled? Is the presentation useful outside the context of the class? What is the division of labour between media - the screen or beamer presentation, the oral presentation, other media?

These criteria are useful for designing all kinds of project - creating presentations, writing term papers, preparing for examinations, or planning scientific or industrial research projects.