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Project Management IBB135 2011-2012 LP4

1. What is your general impression of the course?

Worst course ever»		0		0%
Fair»		2		2%
Adequate»		9		10%
Good»		32		37%
Excellent»		36		42%
Best course ever»		6		7%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.41

- This course is very interesting, but have a severe affliction of hybris. (Exam + Home exam + graded project report is too much)» (Adequate)
- Since I only took the course due to that it was mandatory for me to acquire my masters degree, I did not find it very interesting or motivating.» (Adequate)
- I see troubles with the great amount of compulsory hand-ins as I had difficulties to complete other work (not only university studies. My plan estimated 25-30 hours per week of work for this course). Yes, the course was very good and I have learnt a lot. But, as Jan brought up the scheduling of the basics test after Easter break: I have had the impression from students, lecturers and others, that the way of compressing study periods at Chalmers has two meaning: first to separate the periods for re-exams, secondly there is an understanding that these breaks are meant to be breaks. That is way they are called breaks. I have a Bachelor from another university and I rather have the 10 weeks study periods than have lecturers that see these breaks as a reason to evocate (don’,t really know the correct term here, in Swedish “,pressa fram”,) the very best performance of the students. I did not have any re-exams, it is not how I do my studying, but my project members did and that caused them to actually fail also this basics test. Thereby they could not help with the finalization of the project report. That meant I took a greater part of finalizing the report and this of course mean I could not enjoy this study period as much as I would like–, there is my self-interest. Ok, I do not have any constructive comments on how to do it differently, but I sincerely hope this work gives me advantages in the future.» (Good)
- I"ve particularly appreciate the lectures, the content and the way they were leaded, but, especially for the basic lectures they haven"t help a lot in passing the basic test.» (Good)
- You"ve learned alot. However it has been so many assignments and tests which have been hard when you have another project course also.» (Good)
- Could have been more lectures and less "self-learning"» (Good)
- As an introductory course it"s quite good, however the approach used is intresting as the main goal is exposing the mechanics inside project management and using that to make projects work. this comes at the expense of how to manage projects, little is provided within the course and the book even if adequate is frankly void of important lessons.» (Good)
- Unfortunately i was not able to attend all lectures because of a seminar course with mandatory meetings. I think I would have rated it excellent if I could have been there and gotten all the information.» (Good)
- Hard but i learnet a lot! Excellent lecturers!» (Excellent)
- Both Jan and Lars did a great job. Lots to do!» (Excellent)
- The course covered a broad spectrum of topics and it was very well organized. I would definitely recommend this course to anyone who wants to learn a thing or two about management, planning, and focus. » (Excellent)
- Very interesting contents of the course.» (Excellent)
- Well structured and clear information.» (Excellent)
- It taught what it ment to teach» (Excellent)
- Really show the real life under the project and its management» (Excellent)
- Very interesting subject and the way we got to work with the material. Although, a lot of work needed.. Also, "my no fluff promise" did not include the basic test criteria of 12p- to receive a higher grade. » (Excellent)
- The content of the course was really well structured. » (Excellent)
- interesting lectures, easy to communicate questions, very good supervision during the research project» (Excellent)
- Honestly, absolutely one of my best courses yet» (Best course ever)
- Excellent formula, course organisation.» (Best course ever)

About you

2. What is your total working experience of product (and service) development projects?

Working as a project member
85 svarande

None»		25		31%
1 - 3 months»		14		17%
4 - 6 months»		12		15%
7 - 12 months»		11		13%
More than a year»		18		22%
No answer»		5

Genomsnitt: 2.78

Working as a project manager / project leader
81 svarande

None»		47		61%
1 - 3 months»		17		22%
4 - 6 months»		5		6%
7 - 12 months»		3		3%
More than a year»		5		6%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.72

3. Where did you receive your Bachelor degree?

I (Industrial Engineering & Management) at Chalmers»		3		3%
Elsewhere at Chalmers»		38		45%
A Swedish university other than Chalmers»		8		9%
A European university elsewhere than in Sweden»		24		28%
A non-European university»		11		13%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.02

4. Who was your Research Project supervisor?

Anne Elerud-Tryde (groups RPA1-RPA6)»		27		31%
Jonas Hjerpe (groups RPB1-RPB5)»		26		30%
Jan Wickenberg (groups RPC1-RPC6)»		32		37%

