"Introduction to Development Projects 2021" has started today.

The purpose of this course is to understand development projects through actual experience of planning, executing, and managing a project. Students will also learn the basics of web application development.

A total of 16 students from the University of Aizu and Nihon University are participating. It is being held as an online lecture and co-lectured with an industry expert.

pic_2021_intro_topics_10.jpg In the morning session, the participants first learned what a development project.

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Participants divided into four groups. In the first exercise, each team practiced on how to define a "project".

pic_2021_intro_topics_11.jpg In the afternoon, participants worked on development exercises to understand and practice system development skills. Participants first had some difficulty in collaborating in an online environment with team members, as well as configurating their development environment.

Continuing from the Creativity Development Studio, the theme is "Future bustle and living of the community". In the following three days, each team will identify existing issues in the local area and propose a system to solve it.