An increasing number of academic courses adopt a project-based evaluation of the students’ knowledge and skills. In such courses, students gather development and management experiences similar to those present in industry. In this paper, we present an overview on the Service Oriented Design Master course where an industrial project proposed in collaboration with an IT company is developed by students in teams. We share our experience concerning organizational issues to be addressed before the beginning of the course, during the course, and after the end of the course. Further, we provide some information about the current edition of the course and the shareable course material.