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Table of Contents

1. Introduction ........................................................................................................................ 1

2. Description ......................................................................................................................... 1

3. Project Client ..................................................................................................................... 1

3.1. The Reinvention Network (ABN 92 091 895 564) .................................................... 1

4. Product Features ................................................................................................................. 2

4.1. Template for student applications .............................................................................. 2

4.2. Secure Access through university campuses ............................................................. 2

4.3. Linking with the university database ......................................................................... 2

4.4. Roles based on student courses .................................................................................. 2

4.5. Updates to application ................................................................................................ 2

5. Project Rationale ................................................................................................................ 3

6. Literature Review ............................................................................................................... 3

7. Project Timeline ................................................................................................................. 4

8. Expected Outcomes ........................................................................................................... 4

9. Evaluation Strategies ......................................................................................................... 5

10. Bibliography ...................................................................................................................... 6

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1. Introduction

While the academy prepares the students for obtaining relevant knowledge, building on

practical experience is an important aspect where the classroom teaching often falls short. In

the modern-day scenario, most organizations work on a project based model and are often

looking for fresh minds to support them in critical situations. However, there is a lack of

matching in the organizational needs with the students’ desire to work in a practical scenario.

Therefore, we look forward to developing a website which can bring together both sides which

are ready and willing to collaborate.

2. Description

To bring the students and corporates together, we aim to develop a website with the help of

sponsorship from the corporate world. The single most important objective of this website

would be to allow the corporate to post about the various opportunities for students on a

temporary basis. At the same time, the students would be able to view these opportunities and

express their interest in working on the requirements as listed by the corporates. These aspects

would provide a direct interface between the corporates and the students. To ensure that only

applicable candidates are able to view and apply for the opportunities, the access to the website

shall be restricted to university campus.

3. Project Client

3.1. The Reinvention Network (ABN 92 091 895 564)

Founded by Dr. Ron Beckett in 2000, ‘The Reinvention Network’ operates at the

industry/academia interface; supporting and encouraging consulting and research projects

and aiding towards growth and sustainability of firms and not-for-profit organizations to

adapt in the rapid changing environment. Focused primarily on taking direct consultation

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projects, the reinvention network’s primary profile frequently had enterprise and university

partner involvement. (The Reinvention Network, n.d.)

4. Product Features

To achieve the objectives, the website shall have the following features:

4.1.Template for student applications

The students would be able to apply for the opportunities in the format specified on the website.

This shall be done to ensure a consistent format for all the applications, resulting into ease of

review for the corporates.

4.2.Secure Access through university campuses

The website shall be accessible through university campuses only. This shall ensure that only

students within the university are applying for the relevant roles.

4.3.Linking with the university database

To ensure that authentic student applications are received, the registration number of the

student shall be verified with the university database.

4.4.Roles based on student courses

The corporate organization which is posting the role shall have the option to restrict the

student’s application based on the course in which the student is enrolled. The restriction can

be automated by linking the student id with the university’s database.

4.5.Updates to application

The action taken by the corporate representative shall be updated on the portal for each

student’s application. This shall make it clear to the students as to whether their application is

under consideration.

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5. Project Rationale

The key points relating to rationale for this project are listed below:

A) To enable collaboration between the students and the corporates to carry out projects

B) To ensure a direct interface between the corporates and the students

C) To provide a template based approach in order to reduce turnaround time for

scrutinizing student’s applications

6. Literature Review

This project aims to build a bridge between the students who are looking to train themselves in

the practical environment and the corporates who are looking forward to hiring the students

who cans serve specific project needs. This temporary project based hiring, which is typically

an internship also opens the door for future hiring of the students. The effective internship

program is beneficial for both students and corporates as it provides a practical experience of

working in the professional environment for both the sides (Harrison, 2017).At the same time,

the student who pass out of university lack certain skill gaps which may be technical or soft

skills for adapting to the corporate environment. The internship program also provides for

bridging the much-needed skill gaps in the university students (Cappelli, 2015).

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7. Project Timeline

8. Expected Outcomes

Based on our project, we expect the following outcomes:

A) An interactive method for the corporates to post their temporary project based

requirements or inform the students about their internship programs

B) Students should be able to review the available projects and apply for working on

corporate projects based on their class schedules and course requirements

C) The students would be able to get a chance to work in the corporate environment during

their study period

D) Corporate organizations get an opportunity to review the students’ skills, attitude and

potential for performing as a part of the company

Project Start Date Display Week 1

Project Lead 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14

WBS TASK LEAD START END DAYS % DONE

WORK DAYS M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S M T W T F S S

1 Finalizing Project Sponsorship - -

1.1 Evaluating interested companies Mon 9/03/18 Wed 9/05/18 3 100% 3

1.2 Finalizing the company Thu 9/06/18 Fri 9/07/18 2 100% 2

2 Requirements Gathering - -

2.1Interviews with HR team of the corporate sponsor

Mon 9/10/18 Tue 9/11/18 2 100% 2

2.2 Interviews with HR team of other corporate Wed 9/12/18 Thu 9/13/18 2 100% 2

2.3 Interviews with students Fri 9/14/18 Fri 9/14/18 1 100% 1

3 Freezing requirements plan - -

3.1Finalizing requirements for the website development

Mon 9/17/18 Wed 9/19/18 3 100% 3

4 Finalizing development partner - -

4.1 Inviting website developers Mon 9/03/18 Fri 9/07/18 5 100% 5

4.2 Evaluating interested companies Sat 9/08/18 Wed 9/12/18 5 100% 3

4.3 Shotlisting 3 developers Thu 9/13/18 Fri 9/14/18 2 100% 2

4.4 Discussion of requirements Thu 9/20/18 Thu 9/20/18 1 100% 1

4.5 Finalizing the selected partner Fri 9/21/18 Fri 9/21/18 1 100% 1

5 Website Development & Testing - -

5.1 Development of website by partner Mon 9/24/18 Sun 10/07/18 14 100% 10

5.2 Website Testing by users Mon 10/08/18 Thu 10/11/18 4 100% 4

6 Website deployment - -

6.1 Deployment of website Fri 10/12/18 Fri 10/12/18 1 100% 1

Week 424 Sep 2018 1 Oct 2018

Week 68 Oct 2018

Week 5Week 2Week 19/3/2018 (Monday)

10 Sep 20183 Sep 2018Week 3

17 Sep 2018

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9. Evaluation Strategies

The project has a focused objective to build a platform between the students and the corporate

organizations. To evaluate whether our objective has been successful, we can look at the

following parameters:

A) Before the project execution commences, we shall look at the organizations for

sponsorship. The interest of organizations shall prove as a validation point that the

project concept is successful

B) Once we are satisfied that the companies are happy to provide us with monetary

resources, we can also take this as their interest in associating with the platform

C) Upon the completion of the project, we shall evaluate the number of corporate and their

job postings on the portal to measure the success from the corporate side

D) For the students, the number of opportunities converted shall serve as an important

yardstick for measuring the success of the platform

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10. Bibliography

Cappelli, P. H., 2015. Skill gaps, skill shortages, and skill mismatches: Evidence and arguments

for the United States. ILR Review, pp. 251-290.

Harrison, D., 2017. The Benefits of Constructing an Effective Internship Program. Journal of

Research Initiatives.

The Reinvention Network, n.d. About | The Reinvention Network. [Online]

Available at: http://reinventnet.org/drupal/?q=node/1

[Accessed 16 August 2018].