Genomsnitt: 2.05

5. Which Literature Seminar did you attend?

Alfa (Anne+Jan, Tuesday 13-15)»		23		27%
Bravo (Anne, Tuesday 15-17)»		26		31%
Charlie (Jan, Thursday)»		34		40%
Can not remember/did not participate»		2

Genomsnitt: 2.13

6. What is your preferred style of studying?

Matrisfråga

- The course is semi-compulsory in my master program. I would like to get a good grade, but the work load for me in this study period has been very high! Thus I am basically happy to pass.»
- I would rather learn a great deal of things in this course in terms of real world experience than getting a 5. Grades are important to me but I believe the knowledge I receive from this course which I can apply later in my working career is even more important. I believe your boss will prefer your knowledge and skills over your final grades.»
- But challenging can mean different things. »
- I prefer to do some challenging project which is interesting, but I hope that the test can be simpler.»
- what I taking with me is the small things that everyone know exist but no one talks about and putting a word on it»
- I think learning in the curse is the most important thing but, since in the life many times the grades count (especially when it is about selections and lists) it is also important to try to achieve a good grate.»
- This course has not been special to me in any way. I have just done my best to try to learn and get a good grade.»
- As an Erasmus student, wanted to see how different are the educational methods in each country and in fact they are really different but this course is even more special and challenging than others.»
- I love the fact that i learnt a lot of new knowledge from this course especially during the supervision session. It helped me to think more critically.»

I prefer work that is challenging
85 svarande

1 - Not at all true of me»		0		0%
2»		0		0%
3»		1		1%
4»		10		11%
5»		30		35%
6»		32		37%
7 - Very true of me»		12		14%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 5.51

I prefer course work that arouses my curiosity, even if it is difficult
85 svarande

1 - Not at all true of me»		0		0%
2»		0		0%
3»		1		1%
4»		4		4%
5»		20		23%
6»		31		36%
7 - Very true of me»		29		34%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 5.97

Getting good grades is my main goal for this course
84 svarande

1 - Not at all true of me»		7		8%
2»		9		10%
3»		12		14%
4»		22		26%
5»		21		25%
6»		13		15%
7 - Very true of me»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.95

A good grade in this course is more important to me than what I learn from the course
85 svarande

1 - Not at all true of me»		24		28%
2»		26		30%
3»		14		16%
4»		16		18%
5»		4		4%
6»		1		1%
7 - Very true of me»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.44

About the course

7. Reading the Maylor textbook

I had a printed copy of my own»		49		57%
I shared a printed copy with other students»		4		4%
I read the book on-line»		26		30%
I printed the book from on-line»		2		2%
I did not read it»		4		4%
No answer/Other»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.91

- Borrowed from a previous student» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- I borrowed it from a previous course student.» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- Quite good...» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- I thought it valuable enough to keep after the course, thus I purchased it. » (I had a printed copy of my own)
- Nice that they have it on the library because otherwise it is expensive.» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- I would have prefered to read the pdf, but since i had to download it every 7 days again it was too burdensome. » (I had a printed copy of my own)
- online version did not always work» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- I had a copy of my own, but I have used the on-line book a bit as well. » (I had a printed copy of my own)
- It is very superficial, it provides some references as food for thought but otherwise is barely adequate as a pure management guide. It provides little management lessons with overly superficial details. It"s about one of the worst "textbooks" I had to deal with. The only reddeming feature is that it is light both to read and to carry.» (I had a printed copy of my own)
- Pretty thorough book, it is very well structured for this course. Especially if you are not a business major this book is a pretty good guidance to understanding what is going on in this course.» (I read the book on-line)

