HI5029 IS Project Management Assignment Help

27 Dec 2023

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HI5029 IS Project Management Assignment Help

Instructions

Academic Integrity Information

Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding academic integrity. All assessment must comply with academic integrity guidelines. Important academic integrity breaches include plagiarism, collusion, copying, impersonation, contract cheating, data fabrication and falsification. Please learn about academic integrity and consult your teachers with any questions. Violating academic integrity is serious and punishable by penalties that range from deduction of marks, failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or

cancellation of course enrolment.

Format Instructions

· Most assessments must be in MS Word format with no spacing, 11-pt Calibri font and at least 2cm margins on all four sides with appropriate section

headings and page numbers.

· You must name your file with the Unit Code and Group Number (e.g. “HI5004 Group 4”).

· Check that you submit the correct document as special consideration is not granted if you make a mistake.

· Student IDs need to be indicated on the cover page. Non-contributing students

do not receive marks.

Penalties

· All work must be submitted on Blackboard by the due date and time along with a completed Assessment Cover Page. Late penalties apply.

· Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Holmes Institute Adapted Harvard Referencing. Penalties are associated with incorrect citation and

referencing.

Assignment Description

This assessment will be completed in groups of 4 students. Groups will be formed within the first 2 weeks of class.

Students are expected to critically evaluate the project requirements and provide a project plan that includes 6 main parts (9 tasks) listed in the group assignment case study below.

This assessment is worth 40% of the unit’s grade and is a major assessment. Groups are advised to begin working on this assessment as soon as possible.

There only one deliverable for this assessment as follows:

Deliverable	Weight	Week Due
Final Submission	40%	Week 9

The day and time of the due week that the assessment must be submitted will be announced by your unit coordinator.

Group Assignment Case Study

Information System for ABC Institute of Technology

ABC Institute of Technology is a higher education organization that offers Bachelor's and Master's programs in Information Technology. ABC operates in eight campuses across six states and two territories in Australia.

Currently, ABC's Information System is underdeveloped. While some business functions can be automated using tools like TargetX for managing admissions and enrollments, PowerCampus for managing student information, and Blackboard for managing student learning information, other business functions, such as financial management, human resource management, academic program maintenance, library services, career services, and public relations and marketing, are primarily handled manually using Microsoft Excel. The manual operations pose numerous challenges in managing resources and operating activities across all eight campuses.

In response to these challenges, the CEO of ABC has recently initiated a project to build an Information System that will integrate all business functions across eight campuses. ABC has allocated a budget of $1,000,000 for this project. Additionally, ABC has planned to develop the Information System using its in-house development team and deploy the system in the cloud. The organization has also set an ambitious goal to complete this project within one year.

Assuming that your group has been selected to manage this project. Therefore, your group will need to conduct a comprehensive investigation and complete a project report that contains 6 main parts (9 tasks) as listed below:

· Part 1: Project Integration Management

o Task 1: Prepare a business case

o Task 2: Prepare the project charter

· Part 2: Project Scope Management

o Task 3: Develop an initial scope management

o Task 4: Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS)

· Part 3: Project Schedule Management

o Task 5: Create Grantt chart for WBS, and then identify at least five milestones

· Part 4: Project Cost and Quality Management

o Task 6: Develop documents for cost estimate and business case financial analysis

· Part 5: Project Resource Management

o Task 7: Prepare a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI Chart) for the WBS

· Part 6: Project Risk Management

o Task 8: Create a risk register

o Task 9: Plot the risks on a Probability/Impact Matrix

Deliverable Description

Your group needs to submit the final version of your assignment in Week 9. The structure of the final report is as follows:

· Executive Summary: The executive summary should provide an overview of the report's outcomes and be no longer than half a page. You can find helpful guidelines on how to write an executive summary in this link: https://blog.pandadoc.com/how-to-write-executive- summary/

· Table of contents

· Introduction: State the purpose and objectives of the report.

· Part 1: Project Integration Management

o Task 1: Prepare a business case

o Task 2: Prepare the project charter

· Part 2: Project Scope Management

o Task 3: Develop an initial scope management

o Task 4: Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS)

· Part 3: Project Schedule Management

o Task 5: Create Grantt chart for WBS, and then identify at least five milestones

· Part 4: Project Cost and Quality Management

o Task 6: Develop documents for cost estimate and business case financial analysis

· Part 5: Project Resource Management

o Task 7: Prepare a Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RACI Chart) for the WBS

· Part 6: Project Risk Management

o Task 8: Create a risk register

o Task 9: Plot the risks on a Probability/Impact Matrix

· Overall Summary: Summarize your findings, consolidating and drawing attention to the main points of the report.

