Microsoft Word - S1_2020_CIS5310_Assignment3_V4.docx S1-2020-CIS5310- Information Systems Projects management Assessment Details Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Online Quiz XXXXXXXXXXMarch...

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Microsoft Word - S1_2020_CIS5310_Assignment3_V4.docx S1-2020-CIS5310- Information Systems Projects management Assessment Details Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date Online Quiz 1 10 5 17 March 2020 Online Quiz 2 10 5 17 April 2020 Written Report 100 45 18 May 2020 FINAL EXAMINATION 100 45 End of semester General Requirements • Email submission will NOT be accepted in any circumstances. • Each assignment should be packaged as one single PDF file and then submitted via the link provided through the course study desk • All assessment items are individual submissions • You are encouraged to discuss the assignment requirements with others to improve your understanding and to clarify requirements, but you should develop the solutions to the assessment items on your own. • The analysis should be in the context of the selected organization in the industry mentioned below. You are expected to select an organization in the industry mentioned below to demonstrate the requirements of this assignment. • Put larger models in appendices and refer to these and outline the key highlights in the body of the report • You will need to identify a digital innovation and discuss it’s implementation in the organisation • You are expected to write a thoroughly researched/analysed critical business report for each assignment 1 & 2. • You are required to thoroughly research your work and provide citations and references for all information used as per the USQ Referencing guidelines (Harvard referencing format is the acceptable standard) • https://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing • You assume the responsibility to ensure the report you are producing is of high quality, including plagiarism and collusion checks. You do NOT need to produce a plagiarism report with the assignment. However, the markers will undertake these checks (using any tools that you have access to), and if any integrity issues are found you will be awarded a score of zero and the work will constitute ‘Academic Misconduct’. • The assignment submission website will be closed after five working days so that the assignments can be distributed to markers. • Any queries regarding these assignments will be closed two working days before the submission date. Assignment 1, 2 and 3 covers the following objectives partially or fully of the course No. Objectives Assignments 1 ExplainandapplycoreconceptsassociatedwithICTprojectmanagementand projectmanagementframework; 1,2 2 Createanddevelopaprojectplanbasedonindustryneeds; 1, 2 & 3 3 Criticallyselectandapplyappropriateprojectmanagementsoftware; 3 4 ExplaintheethicalimplicationsassociatedwithICTprojectmanagement; 3 5 Collaborateandeffectivelycommunicatewithpeers/teammemberstoshareideas; 3 6 UtiliseskillsandknowledgetosuccessfullymanageanICTproject. 3 Written Report Details The objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of basic project management concepts and your proficiency in using project management software to produce project charts and reports. In particular, the assignment focuses on the following project management knowledge areas in the PMBOK: project integration management, project scope management, project time management and project cost management. Your task is to develop a project case to incorporate “Cloud Computing” technologies for a local governments in Australia . There are many regional city councils in each state/territory. The development is for a state government that attracts domestic and international customers from all walks of life including adults, teenagers, children, and senior citizens, on a cost- recovery basis. The various business Information Systems are quite dated, coming with a number of legacy systems, and the efficiency of the systems in producing management reports and communication technologies are found to be lacking. The management board decided to incorporate “Cloud Computing” technologies to accommodate both local and remote customers through “Cloud Computing” technologies. The immediate task at hand is to develop a Project plan including financial modelling aspects, scope of the project, human resource requirements, scheduling tasks, and customer relationship system requirements. The management board would like to see an integrated, up-to-date “Cloud Computing” technologies being developed that can operate both for the local as well as remote potential customers but can also provide services to customers through the latest handheld wireless devices by utilizing the full potential of “Cloud Computing” technologies. The existing infrastructure has been updated with new core systems but requires additional enhancement to support wireless technologies through the Cloud Computing network. Your task is to develop a business professional report for the state Minister of local government. In the business report, you are expected to provide a complete business/project plan management document to provide an initial idea and scope as to the costs of the project. Your business/project plan management document submission should include the following as per the assignment requirements below. Note: there are two parts of this assignment. You will produce a single report, to be submitted on the due date. Written Report – (Part 1) (50 % marks) Due Dates: Refer to course website In the project plan you must at least do the following adequately: 1 Make necessary assumptions with justifications about the local governments in Australia and articulate to incorporate “Cloud Computing” technologies (one page maximum). 