8. This helped me understand the Basics of Project Management

- I think the Maylor book is quite hard to understand. A lot of statements seem hard to grasp and hard to fit into its context. The lectures by Lars was great. Further the part of Cleeland that I read was much easier to grasp, but maybe that book doesn"t include everything you like to have in the course.»
- Despite it is a general course about management with few lectures, most of the scope for the exam came from the book, and at the end I have not a clear idea of that concepts»
- I dont know what you mean by cliff notes, and I learnt a lot from the lectures and Lars, but I was not able to attend all lectures because of another course.»
- I think the hand-outs could be designed to represent the content of the lectures in a better way. A slide with a picture direct from Maylor (2010) does not necessary give me better understanding. Written text gives me more when reading long time after lectures. A list of bullets might not always trigger my brain to remember all information from the lecturer. But, written text tends to contain more word (obviously) and is less usable and just more overwhelming during lecture. This is a tricky balancing. Perhaps the best solution is, for students, to add complementing text for the hand-outs. »
- Managing the project of the project management course helped me understand project management to a deeper extent. »
- But i still think that "understand" is quite different from achieving a good result in the exam, since the exam was more about learning word by word the Maylor"s textbook..»
- Lars" lectures were good but the test did not reflect the hints we got during the lectures and was much more difficult than old tests we used for studying. »
- I was a little surprised when we got the test because it seemed to be many "small things" that I had not practiced on much. However I managed to pass because I really thoght about the lectures and handouts and wrote what I thought was important.»
- too short time to lern the whole book»
- The lectures had a very high quality throughout the whole course and the pedagogy was excellent. However, I"d have preferred more structural and informative lecture notes i.e. the power point slides. I know that having that many students with numerous different backgrounds it is difficult to schedule the course without any lecture collisions but then it is important to be able to get good and informative notes.»
- I do not agree with the method of just reading a book and being examined by it. I believe the effect gets lost. For me it ended in pointless studiying by hard. I dont believe I will remember any theoy of the book in later practise»
- Lars did a great job during the lectures! »
- My opinion on the book is clearly stated above. The lecture hand-outs are useless without the lectures, as the slides are more of a support rather than actual material. I barely took notes myself as the material discussed during lectures was very direct but lacking in numbers. Most of the time little was gained during lectures(all of them), even though they were intresting and not boring. The PM basics presentations had the benefit of Q&A with a practitioner that was the real upside, and the sharing of his experiences. It would actually make more sense to have this course backwards, first understand the dinamics behind project management and then be able to tackle more effectively the management side, and not just have an investigative project (that can become difficult due to the lack of aspects one apparently can investigate) but also will allow to make better reflections on actual projects. This could make the course better, IMHO.»
- As said before, unable to attend many of the lectures»

Reading the text-book (Maylor)
84 svarande

I totally agree»		21		25%
I agree to some extent»		41		49%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		13%
I disagree to some extent»		8		9%
I totally disagree»		2		2%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.14

Reading the lecture hand-outs
85 svarande

I totally agree»		13		15%
I agree to some extent»		38		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		20		24%
I disagree to some extent»		7		8%
I totally disagree»		4		4%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.4

Reading Cliff notes (written by other students)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		4		6%
I agree to some extent»		13		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		22		37%
I disagree to some extent»		3		5%
I totally disagree»		16		27%
No answer»		27

Genomsnitt: 3.24

Attending the PM Basics lectures
85 svarande

I totally agree»		30		36%
I agree to some extent»		39		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		7%
I disagree to some extent»		7		8%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.91

Lars presentation style during the lectures
85 svarande

I totally agree»		26		31%
I agree to some extent»		33		40%
I neither agree nor disagree»		18		21%
I disagree to some extent»		4		4%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.03

9. The Pre-readings

- About the home exam, I"m not sure due to that it wasn"t that easy to understand the reflections by Jan during the lectures»
- I would not have put in the same effort if they were not mandatory. However, I would have liked to have some feedback on the reflective writing of the preparatpry texts, if the aim was for me to learn a reflective writing style! Now I did it, but I don"t know if I did it in a good way!»
- Sorry to say it, but without these being mandatory I would probably not prioritize them very much.»
- They were very good, keep it!»
- The pre-readings are of a huge help. Please keep them for the future generation :). It got me going from day 1, if it was not for them I would have been lost and at least struggled a bit at the beginning. They provide great guideline and help you understand better what this course or PM is all about.»
- It would be better to get constructive feedback on the hand-ins, in order to improve the reflective writing style, if it needs to be improved.»
- Having to do stuff forces you to learn it. Which irritates the students, but teaches them project management, which is the purpose of the course.»
- I have to be sincere, It was very pleasant to read the articles (except 1 or 2) but without it to be mandatory i wouldn"t have read all of them, also because of my full schedule...so i want to thank you to obliged me to do so..i"ve learn a lot from these articles!»
- Sadly, I have to admit I"m not that hard working when I do not feel any pressure to deliver.»
- I would of course not have invested the same effort if it was not necessary. Now you really wanted to show something good.»
- this part of the corse could be skipped. It"s enougth with the other parts. It"s too many parts too focus on. Something just have too be skipped.»
- The preparatory work was educational but we were also asked to practice our "speed-reading", however we didn"t get any advise on how to do/improve that. Next time try and give some advise or refer to a link were you can get information on how to improve your "speed-read"»
- the pre-readings taught me a lot. even though its usually no fun to read academic texts.»
- It was a good "workout", would never have written the prework if not mandatory.»
- General feedback regarding answers to the pre-reading texts is not enough. »