· Referencing: Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.

· Appendix: Attach Meeting Agenda Minutes for 2 meetings.

Your group can use the templates provided in the .zip file to complete the report.

Marking Rubric

Criteria	Fail	Pass	Credit	Distinction	High Distinction
Task 1 (4 marks)	Major errors in business case preparation.	Basic business case with some errors.	Competent business case with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful business case.	Exceptional, innovative business case.
Task 2 (4 marks)	Major errors in project charter preparation.	Basic project charter with some errors.	Competent project charter with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful project charter.	Exceptional, innovative project charter.
Task 3 (4 marks)	Major errors in initial scope management.	Basic initial scope management with some errors.	Competent initial scope management with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful initial scope management.	Exceptional, innovative initial scope management.
Task 4 (4 marks)	Major errors in work breakdown structure development.	Basic work breakdown structure with some errors.	Competent work breakdown structure with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful work breakdown structure.	Exceptional, innovative work breakdown structure.
Task 5 (4 marks)	Major errors in Gantt chart and milestone identification.	Basic Gantt chart with some errors.	Competent Gantt chart with minor errors.	Well-structured Gantt chart and insightful milestones.	Exceptional, innovative Gantt chart and milestones.
Task 6 (4 marks)	Major errors in cost estimate and financial analysis.	Basic cost estimate with some errors.	Competent cost estimate with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful cost estimate.	Exceptional, innovative cost estimate.
Task 7 (4 marks)	Major errors in RACI Chart preparation.	Basic RACI Chart with some errors.	Competent RACI Chart with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful RACI Chart.	Exceptional, innovative RACI Chart.
Task 8 (4 marks)	Major errors in risk register creation.	Basic risk register with some errors.	Competent risk register with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful risk register.	Exceptional, innovative risk register.
Task 9 (4 marks)	Major errors in the risk matrix.	Basic plotting of risks with some errors.	Competent plotting of risks with minor errors.	Well-structured and insightful risk matrix.	Exceptional, innovative risk matrix.
Appendix (4 marks)	Incomplete or inaccurate meeting agenda.	The minutes are adequately detailed, capturing key points of discussion and decisions made.	Minutes demonstrate a good level of detail, providing a clear understanding of the discussions and decisions.	Minutes are comprehensive, offering a thorough and insightful record of discussions, decisions, and action items.	Exceptional quality minutes capturing nuanced discussions and demonstrating a deep understanding of the project.

Student Assessment Citation and Referencing Rules

Adapted Harvard Referencing Rules

Holmes has implemented a revised Harvard approach to referencing. The following rules apply:

1. Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources that provide full-text access to the source’s content for lecturers and markers.

2. The reference list must be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and titled: “References”.

3. The reference list must include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged A-Z alphabetically by author surname with each reference numbered (1 to 10, etc.) and each reference MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source. For example:

4. All assignments must include in-text citations to the listed references. These must include the surname of the author/s or name of the authoring body, year of publication, page number of the content, and paragraph where the content can be found. For example, “The company decided to implement an enterprise-wide data warehouse business intelligence strategies (Hawking et al., 2004, p3(4)).”

Non-Adherence to Referencing Rules

Where students do not follow the above rules:

1. For students who submit assignments that do not comply with the rules, a 10% penalty will be applied.

2. As per the Student Handbook, late penalties will apply each day after the student/s has been notified of the due date.

3. Students who comply with rules and the citations are “fake” may be reported for academic misconduct.

Submission Guidelines

Your documents should be a single MS Word or OpenOffice document containing your report. Do not use PDF as a submission format,

All submissions will be submitted through the safeAssign facility in Blackboard. Submission boxes linked to SafeAssign will be set up in the Units Blackboard Shell. Assignments not submitted through these submission links will not be considered.

Submissions must be made by the due date and time (which will be in the session detailed above) and determined by your Unit coordinator. Submissions made after the due date and time will be penalized per day late (including weekend days) according to Holmes Institute policies.

The SafeAssign similarity score will be used in determining the level, if any, of plagiarism. SafeAssign will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, the Web and your own class members submissions for plagiarism. You can see your SafeAssign similarity score (or match) when you submit your assignment to the appropriate drop-box. If this is a concern you will have a chance to change your assignment and resubmit. However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed your assignment will be graded as late. Submitted assignments that indicate a high level of plagiarism will be penalized according to the Holmes Academic Misconduct policy, there will be no exceptions. Thus, plan early and submit early to take advantage of the re-submission feature. You can make multiple submissions, but please remember we grade only the last submission, and the date and time you submitted will be taken from that submission.