2 Provide, an outline with justification, the objectives/goals of adopting cloud computing technologies. (one page maximum). 3 Provide a summary of expanding your ICT unit to to incorporate “Cloud Computing” technologies (one page maximum). 4 Provide an initial estimated quality, cost & other resource structure with appropriate justifications (using project management software) to meet the organizational needs within the scope to incorporate “Cloud Computing” technologies (one page for cost structure; one page for resource structure; and one page for justification). 5 Develop a document with key project aspects such as milestones, slack time etc to indicate how long will it take to deploy “Cloud Computing” technologies. (two pages maximum) 6 Provide a complete project plan (PERT & GANTT Chart), with brief interpretations for non-technical board members (two pages maximum). 7 Provide a brief on the ethical consideration management need to be aware while incorporating cloud computing technology in the selected organization. (one page maximum). 8 Provide a brief on the importance of selecting the appropriate project team and other important aspect related to the team management for the successful integration of clout technology in the selected organization. (one page maximum). Written Report – (Part 2) (50% marks) In the written report, you must at least do the following adequately: 1 Provide a complete cost-benefit analysis, with brief interpretations for non- technical board members (one-page maximum). 2 Provide a set of recommendations as to how the project can be managed. This should discuss various aspects that are covered in the course textbook. You can choose appropriate aspects to suit your modeling techniques (one-page maximum). 3 Provide a set of recommendations as to how the project integration can be managed. (one-page maximum). 4 Provide an implementation plan detailing time, cost and resource schedules. This is a project management document and you must fully demonstrate your skills in presenting a project management plan (two pages maximum). 5 Provide a comprehensive post-implementation plan. (one-page maximum). 6 Provide a Recommendation & Conclusion with supporting arguments (half page maximum). Marking criteria – Marking criteria for Assignments will be provided through the course website. OTHER REQUIREMENTS Marks can be deducted for the following errors: 1 Problems with format and structure of report. 2 Lack of referencing (Harvard referencing format is the acceptable standard). 3 Spelling, grammar and expression error. 4 Indication of plagiarism/collusion. 5 Inappropriate use of in-text references. 6 Late submission penalty will apply as per the USQ/BELA policies and procedures 7 Late Submission as per USQ/BELA policies and procedures (these override any other available information). i. See the late submission policy of BELA/USQ for further details. ii. An Assignment submitted more than ten University Business Days after the deadline will have a mark of zero recorded for that Assignment. The assignments and their due dates are listed in the study schedule to give you some forewarning so that you may organize your study program. 8 For this assignment, you MUST use a plagiarism detection application to ensure that your work is plagiarism free. Please note that TURNITIN can take time to generate the report, and you are advised to submit your assignment through TURNITIN or any other application well in advance to avoid last minute delays (you are not required to submit plagiarism report). 9 Normally, it is hard to put the percentage number correctly on TURNITIN report as it all depends on the actual report contents produced by the TRUNITIN application or any other application. As a general rule, less than 10% is acceptable. 10 A review of any assessment item is only possible if the request is received within 5 days of the release of the marks of the assessment item. After this, no review equests will be accepted. 11 You have the freedom to use any business report-writing format of your choice, as long as the report is professional business report and presentable. 12 Formatting Requirements: o Margins:-Minimum2cm,maximum2.5cmallaround. o Font:-TimesNewRoman,sizesare12forthetextand14forheadings. o Standardformattingrequirements(A4page,Singlespace,and12font size)forthebusinessreport o 13 File Naming: - For all assessment items please follow the following digital file naming convention (if you do not follow this you will lose marks): o Student last name_Assessment_Name &#_CISXXXX_Student USQ ID o For example, the first assignment for CIS8004 submitted by Joe Bloggs, student # 005890420163. If I (Mr. Joe Bloggs) were uploading this assessment item, file would be named as follow: o Bloggs_A1_CIS8004_005890420163.doc Microsoft Word - S1_2020_CIS5310_Assi_3_Marking Criteria-Written_Report (Part A&B).docx Provisional marking criteria for the assignment 1 for CIS5310 (Written Report PART 1) 22.5% Student Name: Student #: Marking criteria Mark Awarded ACTIVITIES 1. The report should be well structured and cover at least the following topics: - Structure o Properly formatted well-presented business report o Executive Summary o Recommendations o Conclusion - References o 10 References at least