I put lots of effort in the preparatory work
85 svarande

I totally agree»		20		23%
I agree to some extent»		45		53%
I neither agree nor disagree»		12		14%
I disagree to some extent»		7		8%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.07

The preparatory work made me learn much about project management
85 svarande

I totally agree»		21		25%
I agree to some extent»		36		42%
I neither agree nor disagree»		24		28%
I disagree to some extent»		3		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.1

The preparatory work made me learn the reflective writing style (required for the Research Report and the Home Exam)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		12		14%
I agree to some extent»		34		41%
I neither agree nor disagree»		26		31%
I disagree to some extent»		9		10%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 2.42

I would have invested the same effort in the preparatory work without the hand-ins being mandatory
85 svarande

I totally agree»		5		5%
I agree to some extent»		8		9%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		8%
I disagree to some extent»		35		41%
I totally disagree»		29		34%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.89

10. The Research Project Work

- Last question: too long discussion of each report. Every group should get an written summary, and therefore it was not necessary for all of us to hear. »
- i did not know that the aim was to practise presentation, if i knew i would have put more effort in doing a more funny/cool presentation»
- The presentation in our case was a great way to get feedback and improve our final project report. If it was not for our presentation I honestly think we could have done a super poor job on our report. But again, that is mine (our) experience.»
- The first group did not get the same advice as the ones after. »
- I did not perceive the supervisor’,s support in the project"s beginning, to be as constructive as I expected (Yes, a nerdy reference to stakeholder satisfaction). I would have liked to have a more constructive discussion. I think we needed help of evaluating the theoretical area we focused on, instead we got a more unconstructive comment, which implied that we had to find the relevant area to focus on. Hard to explain this, but in other words it seemed as if the supervisor wanted us to understand if the focus was relevant, by our self and only by our self. But, I think a discussion would have been more efficient for the supervisor and us. Perhaps also give us a tip of an author that could have been be relevant. It would not have undermined any pedagogical means in my opinion.»
- Question 1: Even though I totally disagree, I"m more of a practitioner than a researcher. I think that learning by doing (role-playing or something else??) would have meant more for my learning. Investigating real-world problems can be so much more than writing a theoretical(!!!) report. Question 4-5: Anne should have been more forthcoming in meeting us at a early stage. We wanted to meat before the Easter break, but was refused. Then we spent 2 weeks working in the totally wrong direction, basically 2 entirely wasted weeks. This, and the whole project which I feel unfit for a course below Ph.D level, reflects my bad overall grade of the course. I am generally sceptic about qualitative research, being forced to perform it myself in this course has rather fortified that feeling. (Catch my drift?) Question 8: I did not participate in the presentation myself. Question 9-10: The feedback was not so extensive from the opposing group, which might be predicted since they are only students. Anne however asked in total 1 question during all of the presentations. (We didn"t receive it.) Not much feedback there, I think we all expected more from Anne (or whoever was chairing the presentations) especially and to have our work critiqued thoroughly.»
- The only frustrating part was that it was so difficult to get the group together due to schedules and other projects. I am very used to presenting so that part did not do much for me.»
- The project presentation felt as we could be without, hard to get that much out of it»
- I found our Supervisor not very helpful in giving advice and adress our work..the meeting were most of the time just a way to confuse even more our idea of the work done.»
- I was very keen to get feedback regarding my performance in the Project. Giving feedback to others was not easy but I knew my feedback was fair and well motivated so that helped. I see the personal gain of having experience in working with what I would, during a frustrated moment, define as retards, but it is very demotivating. »
- It was a little tricky to find a suitable project to study but that is one og the challenges of course. Our group did the feedback assessment on the Internet and just numbered and wrote some sentences. It would have been better if it was discussed.»
- It would have been good to be introduced to teh project in the begining of the course so a company would have been found at an earler stage»
- The project was a really fun and educating part of this course but it was also frustrating at times as well as time consuming. Our group was unfortunately not able to get a meeting with our supervisor before Easter break and when got to the meeting all the preparatory work we had done was a waste. If this is to some extent the intention i.e. trying to get the students to have different approaches to a problem, then fine. Otherwise it would really be appreciated if the supervisors can be available before Easter for a first meeting, so students can get the appropriate feedback, since the project has a big time constraint.»
- The presentation where not as constructive as I thought in regard of feedback for presentation skills. Feedback on the report was good, but the exercise of presenting is only effective if at the end, I get feedback in my presentation skills.»
- Jonas is a great supervisor, thou he had a very booked schedule so it was hard to get a time to meet him.»
- I would have liked Anne to have given more comments on the presentation.»

