INFO6007/INFO3333 Project Management in IT
(Semester 2, 2024)
INFO6007 ASSESSMENT GUIDE
1. KEY ASSESSMENTS
These are the key assessments for INFO6007 during Semester 2, 2024 which are given below:
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Assessment Component
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Team-Based?
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Weight
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Due
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Knowledge Test
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No
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15%
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Week 7
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Group Project
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Yes
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30%
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Week 10
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Presentation
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Yes
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5%
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Week 11 & 12
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Final Exam
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No
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50%
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Exam Period
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2. SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
The submission instructions for the assessments are given below. Please ensure that yu to follow the guidelines before submitting the assessments to avoid being penalized.
a) All the assignments are to be submitted online via the Turnitin submission portalon Canvas. No printouts of the assignments should be submitted.
b) Only one team member from each group should submit the assignment online. If you experience any difficulty in submitting your work, please let your tutor know immediately
c) Late assignment submissions will be penalized by a penalty of 5% per day of the total mark allocated for the assignment (if you need more details or need some sort of clarification please check with Lecturer or the teaching team).
d) Individual contribution for group assignment may be taken into consideration while marking the group assessments.
e) Assessment files should be named in the following format before submission Format: GroupNumber_INFO6007_AssessmentName_Sem2_2024 Example: Group1_INFO6007/INFO3333_GroupProject_Sem2_2024
3. UNIVERSITY POLICY ON ACADEMIC DISHONESTYANDPLAGIARISM
The Faculty of Engineering views all forms of academic dishonesty, including plagiarism and recycling, very seriously. The University-wide policy on academic honesty is set out below.
Plagiarism means presenting another person’s ideas, findings or work as one’s own by copying or reproducing them without due acknowledgement of the source.
AI: Use of AI is not allowed
Recycling means the submission for assessment of one’s own work,or of work which is substantially the same, which has previously been counted towards the satisfactory completion of another unit of study, and credited towards a university degree, and where the examiner has not been informed that the student has already received credit for that work.
Students who submit work containing significant portions that have been copied from other sources, including published works, the internet, existing programs, works previously submitted for other awards or assessments, or the work of other students, without proper acknowledgement will be penalized.
4. KNOWLEDGE TEST (15%)
There will be a knowledge test conducted for this unit in week 7. It is a Canvas-based online test. The details of the format and coverage will be provided in lectures.
5. GROUP PROJECT (30%)
5.1. TEAM STRUCTURE
Students are expected to form teams of 5 students per group for the group assignment by Week 1. All the group members must be in the same tutorial group.
5.2. PROJECT TOOLS
MS Project software or similar software should be used by your group project for INFO6007/INFO3333.
5.3. LEARNING GOALS
In this assessment you are expected to demonstrate your understanding of the following topics:
a) Project Charter
b) Project Scope
c) Ability to perform a literature review/research
d) Work Breakdown Structure
e) Project Plan andTime
f) Project Cost
g) Project scheduledevelopment
h) Time control processes
i) Budgeting and cost baseline etc.
In addition to covering the learning topics, you are expected to demonstrate your leadership and effective teamwork skills and to provide self-assessment and peer review. Each group/team is expected to choose their IT project from the list of real-life project provided below or use/find any IT related project of the choice available elsewhere.
Real-life Projects list links
https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects
https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/building-new-infrastructure
https://www.eralberta.ca/projects/
https://www.development.vic.gov.au/projects?view=list
https://www.freelancer.com.au/
https://www.fiverr.com/
5.4. TASKS
Based on the information presented in the projects list links, prepare a proposed plan of action, which will ultimately result in a full detailed project plan. In this assignment you would need to cover at least the following :
a) Project Charter Outline
Create an outline of the Project Charter for the project case as specified in the marking criteria
Project Time Line: 9 - 12 months
b) Scope
Provide a scope statement for the project case, and milestones.
c) Literature Review
Conduct a literature review and identify the knowledge gaps
d) Detailed Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
Prepare WBS for the project case which outlines first three levels of the structure only.
e) Provide a brief description for each phase/work package and high-level activity. Detailed Project Schedule
Construct a high-level visualization of project time management (e.g. Gantt chart) and provide an explanation of each milestone.
Identify dependencies
f) Cost Modeling
Identify the type of costs for the project case.
Outline the direct and indirect project cost etc.
g) Communication Management
h) Quality Management
i) Risk Management
j) Human Resource Management
k) Procurement Management
5.5. PROJECT REQUIREMENTS & MARKS DISTRIBUTION (more details can be found in canvas in week 6)
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Assessment Element
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Sub-Elements
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Weight
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1. Project Charter
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• Project details (Brief background and objectives)
• Project deliverables (high level)
• Project cost (Total cost)
• Project time (Total time)
• Roles and responsibilities of stakeholders. Each student act as astakeholder of the project, e.g., CEO, CIO, Director of Human Resource, etc.
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/10
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2. Scope
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• Project scope statement
• Milestones
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/10
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3. Literature Review/Market
Research
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• Appropriate literature selection
• Identification of knowledge gaps
• Analysis and consolidation
• Summary of literature review
• Citation (appropriate, extensive use)
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/10
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4. Work Breakdown
Structure (3 level)
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• Work Packages/ Activities/Tasks
• Provide a brief description of each of the activities, put in a table
format
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/5
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5. Project Schedule/Time
Modeling
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• Detailed schedule (Ganttchart)
• Proper sequencing and task Dependencies
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/5
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6. Cost Modeling
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• Detailed budget table
• Identify cost types and briefly describe them
• Detailed cost baseline
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/10
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7. Communication
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• Communication plan, see the template provided on Canvas
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/10
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8. Quality Management
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• Quality management plan, see the template provided on Canvas
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/10
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9. Risk Management
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• A brief risk register, see the template provided on Canvas
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/10
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10. Procurement
Management and Human Resources Management
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• Plans
• Resource allocation
• Acquistions
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/10
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11. Structure
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• Harvard referncing Style
• Grammar and formatting
• Number of pages: 28 - 33 pages including references
• Font Size: 11
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/10
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Total
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/100
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6. Presentation(5%)
It will be agroup presentation and will be held in week 11 and 12. Each member from your group is
expected to present. Time Allocated for the presentation is 10 minutes per group + 5 minutes Q&A.
Presentation generally involves the following criteria. Further details would be provided by the lecturer.
a) Contents of presentation
b) Team communication during presentation
c) Engaging the audience
d) Confidence and ability to convince
e) Q&A handling (if any)