S3-2022-CIS5310 – ICT Project Management
Provisional Assessment 1 & 2 Details
Description Marks out of Wtg (%) Due Date
Online Quiz 1 20 10 See the course website
Online Quiz 2 20 10 See the course website
Assignment 1 (Report-Project Plan – Part A) 100 35 See the course website
Assignment 2 (Report-Project Plan – Part B) 100 45 See the course website
Requirements:
Academic Integrity
Academic Integrity (ALL STUDENTS URGENT ACTION REQUIRED)
https://usqstudydesk.usq.edu.au/m2/enrol/index.php?id=24185
• An entirely new course has been developed for students from 2022 onwards. All students are
automatically enrolled.
• All students need to undertake the training every 12 months and completion is recognized
across all their courses.
• This link will not change from 2022 onwards and can be rolled over with your assessment year
to year.
Extensions and deferred assessment
• In all courses and for all items of assessment (other than exams in the exam period), students
may apply for an extension of up to 7 days.
• Students are now again required to submit documentation to support any application for an
extension.
• Students should normally apply for an extension (or deferral) before the due date.
• If the application is for eight or more days, then it will be assessed under the Assessment of
Special Circumstances Procedure (and will be harder to obtain).
• If the documentation supports a concession of more than 7 days, then it is treated as a deferred
assessment.
Late penalties
• A penalty of five per cent of the available marks for each calendar day late after the specified
submission date.
• An assignment submitted more than seven days after the specified submission date is given
zero marks unless it is under an extension or deferral.
• An assignment under an extension or deferral is awarded zero marks if submitted after the
extended or deferred date (even just one day). Assignment Late Submission Policy
• https://policy.usq.edu.au/documents/14749PL#4.3
• https://policy.usq.edu.au/documents/14749PL
Report Structure
The structure for all the assessment items in the course can be found through the following
links.
• https://www.unisq.edu.au/library/study-support/assignments/assignment-structure-and-
writing
• https://www.unisq.edu.au/library/study-support/assignments/assignment-structure-and-
writing/reports
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Other General Requirements
• Email submissions will NOT be accepted under 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 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.
• You are expected to write a thoroughly researched/analysed critical business report for assignments
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 collision 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.
No Objectives Online
Quiz/Assignments
1 Explain and apply core concepts associated with IS/ICT project management and
project management framework for the definition, documentation and successful
completion of IS/ICT projects;
1, 2, 3
2 Utilise skills and knowledge areas to successfully manage an IS/ICT project; 3
3 create and develop a project plan based on industry needs; 3 & 4
4 Critically select and apply appropriate project management software to manage
IS/ICT projects;
3
5 Explain the ethical implications associated with IS/ICT project management for
successful IS/ICT project management;
3 & 4
6 Collaborate and effectively communicate with peers and team members,
including those from culturally diverse backgrounds.
3 & 4
The objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of ICT project management concepts and
your proficiency in using various ICT project management skills. In particular, the assignment focuses on the
following project management knowledge areas in the PMBOK:
• Team Management and ethical considerations
• Project integration management,
• Project scope management,
• Project schedule management,
• Project cost management
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Assignment Scenario (For Assignment 1 & 2):
Congratulations! You have just been hired as the Information Technology Project Manager for a successful
private higher education provider at the university level. The private higher education provider has become
increasingly worried about competition from national and international educational institutions for the same
services provided by your organization. The CEO has requested that you develop an online support system
for executives and customers by incorporating a “Cloud Technology” system so that management,
customers, and educational professionals can make informed decisions and their customers can use the
system to interact with the selected organization nationally and internationally. This is aligned with the vision
of the selected institution to be the leading provider of higher education nationally and internationally.
So far, the selected educational facility is mainly operating on a web platform with limited features, with a
call centre model to meet client needs nationally and internationally on a limited scale. However, after careful
deliberations, the board of directors felt that a wireless handheld devices-based application through the Cloud
technology infrastructure to compete competitively. This has prompted the management to carefully review
their IT strategies, workforce capability and capacity, IT infrastructure etc so that they can offer a seamless
educational service to internal and external customers for the national and international market and their
educational needs. Through these developments, the management is hoping to promote further national and
international domains as leading university education providers.
The CEO has made you responsible for this ICT project management aspect. You are expected to manage
and develop documentation along with a management report highlighting the integration of Cloud-based
technology to meet the organisational current and future needs. To produce this report, the CEO expects you
to undertake independent critical high-level research to present a high-quality report that covers various IT
project management planning elements, as described, and covered in the course.
You will consider the current organisational aspect and then recommend a way forward as to how this ICT
project can be managed and accomplished, through a management report describing all the project planning
documents required, by the CEO.
As this domain is new to the CEO, the CEO is not able to provide too many details and expects you to
conduct whatever research is required in arriving at the report.
Your task is to develop a professional business report for the CEO. In the business report, you are expected
to provide a complete Part A (Assignment 1) of the Detailed Project Plan to provide an initial idea, scope,
cost, financial modelling, and other planning aspects related to project management for this project. After
which you will be required to produce Part B (Assignment 2) to deliver complete Project aspects related to
quality management, communications, risks, and stakeholder aspects related to the integration of cloud-
based technology as per the vision of the top management.
Please Note – You are not required to develop any application or interface. This assignment is
only to demonstrate your skills and knowledge in handling large ICT projects as described in
the course contents.
WHAT TO DO:
1. You are expected to select an organization of your own choice from the industry mentioned above
that will not compromise the objectives and scope of the assignment.
2. As per the focus and scope of the assignment, complete the Detailed Project Plan – Part A,
ensuring all requirements outlined in
Assignment 1 is addressed (see below assignment 1 requirements).
a. Ensure you address each question in the Assignment 1 Description.
b. Ensure you address all aspects in the Assignment 1 Marking Criteria.
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3. Complete the Detailed Project Plan – Part B, ensuring all requirements outlined in
Assignment 2 is addressed (refer to assignment 2 requirements).
a. Ensure you address each question in the Assignment 2 Description.
b. Ensure you address all aspects in the Assignment 2 Marking Criteria.
Use of Project Management Software:
The expectation is that, whenever possible and where requested, project management software
should be used for this assignment. For Microsoft Project see the below information:
• You may be able to download Microsoft Project from this link (Free trial
version), and selectproject plan 3:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-au/microsoft-365/project/compare-Microsoft-
project-management-software
• This may provide a 30-day trial without the need to enter a credit card.
• Just need to make a new account to use it.
• For any issues related to software, you can contact directly to UniSQ ICT
Services
Note: In this course, you are NOT expected to develop any actual application or systems
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Assignment 1 Description
Detailed Project Plan – (PM Planning) – (marked out of 100)
In the Detailed Project Plan – Part A, you must at least address each of the following
requirements adequately:
1. Project Background Information (two pages maximum) – background
information about the selected organization in the domain mentioned above.
For this project:
i. Make necessary assumptions with justifications about the selected organization
in the domain mentioned above to ensure you meet the requirements and scope
of both assignments.
ii. Provide an outline of the objectives/goals of adopting and
implementing/integrating the Cloud-base technology solution, including
justifications, that will assist the selected organization in the domain
mentioned above in achieving its strategic goals and to help them effectively
compete with the current and future competitors in the industry mentioned