I would have preferred a fully theoretical course, and not have to investigate a real-world project
85 svarande

I totally agree»		2		2%
I agree to some extent»		9		10%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		12%
I disagree to some extent»		27		31%
I totally disagree»		36		42%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.01

It was easy to find a project to study
85 svarande

I totally agree»		2		2%
I agree to some extent»		22		25%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		16%
I disagree to some extent»		29		34%
I totally disagree»		18		21%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 3.45

Cooperating with the other students in my Research Project group was frustrating to me
84 svarande

I totally agree»		6		7%
I agree to some extent»		19		22%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		15%
I disagree to some extent»		17		20%
I totally disagree»		28		33%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 3.5

Our supervisor made herself/himself available for us
85 svarande

I totally agree»		45		52%
I agree to some extent»		30		35%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		8%
I disagree to some extent»		3		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.62

Our supervisor took great interest in helping us
85 svarande

I totally agree»		47		55%
I agree to some extent»		21		24%
I neither agree nor disagree»		12		14%
I disagree to some extent»		4		4%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.71

Regarding the Student Assessment, I found it difficult to give feedback to others (on their performance)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		4		4%
I agree to some extent»		13		15%
I neither agree nor disagree»		22		26%
I disagree to some extent»		22		26%
I totally disagree»		21		25%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 3.52

Regarding the Student Assessment, I found it difficult to receive feedback from others (on my performance)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		3		3%
I agree to some extent»		10		12%
I neither agree nor disagree»		23		28%
I disagree to some extent»		17		20%
I totally disagree»		29		35%
No answer»		3

Genomsnitt: 3.71

The Project presentations contributed to my learning of presentation skills
85 svarande

I totally agree»		5		7%
I agree to some extent»		20		28%
I neither agree nor disagree»		25		35%
I disagree to some extent»		10		14%
I totally disagree»		11		15%
No answer»		14

Genomsnitt: 3.02

The Project presentations contributed to my learning of how to get feedback from an audience
85 svarande

I totally agree»		6		7%
I agree to some extent»		38		46%
I neither agree nor disagree»		22		27%
I disagree to some extent»		10		12%
I totally disagree»		5		6%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 2.62

Our chairperson (Anne/Jonas/Jan) chaired the Project presentations in a good way
85 svarande

I totally agree»		27		32%
I agree to some extent»		33		39%
I neither agree nor disagree»		12		14%
I disagree to some extent»		12		14%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.1

11. The Lectures

Matrisfråga

- The answers are if the learning point is in mind»
- All the lectures of this course have been very nice, though I have not been able to attend all of them.»
- Jan is an interesting lecturer, he is polite in the same time as funny»
- Job well done on everything. Maybe another movie could have been a big plus. »
- I like Jan"s way of presenting and inserting anecdotes, it keeps it interesting and exemplifies.»
- Where Jan could have a own monolog help me to understand and reflect to a two side problem, sometime in one corner and the next in the opposite»
- Movie: great, really great!»
- I was too tired after the exam to find good the closing lecture..and as i said before all lectures were really pleasant and easy to follow.»
- Coming from a M masters program where many of the lecturers are "equation solvers" instead of educators, I experienced all of the lectures as being interesting, easy to follow, and thought provoking. »
- Have to say that Jan is great at lectures. Really grasps the interest of the audience and explains in an interesting way with stories and things. But it is many different theories to learn so you almost have to look through it again afterwards because you get quite tired at the end of the lectures.»
- Lars Hallin is the best lecturer ever, close second Jan!»
- Overall a high quality in the lectures I was able to attend»
- havent been to all lectures, but generally very good»
- Great Lectures, unfortunately i missed Ana"s I like the lectures that combines both "theory and the thingie from outside of school, called real world" »
- Lars" lectures were really good as well.»

