An E-Collaboration Application for Final-Year Project Management

Abstract

The advent of digital technologies has contributed to collaboration in many areas of life, including academia. This paper examines student final year projects (FYPs) and proposes a collaborative system that provides tools in response to various needs such as communication, coordination, production, and resource sharing. The application is designed for multiple users: students, advisors, and administrative staff. It provides a personal workspace for each user. The novelty of the proposed system is that it covers all the collaborative aspects mentioned throughout the FYP process, including proposal processing, project assignment, project completion, and evaluation. The new system is based on the proposed layered collaborative architecture. The results indicate good scores in improving collaborative aspects, improved process efficiency, and that users are positively inclined to use the system as their FYP management system.