An often-cited problem in software engineering education is that many of the relevant topics are difficult to address in a university setting. Though project work is a useful supplement to the lectures, it is very difficult to make the project truly realistic. In our environment therefore, we decided not to try to mimic all aspects of reality. Rather, we try to concentrate on a few aspects which can be realistically dealt with in a university environment. In this paper we describe a project which concentrates on maintenance activities. Independent evaluations by both students and project instructors reveal that these maintenance activities were most seriously hampered by inappropriate documentation at the component level.