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CIS3002 – Assignment 1 Page 1 of 6 ASSESSMENT TASK INFORMATION: CIS3002 Agile Methods Assignment 1 – Short answer responses This document provides you with information about the requirements for your assessment. Detailed instructions and resources are included for completing the task. The Criterion Reference Assessment (CRA) Rubric that markers use to grade the assessment task is included. Task Overview Task description Short answer response. What you need to do Answer all questions in Appendix 1 – Questions Due Date 26th April 2020 – 23:59pm Task snapshots Length Length of written response for questions: Question 4 is two cards All other questions should be on average between ½ and 1 page in length each Weighting 40 % Individual or Group individual Formative or Summative Summative How will I be assessed Rubric The table below outlines the alignment of marks and rubric criteria for the assignment. No Section Mark Rubric criteria 1 Question 12 1,2,3 2 Question 12 1,2,3 3 Question 12 1,2,3 4 2 cards 14 1,2,3 5 Question 12 1,2,3 6 Questions (2) 14 1,2,3 7 Question 12 1,2,3 8 Questions (5) 12 1,2,3 Learning outcomes/objectives/ criteria No. 2 Undertake research and communicate information using an academic writing style. No. 3 Describe and appraise the major Agile methodologies used in the design and development of a business system. CIS3002 – Assignment 1 Page 2 of 6 Submission information Resources available to complete task For Question 1, 6 and 8: you will find the case studies in Appendix 2 the “Agile PM Resource card –Retrospective is in the Assessment 1 resource section of study desk. • Library services - https://www.usq.edu.au/library • Referencing guides - https://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing • Study Support - https://www.usq.edu.au/library/study-support What you need to submit One document as a Microsoft Word document that contains the following items: 1. Assignment Cover Sheet – must include: • course code and name, semester and year, assignment title, student name and student number • the following statement of authorship: In submitting this work, I understand that my work may be submitted to Turnitin and consent to this taking place. 2. The criteria sheet (landscape) 3. Please contact IT Support should you need assistance with preparing a document that contains both portrait and landscape pages. Submission requirements This assessment task must: • use USQ Harvard referencing for citing academic literature • be submitted in electronic format as an Adobe PDF document or Microsoft Word document via Turnitin by following these steps: 1. Access the Turnitin Submission link 2. Click on the Submit button 3. Give the submission a title, select the correct file and click the Upload. 4. Click Confirm. 5. Click Return to Assignment list 6. To check successful submission, you will receive a text match %, and you are able to resubmit, view or download your paper. 7. ALWAYS check your student email for the submission receipt. Moderation (optional) All staff who are assessing your work meet to discuss and compare their judgements before marks or grades are finalised. Academic Integrity As a student of the USQ academic community, you are asked to work to uphold the principles of academic integrity during your course of study USQ sets expectations and responsibilities of students, more specifically it states that students “adopt an ethical approach to academic work and assessment in accordance with this policy and the USQ Academic Integrity Policy: web link At university, students are expected to demonstrate their own understanding and thinking using the ideas provided by ‘others’ to support and inform their work, always making due acknowledgement to the source. While we encourage peer learning, it is not appropriate to share assignments with other students unless your assessment piece has been stated as being a group assignment. If you do share your assignment with another student, and they copy part of or all of your assignment for their submission, this is considered collusion and you may also be reported for academic misconduct. If you are unsure and need further information you can find this at Academic Misconduct: web link https://www.usq.edu.au/library https://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing https://www.usq.edu.au/library/study-support CIS3002 – Assignment 1 Page 3 of 6 Assignment 1 Rubric Student Name: Date: Assessment name: Assignment 1 Short answer response Weighting: 40% Mark: 100 Criteria 7 (100 – 85%) 6 (84 – 75%) 5 (74 – 65%) 4 (65 – 50%) 3 – 1 (49 – 0%) 1. Critically apply specialist Agile skills to meet an identified IT problem. Compelling and well rounded Analyses key Agile skills of to meet problem and, bringing an originality of perspective Strong understanding of Agile and the tasks. Answers all parts well. Sound understanding of Agile and the task. Answers all parts of the tasks but still misses critical analysis of some relevant issues pertaining to the task. Basic to fair understanding of Agile and the task/s. May not have answered all the issues relevant to the task. Lacks a demonstrated understanding of Agile and the task/s. Not all issues relevant to the task/s have been answered. Misunderstood the assignment focus. 2. Synthesise multiple information sources to formulate best practice IT strategies and solutions. Strong supporting references Analysis evidence from relevant sources, synthesising and evaluating various perspectives and/or approaches Provides conclusions that draw logical links to the full range of solutions and information provided, including opposing viewpoints. Clearly outlines key consequences and implications. Clear evidence of independent research and wider reading. References are well integrated into the discussions. Very good use of examples to support answers. A good selection of scholarly sources. Accurate Harvard AGPS referencing. Rudimentary critical analysis. Maybe minor inaccuracies in understanding of Agile. Good use of examples from the case to support answer. Uses the full number of prescribed references, Accurate Harvard AGPS referencing. Some irrelevancies and or inaccuracies in understanding of Agile and the tasks. Included some additional references although integration of all or some of these references needs improvement. Limited range of citations, included some irrelevant material. Minor errors in Harvard AGPS referencing. Included mostly irrelevant material. Did not use the texts/readings as the primary source. Included irrelevant sources (web pages, study books, articles from magazines). Included few credible academic sources (peer reviewed books, journal articles). Limited examples from independent research to support answer. Inaccurate Harvard AGPS referencing style 3. Communicate effectively, persuasively and professionally with stakeholders. • Well formatted in a business style • Consistent use of business language throughout the document • No spelling / grammatical errors • Well formatted in a business style • Consistent use of business language throughout the document • Little to no spelling / grammatical errors • Formatting inconsistent with a business style • Inconsistent use of business language throughout the document • Minor spelling / grammatical errors • Formatting inconsistent with a business style • Inconsistent use of business language throughout the document • Minor spelling / grammatical errors • Poorly formatted document • Little to no use of business language throughout the document Significant spelling / grammatical errors Result: Additional Feedback CIS3002 – Assignment 1 Appendix 1 - Questions Research and answer the following questions 1. Refer to the case study in the text book (page 53 or appendix 2), using your knowledge of Agile suggest tools that could potentially be used to keep this project from resulting in failure. Support your argument with references to statistics from the chaos report. (available in the course readings section of study desk) 2. In the Scrum guide it recommends an ideal team size. There are numerous studies on project failure that sight communication as a primary factor. Explain the link between these two statements supporting your argument with references to Agile visionaries, communication theory & social psychology. 3. In 2016 Scrum Values were added to the Scrum guide, almost 20 years after Scrum was introduced. Speculate on the reasoning as to why they were added. Research and comment on if they have found widespread adoption. 4. In the assessment 1 resource section, you will find a document called “Agile PM Resource card -Retrospective" using this as a template develop 2 more retrospective cards for different ways of running a retrospective meeting. 5. Read: https://ronjeffries.com/articles/016-03/you-want/ From the perspective of the project manager what are the difficulties you see with what Ron Jefferies is saying? What is the one metric or combination of metrics you think should be the most important and why? 6. Read the ManFace case study (Appendix 2) then answer these questions: a. What PM framework do you think should be used, justify your answer with Cynefin. b. With the PM framework you suggest what challenges do you see occurring during the project lifecycle? Explain what tools from the framework you would use to mitigate these challenges. 7. Using 3 actors with different perspectives write 3 fully developed user stories that highlight how differing perspectives can alter the project outcome of building a bus stop shelter. (refer to module 6.1.0 For an explanation of a