SBM4305 IS Project Management
Assessment Brief
Asia Pacific International College
Unit Code and Title:SBM4305 IS Project Management
Assessment Overview
Assessment Task |
Weighting |
Due |
Length |
ULO |
Assessment 1: Quiz 30 minutes test comprising of multiplechoice questions |
40% |
Weeks 1-10 |
30 mins |
ULO-1 ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-4 ULO-5 ULO-6 ULO-7 |
Assessment 2: Case Study with presentation (Group) Undertake an analysis of the case, discuss reasons for failure and propose a solution how project management techniques can solve problems. |
30% |
Week 6 |
2500 words |
ULO-1 ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-4 |
Assessment 3: Applied Project (Individual) Apply and integrate project management concepts and tools to a specific IS development project. |
30% |
Week 12 |
2500 words |
ULO-2 ULO-3 ULO-4 ULO-5 ULO-6 ULO-7 |
Assessment 1: Quiz
Due date: |
Weeks 1-10 |
Group/individual: |
Individual |
Word count / Time provided: |
30 minutes |
Weighting: |
40% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: |
ULO-1 |
Assessment Details:
The weekly quizzes will assess your knowledge and understanding of key concepts in the Project Management Knowledge Areas. For successful completion of the quiz, you are required to study the material provided (lecture slides, tutorials, and reading materials), engage in the unit’s activities, and in the discussion forums. The prescribed textbook is the main reference along with the recommended reading material. By completing this assessment successfully, you will be able to identify key aspects of the best project management practices. This will then help in achieving ULO1, this in turn will help you in achieving CLO-1, which collectively with other unit learning outcomes will help in achieving GA2.
Marking Information: The quiz will be marked out of 100 and will be weighed 40% of the total unit mark.
Assessment 2: Case Study and Presentation
Due date: |
Week 6 |
Group/individual: |
Group |
Word count / Time provided: |
2500 words |
Weighting: |
30% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: |
ULO-1, ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5, ULO-6, ULO-7 |
Course Learning Outcomes: |
CLO-1, CLO-2 |
Graduate Attributes: |
GA1, GA5 |
Assessment Details:
In this Assignment students undertake an analysis of the MIS Project Management at First National Bank Case Study in the Project Management: Case Studies book (Kerzner 2013).
All projects at First National Bank (FNB) have project managers assigned and are handled through the Information Services Division (ISD). The Case describes one project, the development of a corporate database, and the resulting failure.
Students are required to perform tasks and answer the following questions:
- Why the ISD was created?
- What is the ISD position in the FNB organizational chart? Justify the ISD position in the chart.
- What is the FNB Project Management structure (functional, project and matrix)? Explain.
- What is the FNB Project Proposal Life Cycle? Who is involved and how in the Cycle?
- Who are the stakeholders involved in the FNB Information System Development project?
- How you would you describe Initiating and Planning FNB Information System Project Management Process Groups in relation to the Project Management Knowledge Areas?
- Provide a SWOT analysis of an FNB Information System Development project and explain why the project failed.
Two documents should be submitted:
- MS Word document. You must follow the Harvard style sources references.
- MS Power Point presentation (up to 20 slides)
In your work on the assignment you need to use the following sources:
- The Case Study article (Kerzner 2013)
- SBM4305 Lecture Notes
- The prescribed textbook (Schwalbe 2018)
Please remember that this is a practical assessment and you are NOT required to write any general information, definitions and references to another books and articles. These items will not be marked.
