Projects

Projects will be at the heart of your graduate IT job: get ahead by understanding the project life cycle and the jargon. Reading up on different technology projects is also a great way to get a feel for life with different types of IT employers, so take a look at the case studies below.

Project talk: what graduates need to know about IT project work

As a graduate you are likely to join an IT project team from day one, so it makes sense to understand the six typical steps that make up the project life-cycle.

Graduate in the driving seat: producing an in-car infotainment system demo

Software engineer Michael McGeagh’s graduate job took him all the way to San Francisco when he got involved in a project to design an in-car infotainment system to exhibit at trade shows.

Going live: graduate updates live trading software

Computer science graduate Laura Fletcher tackled her first big project in her job as technical service delivery manager at Fidessa. She project managed an update to live trading software.

IT project jobs: graduate software engineer builds a game asset management system

Computer games use thousands of assets (models, textures, sounds and scripts) that all need to be managed effectively. David Quinn from Rare gives his view on building an asset management system.

IT project jobs: industrial design graduate takes on ultimate challenge – developing a next-generation kid-proof computer

Product development engineer, Simon Carp found that computers for schools have to withstand the rough and tough of classroom life. Here he explains why good design starts with keeping the end user in mind.

IT project jobs: graduate consultant heads down under to support new banking software

Surfing wasn’t compulsory when graduate consultant Tom Smart headed out to Australia to provide software support to a Sydney bank. But, if you were near Bondi Beach you wouldn’t miss out on the opportunity to gain extra cultural awareness, would you?

IT project jobs: graduate joins team to upgrade a Kenyan telecoms network and services

‘Sometimes the pressure is very high and there are many unexpected events that can happen, but with correct analysis and planning, a project will succeed,’ says graduate application developer Dimitrios Paggitoulis of his cross-continent telecoms project.

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