Course Introduction (Jan)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		52		65%
I agree to some extent»		23		29%
I neither agree nor disagree»		4		5%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		6

Genomsnitt: 1.39

Introduction to the Research Project work (Jan)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		32		40%
I agree to some extent»		31		38%
I neither agree nor disagree»		14		17%
I disagree to some extent»		3		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.85

Shadows of Project Management (Jan)
84 svarande

I totally agree»		44		55%
I agree to some extent»		27		34%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		8%
I disagree to some extent»		1		1%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		5

Genomsnitt: 1.55

Power & Leadership for Project Managers (Jan)
84 svarande

I totally agree»		42		51%
I agree to some extent»		28		34%
I neither agree nor disagree»		9		11%
I disagree to some extent»		2		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.64

Managing the Estimation Error (Ana Magazinius)
85 svarande

I totally agree»		10		14%
I agree to some extent»		32		47%
I neither agree nor disagree»		17		25%
I disagree to some extent»		8		11%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer/I did not attend»		17

Genomsnitt: 2.38

Movie: Pentagon Wars (Jan)
84 svarande

I totally agree»		40		57%
I agree to some extent»		22		31%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		11%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not attend»		14

Genomsnitt: 1.54

The Closing Lecture (Jan)
83 svarande

I totally agree»		30		42%
I agree to some extent»		22		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		15		21%
I disagree to some extent»		3		4%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer/I did not attend»		12

Genomsnitt: 1.91

12. The Literature Seminars

- I wish there are more Literature Seminars during the course. Cut the lectures or the basic test, try to formulate a grading system around the literature seminars. They are very informative and can help people learn great deal of information.»
- A bit too intensive during some parts, the discussions could have gone deeper.»
- I am sorry, but I do not see this compulsory item as worthwhile and giving as I think it was intended. Not to me anyway. It could be because of me, as I did not understand all questions in the same way as others. I do not believe the questions were perfectly stated. This made it hard to understand other"s points, if it was in line with my understanding of the question. So, I would have needed much more time to figure out inteligent stuff.»
- TO little time available for the seminar, better if we didn"t have to stress thru it»
- Really good occasion to understand and listen to the others in order to understand myself better.»
- Despite i haven"t take many time in preparing for the seminar (but the articles to discuss were the ones i"ve found more interesting and so the one i remembered more), i found this experience very interesting: it is amazing to see how many good ideas/opinions comes out from a table of 6 different people sitting there and talking for 10 minut about a topic! »
- I"m normally really shy, I"m not the person who is answering your questions during lectures, but during the literature seminar the mood was open and "disarmed". It was easy to discuss and I actually felt no fear when I was the reporter.»
- You got óther views of the questions and learned how to see and draw conclusions.»
- The seminar was really good and I got a different perspective on how people understand a topic/question/problem. It really got me thinking that it is always two sides to a problem.»
- interesting rotation system»
- Jan handled the seminar really good, i think he shows how to listen to other people.»

In my preparation before the seminar, I learnt a lot regarding the different topics
83 svarande

I totally agree»		15		18%
I agree to some extent»		42		50%
I neither agree nor disagree»		15		18%
I disagree to some extent»		10		12%
I totally disagree»		1		1%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.27

During the seminar, I learnt a lot regarding the different topics
83 svarande

I totally agree»		14		16%
I agree to some extent»		42		50%
I neither agree nor disagree»		21		25%
I disagree to some extent»		6		7%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.22

During the seminar, I learnt a lot regarding how to understand academic texts in general
83 svarande

I totally agree»		6		7%
I agree to some extent»		26		31%
I neither agree nor disagree»		35		42%
I disagree to some extent»		12		14%
I totally disagree»		4		4%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.78

During the seminar, I learnt a lot regarding how discussing creates learning
83 svarande

I totally agree»		22		26%
I agree to some extent»		46		55%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		13%
I disagree to some extent»		4		4%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.96

I prepared well before the seminar
83 svarande

I totally agree»		12		14%
I agree to some extent»		31		37%
I neither agree nor disagree»		26		31%
I disagree to some extent»		11		13%
I totally disagree»		3		3%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 2.54

I felt shy (feared to speak) during the seminar
82 svarande

I totally agree»		1		1%
I agree to some extent»		9		10%
I neither agree nor disagree»		13		15%
I disagree to some extent»		18		21%
I totally disagree»		41		50%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.08

