Using a Project Model for Assessment of CDIO skills Tomas Svensson, Svante Gunnarsson Linköping University Sweden June

CDIO SKILLS  CDIO skills - Personal, interpersonal, and product and system building skills. 2.X Personal and professional skills and attributes 3.X Interpersonal skills: Teamwork and communication 4.X Conceiving, designing, implementing and operating systems in the enterprise and societal context.  How do we assess the CDIO skills?

PROJECT MODEL Three main reasons for using a project model in engineering education:  Tool for execution of projects  Project work under industry like conditions  A tool for assessment of various CDIO skills

PROJECT MODEL 0 x Tollgate Assignment x Milestone What? Requirements How? Plans m Design Code Diagrams etc n Test Debugging Integration System test..s Delivery Evaluation Final report 6 AfterDuringBefore

THE BEFORE PHASE

ASSESSMENT IN THE BEFORE PHASE Results:  Setting system goals and requirements  Defining function, concepts and architecture  Development project management  The design process phasing and requirements Process:  Forming effective teams  Team operation  Leadership  Technical teaming  Written communication Assessment tools:  Requirement specification  Project and time plan  System drawing  Time and status reports

DURING PHASE

ASSESSMENT IN THE DURING PHASE Results:  The design process  The design process phasing approaches  Utilization of knowledge in design  Designing the implementation process  Implementation in hardware and software.  Test, verification and validation Process:  Team operation  Written communication Assessment tools:  Design and test specification  Test protocol  Time and status reports  The technical result is checked against the requirement specification  Technical documentation

AFTER PHASE

ASSESSMENT IN THE AFTER PHASE Process:  Team operation  Team growth and evolution  Electronic/Multimedia communication  Oral presentation Assessment tools:  Time and status reports  Presentation  Project reflection

CONCLUSIONS  The project model provides a structure for assessment of CDIO skills.  The model enables continuous assessment.  The model and assessment can be used at different levels of complexity.