Part 3: Project

Congratulations! You've just completed the second phase of Designing with Web.

Now is time to work in group and learn how to prototype, test, design and share a product. These are the steps we ask you to follow during the 4 coming weeks:

• Phase 1: Prototype
  I have a subject: how can I define 2 proposals and materialize them by prototyping?
• Phase 2: Test
  I have 2 proposals: how can I improve & validate them through user testing?
• Phase 3: Design
  I have a valid proposition: how can I demonstrate it?
• Phase 4: Share
  I have a project: how can I gain support by sharing?

By the end of Part 3, you'll have a complete project to show off your skills. Here are two great projects made by our students last year:

Working together

Working as a team is a great challenge to get used to. When you will jump into the professional world as an employee, an entrepreneur or a freelancer, you will always end up working with people with different schedules, different goals and especially different vision: know that your project tutor can help you on this point.

Working with professionals

Every week in Part 3, your appointments are with professionals, it's a chance to discover jobs with which you will collaborate in your career. It is imperative that your attitude is in line with your status as a college student. Take the opportunity to network with an expert.

Here are the rules you must follow:

Before the meetings:

• Know the subject of your appointment.
  You must have read the course modules and prepared the questions you wish to discuss with the tutor.

• Know how to locate the progress of your team.
  Take the time to formulate the difficulties encountered and the positive points. Don't wait several weeks before reporting problems.

• Organize a meeting.
  A suitable place (quiet) with a good internet connection, for the smooth running of your interview.

• Keep iterating on your work.
  After each evaluation, you will have the opportunity to review your work based on your tutor's comments and ask them to re-evaluate it the following week.
  For example: if you received a low grade and points for improvement on Phase 2. You can improve it in the days leading up to Phase 3 and then ask your tutor to re-evaluate this work on the day of Phase 3.

During meetings:

• Your presence is mandatory at all meetings.
  Any absence must be justified to your tutor before the meeting in the Slack channel of your group.

• Your camera must be on.
  The tutor is there to accompany you synchronously, not to talk to an avatar.

• Behave like a professional.
  Adopt an employee posture in a company in all circumstances: holding in front of the camera, appropriate language, listening skills, correct clothing.

• Lead this project in good spirit.
  Your participation in the meetings is mandatory and is part of the course. You are not a cruise passenger. Remember to react to the comments made to your group but also to interact with the other groups present.
  When the tutor gives the speech, everyone must speak!

• Take advantage of your appointments collectively.
  You must divide up the roles: designate as many "scribes" as necessary for each meeting. It is mandatory to write a group interview report and post it in the group channel at the end of the meeting.

Outside of meetings:

• Collaborate with the tools at your disposal:

  • Slack:
    The group communication must be done on Slack in your group channel.
    → If you discuss elsewhere, your tutor cannot accompany you, it is a waste of time, resources and especially advice.
    → Make reports and post them on Slack to get feedback from your tutor.
    → Individual maluses will weight your final score according to your participation.

    Any student who is still not registered on Slack at the beginning of Part 3 will be graded 0 for Part 3.

    Any student who does not participate in the Slack channel of their group will be graded 0 for Part 3.

  • Zoom:
    Meetings with your tutor are done using Zoom, you'll have to use it every week to meet your tutor. Start by installing Zoom for Mac, Windows or Linux and login with your emlyon address. You can use Zoom in group at any time to chat in video and share your screens: type /zoom in your Slack group channel, a button will appear in the channel to join a Zoom room.

    When launching a Zoom room for the first time, you will have to validate your account by clicking on the "Authorize Zoom" link, then connect with SSO ("Sign in with SSO").
    → In the field "Your company domain", enter "em-lyon".
    → Finally, authenticate on the emlyon portal.

• Be there for others.
  Reactivity towards your tutor and your collaborators on Slack is essential. Put yourself in the shoes of a professional who leads a project as a team.

• Document
  You must constantly document what you are doing. Keep as much record as possible of the exchanges and work done so that you can analyze what worked in the project and what didn't.

Documenting

Assiduous documentation will be the key to the success of your project!