Anne/Jan chaired her/his/their seminar in a good way
83 svarande

I totally agree»		39		46%
I agree to some extent»		37		44%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		8%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 1.61

13. The course administration

- why do we have to log on twice?»
- I prefer neither ping pong nor the study portal, they are both pretty bad!»
- I think this administration was the best i ever had, Jan really made effort in reminding us of what to do and when, and it may seem unnessessary to some teachers that expect us to remember everything ourslf, BUT i actually learnt how to plan my time and how to prepare for things due to this help. I also learnt the value in planning, which i was lack of before this course. it was very very good!!!»
- Job well done on keeping all of us informed about what is going on during the course. The emails also help. Keep up the good work!»
- None of the portals work all the time. Either they are overloaded or doesn"t work. Sometimes PingPong is better and sometimes the study portal.»
- Good job in this, perhaps the best course management I have experienced! Not that I have seen them all, but...»
- The study portal seems to always have some kind of malfunction so I donnot trust it. »
- I have not been using the StudyPortal so do not know the difference. The PM was maybe a little too long, especially for the research project work.»
- i would say ping pong is little better than the new portal but not as good as the old portal»
- Ping Pong is a good tool, but I would have liked if the hand-outs were filed under "documents" instead, perhaps something for next year?»
- Thought that "my no fluff promise" was good enough to read (in relation to the Course PM)»
- Overall a good quality although I reflected on that one of the articles required a library ID & password. This should be notified well in advanced. Ping pong can be a very powerful tool but needs an increase in quality.»
- I have not used Study Portal as studying environment»
- could find a copy of the "test exam" when studying for the re-test. it was confusing»
- I found it a bit hard to find the hand-outs as they weren"t put under "Documents" where I was expecting to find them (in many other courses they lay here). It was also some problems in the beginning of the course with uploading material, but it was solved when you became aware of it. »

Having the course schedule as an iCalendar subscription file was useful to me
85 svarande

I totally agree»		48		64%
I agree to some extent»		9		12%
I neither agree nor disagree»		8		10%
I disagree to some extent»		3		4%
I totally disagree»		6		8%
No answer/I did not use it»		11

Genomsnitt: 1.78

The on-line web schedule was useful to me
85 svarande

I totally agree»		37		46%
I agree to some extent»		17		21%
I neither agree nor disagree»		16		20%
I disagree to some extent»		3		3%
I totally disagree»		6		7%
No answer/I did not use it»		6

Genomsnitt: 2.03

The weekly e-mail was useful to me
85 svarande

I totally agree»		64		76%
I agree to some extent»		17		20%
I neither agree nor disagree»		3		3%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		1

Genomsnitt: 1.27

The News section was kept relevant at all times
85 svarande

I totally agree»		26		36%
I agree to some extent»		22		30%
I neither agree nor disagree»		21		29%
I disagree to some extent»		3		4%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		13

Genomsnitt: 2.01

The Course PM was relevant
85 svarande

I totally agree»		37		45%
I agree to some extent»		34		41%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		13%
I disagree to some extent»		0		0%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		3

Genomsnitt: 1.68

The PM for the Research Project Work was relevant
85 svarande

I totally agree»		44		53%
I agree to some extent»		28		33%
I neither agree nor disagree»		7		8%
I disagree to some extent»		4		4%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.65

The hand-out section was kept relevant
85 svarande

I totally agree»		39		46%
I agree to some extent»		30		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		11		13%
I disagree to some extent»		3		3%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer/I did not use it»		2

Genomsnitt: 1.73

The Ping Pong user interface makes it easy to get what I am looking for
85 svarande

I totally agree»		16		19%
I agree to some extent»		22		26%
I neither agree nor disagree»		21		25%
I disagree to some extent»		18		21%
I totally disagree»		7		8%
No answer/I did not use it»		1

Genomsnitt: 2.73

I prefer Ping Pong to the Study Portal
85 svarande

I totally agree»		20		25%
I agree to some extent»		12		15%
I neither agree nor disagree»		17		21%
I disagree to some extent»		19		24%
I totally disagree»		10		12%
No answer/I did not use it»		7

Genomsnitt: 2.83

14. The odd questions

- Maybe not make more money, but I will definitely understand better! »
- Buchanan made me realize a lot about myself. I hate that I love his game. »
- I hope so..!»
- This course has given me very VERY much knowledge, I wish that I could have gotten a similar course in the start of my (bachelor) education and it is probably the most relevant course I have taken. This course is probably the one that I will find most useful when I start working. However, by considering my comments and trying to improve the course you will soon reach as close to perfection as you can come =)»
- Understand better, yes Less frustration, yes Make more money, well lets see bout that.»
- Without proper action, anything else is useless.»