Marking Criteria and Rubric:The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark
Marking Criteria
Analysis of the FNB profile and business processes (5%)
Analysis of FNB Project management structure (10%)
Demonstrate understanding of FNB Project Proposal Life
Cycle and Stakeholder Analysis (20%)
Demonstrate understanding of mapping of FNB PM Process Groups on to Project Management
Knowledge Areas(30%)
Demonstrate understanding of SWOT analysis and Not Satisfactory Good
satisfactory
(50-64%) of the (65-74%) of the
(0-49%) of the criterion mark criterion markcriterion
mark)
Inadequate Basic understanding Exhibits breadth analysis of the of FNB profile and and depth of FNB profile and business processes understanding of
business FNB profile and processes business processes
Inadequate Basic understanding Exhibits breadth understanding of only of FNB Project and depth of
FNB Project management understanding of management structure FNB Project structure management
structure
Inadequate Basic understanding Exhibits breadth understanding of of Project Proposal and depth of Project Proposal Life Cycle and understanding of
Life Cycle and Stakeholder Project Proposal
Stakeholder Analysis Life Cycle and
Analysis Stakeholder
Analysis
Inadequate Basic understanding Exhibits breadth understanding of of mapping of PM and depth of
mapping of PM Process Groups on understanding of Process Groups to Project mapping of PM on to Project Management Process Groups on Management Knowledge Areas to Project
Knowledge Management
Areas Knowledge Areas
Inadequate Inadequate Inadequate
understanding of understanding of understanding of
SWOT analysis and SWOT analysis and
Very Good(75-84%) of the criterion mark
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of the FNB profile and business processes Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of FNB Project management
structure Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of Project Proposal
Life Cycle and
Stakeholder
Analysis Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of understanding of mapping of PM Process Groups on to Project
Management
Knowledge Areas Inadequate understanding of SWOT analysis and Excellent
(85-100%) of the criterion mark
Displays exceptional understanding of the FNB profile and business processes
Displays exceptional understanding of FNB Project management
structure
Displays exceptional understanding of Project Proposal Life Cycle and
Stakeholder Analysis
Displays exceptional understanding of mapping of PM Process Groups on to
Project Management Knowledge Areas
Inadequate understanding of SWOT analysis and
reasons of the project failure. (15%) |
SWOT analysis and reasons of the project failure. |
reasons of the project failure. |
reasons of the project failure. |
reasons of the project failure. |
reasons of the project failure. |
Presentation Content. Understanding of the selected project case and of the project scope components (10%) |
Lack of evidence of adequate understanding of the selected project case. Majority of information irrelevant and significant points left out |
Evidence of basic knowledge and skills of developing project scope statement. |
Has given a factual and/or conceptual knowledge and skills base in developing project scope statement and give a brief about the project background |
Reasonable knowledge and skills of developing project scope statement. |
Has excellent skills in developing project scope statement. The presentation was a concise summary of the selected project. All questions answered. Comprehensive and complete coverage of information |
Presentation visual appeal. Presentation slides, clarity, grammar, spelling and engaging (10%) |
Lack of evidence of written presentation skills (no visual appeal). The slides were difficult to read and too much information had been copied onto them. There are many errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation |
Evidence of basic skills of communicating (writing) in project environment. Minimal effort made to make slides appealing |
Has given a factual and/or conceptual skill base in communication (writing) in project environment. There are some errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. In some slides, too much information on two or more slides. good visual appeal. |
Has very good skills in communicating (writing) a project report There are few errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. very visual appeal. |
Has excellent skills in communicating (writing) in project environment There are no errors in spelling, grammar and punctuation. Information is clear and concise on each slide. Excellent visually appeal that is engaging. |
Assessment 3: Applied Project
Due date: |
Week 12 |
Group/individual: |
Individual |
Word count / Time provided: |
2500 words |
Weighting: |
30% |
Unit Learning Outcomes: |
ULO-2, ULO-3, ULO-4, ULO-5, ULO-6, ULO-7 |
Course Learning Outcomes: |
CLO-1, CLO-7, CLO-8 |
Graduate Attributes: |
GA2, GA3, GA4, GA5, GA6 |
Sunshine Homes is a real estate agency specialising in the rental of accommodation in Australia. The company has grown rapidly, employs 90 agents, and 5 new offices were open. The company management decided to upgrade the company IT infrastructure and develop a new Cloud-based Management Information System.
