Location:
------------------
You are supposed to find your inspector at the specified time next to
the "coffee-bar tables" on the lower ground floor and then head to the
lab to chat about your project and/or demonstrate any output you've
reached. Be free to use the PCs or your laptop. Please do not stay in
a lab assuming that your inspectors will find you. Note your inspector
may be a bit late, due to delays in previous inspections.


Objectives and Preparations:
----------------------------------------------
One member of staff (who is not your supervisor) will meet with you to
discuss the progress you have made with your project, trying to ensure
that your interpretation of the topic is reasonable and that you are
making adequate progress. In other words, the project inspection is
not formally assessed, but if there is cause for concern about your
project, this is brought to your attention. The inspector's feedback
will provide you with a better understanding of your plan and whether
the work is sensible and likely to result in a dissertation. If you
have doubts or concerns about any aspects of your project (and
supervisor), please be free to share your doubts with your inspector.
The inspector will give you her/his opinion.

At this stage, you might be wondering: what should I prepare for my
20-minutes meeting?

- You do not need to prepare a PowerPoint presentation, unless your
supervisor has explicitly asked you to do so.

-  Relax - it is just a friendly chat! By now I believe you have
already produced a sound project proposal. Based on your proposal, you
may need to give a brief summary of the objectives of your project,
update on your progress - i.e. what you have achieved so far (this
could be, for example, researching, eliciting requirements for your
system, working on a small prototype/code to establish the feasibility
of a suggestion, understanding the problem domain, conducting a
survey, and/or drafting a design etc.), and clear plan on how you
intend to proceed with your project.

[Note - different projects are approached from different angles - so
don't panic if you don't have any implementation at this stage.]

- My suggestion for preparation: read your proposal once, twice and
even trice. Make it available to your inspector at least two days
before your meeting. When reading your proposal, be critical about
every point. Ask yourself: what are the objectives? Why? How? Is it
feasible (within the project period)? What are the expected results,
the beneficiaries, users etc? You may even chat with a friend
informing her/him about your project, your progress to-date, plans,
and doubts. This will mentally prepare you for the meeting