The Stibo Graphic Case Evaluation of WBL at Stibo

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The Stibo Graphic Case Evaluation of WBL at
Stibo
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Stibo Graphic A/S

• Stibo Graphic A/S offers advanced publishing
  solutions both printed and electronic for
  publishers of telephone directories, catalogues,
  periodicals and magazines.
• Stibo Graphic A/S is a division of the company
  Stibo A/S. The group operates on a global level
  (in Europe, North America and the Far East) and
  has approx. 1,000 employees.

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SALSA project

• Customer Project
• Salsa is an application for mobile sales. The
  system ensures a fully electronic workflow when
  selling ads in directories.

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Stibo Graphic Customer Project
SALSA
1/10- 03 1/10-04

• Primary persons involved
• Manager
• Head of Solutions

• Learners
• PhD
• M.Sc. E E
• B.Sc. E E

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Phases in a WBL-course

• Contact phase
• Initiating discussion of Learning Objectives
• Learning Objectives
• Learning Contract
• Implementation of WBL
• Evaluation of Learning Objectives

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SALSA Learning Contract

• 4 Learning Objectives was defined
• Project Management
• Estimation
• Re-engineering
• Architecture

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Structure
SALSA
1/3- 04 1/10-04
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Estimation
Re-engineering
Architecture
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Phases in a WBL-course

• Contact phase
• Initiating discussion of Learning Objectives
• Learning Objectives
• Learning Contract
• Implementation of WBL
• Evaluation of Learning Objectives

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WBL Process
SALSA
1/3- 04 1/10-04
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Phases in a WBL-course

• Contact phase
• Initiating discussion of Learning Objectives
• Learning Objectives
• Learning Contract
• Implementation of WBL
• Evaluation of Learning Objectives

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Evaluation of Learning Objectives

• Post Mortem evaluation was carried out in
  September 2004.
• The learners was introduced to Post Mortem method
  and
• Project Management theory
• The Post Mortem was successful
• Opportunity to discuss estimation in the project
  and to look for successes and failures
• Elaborate on learning from both the successes and
  the failures
• The post mortem was evaluated as the last
  activity and the learners had
• learned both about Project Management and about
  doing Post Mortems

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Evaluation of WBL at STIBO

• General comments on WBL at STIBO
• Comments from
• Learners
• Manager
• Teacher
• Administrator

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Additional Contract
WBL at STIBO
SALSA
1/3- 04 1/8-04 1/10-04
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Estimation
Re-engineering
Architecture
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Comments from Learners

• Learning Objectives changed through the WBL
  course
• Our goal was to learn as much as possible!
• More would have been gained by being more focused
  on actual needs
• Pointed remarks from colleagues not involved in
  WBL

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Comments from Manager

• The strength is a taylor-made WBL
• According to the company strategy
• According the need of the individual engineering
• According to the need of a single project
• 20-50 CEE is suitable for WBL
• Absent at traditional courses / Not absent at WBL
  - dilemma
• University long-haired theory meet practical
  workday in company
• Arrange and organize meetings