Huygens theorem explains the refraction of light
83 svarande

I totally agree»		12		19%
I agree to some extent»		16		25%
I neither agree nor disagree»		24		38%
I disagree to some extent»		5		8%
I totally disagree»		5		8%
No answer»		21

Genomsnitt: 2.59

Dave Buchanan rules! I would rather eat a can of worms than be a Argyris softie!
83 svarande

I totally agree»		8		11%
I agree to some extent»		13		19%
I neither agree nor disagree»		23		34%
I disagree to some extent»		18		26%
I totally disagree»		5		7%
No answer»		16

Genomsnitt: 2.98

Chris Argyris rules! The world is a darker place because of Buchanan bandits!
83 svarande

I totally agree»		5		7%
I agree to some extent»		19		27%
I neither agree nor disagree»		24		35%
I disagree to some extent»		12		17%
I totally disagree»		8		11%
No answer»		15

Genomsnitt: 2.98

In the future, after taking this course, I will understand a little bit better, be a little bit less frustrated, and make a little more money
83 svarande

I totally agree»		42		53%
I agree to some extent»		29		36%
I neither agree nor disagree»		6		7%
I disagree to some extent»		2		2%
I totally disagree»		0		0%
No answer»		4

Genomsnitt: 1.59

Chalmers standard questions

15. How was the course workload?

Too low»		0		0%
Low»		1		1%
Adequate»		12		14%
High»		54		63%
Too high»		18		21%
No answer»		0

Genomsnitt: 4.04

- Maybe to distributed only at the end» (Adequate)
- The workload was high, but I did not apply to Chalmers so that I could attend FestU parties, build the Cortege, and compete in chugging beer during lunch. Therefore, I"m saying the course workload was "Adequate". » (Adequate)
- High, but it also made me improve my time management skills.» (High)
- I liked it though, a lot to do keeps me focused.» (High)
- the project came in a little to late stage, better to present this earlier. second week to have some more time to get a company» (High)
- High but not impossible to attend» (High)
- It was alot of things to do and it was especially hard when you had a project course beside also. It is just to prioritize and plan.» (High)
- The number of articles was (as I understood) half, compare to "läsperiod 1". I wouldn"t recommend that you add more articles than you had now. It is time consuming and even if I think this course is very relevant for my future profession everyone has one or two more course along side this one and they are time consuming as well. By adding more articles I would think that students will lose it original intent i.e. critical reading and instead just focusing on reading the texts submitting their "peer response". This will (hopefully) give higher quality answers for the pre-readings.» (High)
- high workload compared to other courses» (High)
- I think it is good to have things to do, but at least one thing could be removed. » (Too high)
- I have worked my ass off during this course!» (Too high)
- Perhaps there were a few too many assignments administered in such a way that the student would have to forfeit time meant for other activities (such as re-exam week or Kristi Himmelsfärd weekend) to pass by more than a margin. But if this was a sneaky plan to force the students to use PM or suffer the consequences explained by the course, it was an excellent layout. Knowing Buchanan and Argyris, though, I know what I"d prefer the profile of a teacher to be. » (Too high)
- Even if you learn a lot, there is way too much to do for a 7,5 credits course. Basically we got examined in every way possible, which takes way to much time. Especially the research project, as you depend on the company to have a good project to examine. We started off early, had the interviews done in time, continued studying, but because of new information arriving we had to sit all weekend with the report non the less, and there were really nothing we could have done different based on what we knew.» (Too high)
- It"s too many parts too focus on. Something just have too be skipped.» (Too high)
- The course was too demanding and with the fact that it is still not 100% sure that we will pass the course after so many assignment that we have done.» (Too high)
- Compared to other courses, this course has a much higher workload. Even if the content is good, it would have been good to reduce the workload a bit, as it feels like every different examination method that can be used are used within the course. » (Too high)
- To have a quiz, literature reviews every week,a project work and a home exam was toooo much..» (Too high)

16. What should definitely be preserved to next year?

17. What should definitely be changed to next year?

18. Additional comments