ICT204 Design Thinking and Requirements Assessment 1

Assessment 1– Team Assignment

Overview

Agriculture in Australia plays an important role for farming and is a vital to boost economical growth. It also contributes to both social and environmental sustainability. Sustainable farming methods are getting popular and one of their benefits is protecting biodiversity and the environment. To foster growth and maintenance of healthy ecosystems. Sustainable farming integrates whole systems and landscapes as part of the farm which supports biodiversity. As such sustainable farming methods must identify.

You are required to work in a team to generate ideas in Part A based on the following question:

“How might organisations use sustainable farming methods to improve farming agriculture?” For assessment criteria, please refer to the Assessment details

Timelines and Expectations

Total Percentage Value of Task:
35%

A. Class Presentation Due week 10 from 26/1/21 to 27/1/21 or week 11 from 01/02/21 to 03/02/21 during webinar (10 marks)

B.
Final report Due Week 10 29/1/21 before 11.30pm Turnitin on Moodle (25 marks) Minimum time expectation:
20 hrs

Learning Outcomes Assessed

The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment task:

LO1. demonstrate the main principles and applications of “Design Thinking”.

LO2. understand and explain the role of Design Thinking in facilitating creative problem solving.

LO3. in a team, design & evaluate appropriate solutions to a real problem using Design Thinking tools and techniques, employing helpful communication strategies to ensure all stakeholder perspectives are considered;

LO4. communicate Design Thinking concepts, processes and products using appropriate mechanisms.

LO5. explain the business context of a problem, as influenced by business processes and structures.

LO6. explore and analyse stakeholder needs for a project and their requirements, through a variety of engagement mechanisms, including those inspired by the Design Thinking approach.

LO7. analyse, specify and validate requirements of business and information systems solutions, using a variety of tools and techniques.

Assessment Details

For this assignment, you need to write a minimum of 1,000 and a maximum of 1,500 words (excluding references, attached article pages, and title pages) to answer the below questions:

1. Research and write three key challenges face by Australia Agriculture business owners. (6 marks). (Provide three sources of evidence from peer reviewed articles)

2. Map one of three key challenges and describe your idea of a sustainable farming method that the team proposed. (2 marks)

3. Discuss how you would validate/confirm that your idea is unique, innovative, creative and new. Provide three sources of evidence from peer reviewed articles. (6 marks)

4. Hand sketch or computer draw your design (your idea) and explain the steps showing it is sustainable, ecologically sound and can improve agriculture economy. Provide two sources of evidence from peer reviewed articles. (6 marks)

5. Each team member writes a half page conclusion in terms of his/her experience on using the design thinking approach. (3 marks)

6. Write a half-page of your conclusion on the investigation process. (2 marks)

7. Presentation Structure (10 marks)

Each team must develp a
six slides
PowerPoint presentation.

REQUIRED

1. Please refer to the SISTC report formatting guidelines under the Assessment folder. For marking consistency on this assessment, you are permitted to adapt Time New Roman, font size 12, double line spacing

2. Your report must name as follows: Your Team Name + assessment 1+Day Webinar. For example, if your team name is DT, your report file name will have the following naming :DTAss1Wed

3. Sign, attach and submit the coversheet on Turnitin link.

4. You will upload the report on Turnitin by
29/1/21 before 11.30pm.

5. Keep multiple backups in your possession, in the event that you need to resubmit.

6. Any issues affecting timely submission should be raised with the unit coordinator or lecturer well in advance of the submission due date.

7. If you submit your assessment late without obtaining an approval from the unit coordinator, a 10% deduction of the total marks will apply for each day of late submission. After a period of five working days, a student will receive a mark of zero for the assessment. The assessment must be submitted to prevent a Fail Incomplete being recorded on the student’s academic transcript.

8. Assistance: To maintain assessment process equity and fairness, the unit coordinator/ lecturer will not comment on students output prior to submission. The unit coordinator/ lecturer may provide generic advice on theoretical issues, structure, and expectations. Students are advised to raise any generic questions with the lecturer during class discussion so that answers are provided to all students in an equitable and transparent manner. Students having difficulties with their comprehension and writing should seek immediate assistance from academic support services well in advance of the due date.

9. Marks and Feedback: This assessment will be marked out of 30 marks. The unit coordinator / lecturer will endeavour to return marked assessment and provide verbal and written feedback during the class time within 10 working days from the assessment submission due date.

10.
Plagiarism means representing the creative work of another as your own original work without appropriate acknowledgement of the author of the work or the source. The need to acknowledge the work of another arises out of a set of rights provided for in the Copyright Act 1968 known as 'moral rights'. These include the right to attribution and the right to object to derogatory treatment of the work. Advice on what constitutes plagiarism, how to avoid plagiarism, and how to reference is available here: provide the link. Students are directed to adequately reference any material they use, not to share their work with others, and not to leave their work on common storage media that others could retrieve with or without their knowledge or consent. Students should therefore take full responsibility of their work as copying and plagiarism with or without their knowledge or consent still attracts severe penalties.

Submission

Submit to the drop box on Moodle.

Feedback

Feedback and results will be published through Moodle.

Academic Misconduct

To submit your assessment task, you must indicate that you have read and understood, and comply with, the Sydney International School of Technology and Commerce Academic Integrity and Student Plagiarism policies and procedures.

You must also agree that your work has not been outsourced and is entirely your own except where work quoted is duly acknowledged. Additionally, you must agree that your work has not been submitted for assessment in any other course or program.

Marking Criteria For Part A

Marking Presentation Part B

Marking Guide for Part C Report Rubic (25 Marks)