The current organizational structure of the company is shown in Figure 1. The two founders have divided the business between them. John Martin (who has a sales background) looks after the rentals/maintenance and operations side, and Ben West, an accountant, takes care of finance and administration. The small IT department within the administration function has an IT team where Kate Rose is an IT manager and Jack Fry is a team leader.
The Sunshine Homes directors decided to outsource the Web development and signed a contract with the PB Web Design company who will develop the Cloud-based Management Information System. Kate Rose will be responsible for handling both communication with Phil Brown, PB Web
Design director, and the Sunshine Homes offices IT infrastructure (network, hardware, software etc.)
Fig 1. Sunshine Homes organisational chart
The following cost categories are included in the proposed business model:
- Hardware: storage, printers, desktops/mobile computers, network IT infrastructure
- System Integration/Development: Project Management, design, testing, programming, security, another systems integration
- Fit-out
- Employee expenses: salary, training, assistance
- Cloud-based Web Application development
- Software licensing: Application Software, System Infrastructure software
- System Maintenance and support
The Applied Project assignment includes the following tasks:
- Explain phases of the Project Life Cycle (PLC)
- Create a Stakeholder Register (SR) and Communication Management Plan (CMP)
- Create a Project Charter (PC)
- Create a Project Network Diagram (PND)
- Calculate the project cost and the Net Present Value (NPV)
- Create the Project Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
The submission should include 2 files:
- MS Word file that includes items 1 – 4
- MS Excel file with the calculations of the project cost and NPV
Please remember that this is a practical assessment and you are NOT required to insert any general information, definitions and references to books and articles. These items will not be marked.
Marking Criteria and Rubric:The assessment will be marked out of 100 and will be weighted 30% of the total unit mark
Not Satisfactory Good Very Good Excellent
Marking Criteriasatisfactory
(50-64%) of the (65-74%) of the (75-84%) of the (85-100%) of the
(0-49%) of the criterion mark criterion mark criterion mark criterion markcriterion
mark)
Demonstrate an Inadequate Basic knowledge only Exhibits breadth and Exhibits accurate and Displays exceptional understanding of project understanding of of the understanding depth of detailed breadth and understanding of life cycle (10%) the life cycle of project life cycle understanding of the depth of project life cycle
project life cycle understanding of
project life cycle
Produce a Cost analysis Inadequate Basic understanding Exhibits breadth Exhibits accurate Displays exceptional document and NPV using understanding of of cost calculation, and depth of and detailed understanding of
Excel spreadsheet (30%) cost calculation NPV and Excel understanding of breadth and depth cost calculations,
and NPV; cannot features cost calculations, of understanding of NPV and its practical use Excel for NPV and Excel cost calculations, application. producing NPV features NPV and Excel Produces
features exceptional
knowledge of Excel features to calculate NPV.
Demonstrate Inadequate Basic knowledge Exhibits breadth Exhibits accurate Displays exceptional understanding of understanding of only of appropriate and depth of and detailed understanding of communication appropriate techniques and understanding of breadth and depth concepts and their management and ability techniques and tools for creating appropriate of understanding of practical application to create PC, PS and tools for creating Project Charter, techniques and appropriate of appropriate
CMP (40%)
Project Charter, Project Stakeholder tools for creating techniques and techniques and tools
Project and Communication Project Charter, tools for creating for creating Project
Stakeholder and Analysis Project Stakeholder Project Charter, Charter, Project
Communication and Communication Project Stakeholder Stakeholder and
Analysis Analysis and Communication Communication
Analysis Analysis
Produce a PND and WBS (20%) |
Inadequate understanding of PND diagram cannot discuss concepts in own words |
Basic knowledge only of PND diagram; limited depth of basic concepts |
Exhibits breadth and depth of understanding of MND diagram |
Exhibits accurate and detailed breadth and depth of MND diagram |
Displays exceptional understanding of concepts and their practical application of PND diagram |