It’s now official. The dissertation has come back with a healthy pass meaning that 5 years of work ends successfully with an MSc in Software Development.

Actually it isn’t quite that sorted, the OU has to do some paperwork to tie-up previous modules and then they will formally confer the degree, but that’s just the bureaucracy. Overall I don’t know what to think or feel, it’s going to take a while to let the idea of a a five year effort bearing fruit. The fact the dissertation came back with a good score is heartening. The OU don’t report the actual scores, just a band and mine was apparently ‘B’ (70%-85%) which is potentially just short of a distinction. Considering the supposed final January draft came back at a sad 42% it’s clear I’d pulled some rabbits out the hat for the final March submission. Such last minute panics are not something I’d recommend, way too stressful.