ITECH7406- Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Team assignment – 2016 TEAM ASSIGNMENT CONSISTS OF TEAM REPORT AND TEAM PRESENTATION Weighting: 25% (15% for the report and 10% for the presentation) TEAM REPORT The Business Intelligence literature reports the use and implementation of Business Intelligence and Data warehousing tools and applications in organizations. The primary objective of this research project is to provide a forum for students to investigate the practice, approaches and understanding of business intelligence as it is being applied in the real world to realize organizational objectives. The report should also include the description of a case study of business intelligence as it applies to the topic of discussion. There are several interesting topics to be considered, some of which include: •Best practices in business intelligence •Business intelligence and CRM •Business intelligence in small and medium enterprises •Business intelligence technology utilization in organizations •Business intelligence training issues •Critical success factors in business intelligence adoption and practice •Data warehousing and data mining strategies for business intelligence •Enablers and inhibitors for business intelligence •Examination of the use of analytics in support of business processes and decision-making •Global issues in business intelligence There are two deliverables to this project: Report and Presentation. (1) Report Submission: You will submit a 9-10 pages report (about 3000 words not counting cover page and references) in hard-copy to tutors/lecturers assignment box in week 11. Double-sided printing for the hard-copy is encouraged in order to save paper. Declaration should be done to declare how much (percentage) each member of the team has contributed to the report. (2) Presentation: Before the submission of the report, each team would be expected to deliver a 10-15 minutes presentation in week 10, summarising the content of the report. At least 15 references in your report must be from peer-reviewed sources. A formal report structure should be followed. This should include a cover page, introduction, headings and subheadings, conclusion, and a reference section. You are reminded to read the "Plagiarism" section of the course description. Your essay should be a synthesis of ideas from a variety of sources expressed in your own words. University Referencing/Citation Style Guide: The University has published a style guide to help students correctly reference and cite information they use in assignments (American Psychological Association (APA) citation style. https://federation.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/164121/FedUni-General-Guide-to-Referencing-2014.pdf Reports are to be presented in hard copy in size 12 Arial Font and double spaced. Your report should include a list of references used in the essay and a bibliography of the wider reading you have done to familiarize yourself on the topic. A passing grade will be awarded to assignments adequately addressing all assessment criteria. Higher grades require better quality and more effort. For example, a minimum is set on the wider reading required. A student reading vastly more than this minimum will be better prepared to discuss the issues in depth and consequently their report is likely to be of a higher quality. So before submitting, please read through the assessment criteria very carefully. Team Report Weighting: 15% for Team Report Student IDs: Assessment Criteria: Score Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory (0) Presentation /Layout /2 marks Information is well organized, well written, and proper grammar and punctuation are used throughout. Correct layout used. Information is organized, well written, with proper grammar and punctuation. Correct layout used. Information is somewhat organized, proper grammar and punctuation mostly used. Correct layout used. Information is somewhat organized, but proper grammar and punctuation not always used. Some elements of layout incorrect. Structure /2 marks Structure guidelines enhanced Structure guidelines followed exactly Structure guidelines mostly followed. Some elements of structure omitted Introduction /2 marks Introduces the topic of the report in an extremely engaging manner which arouses the reader's interest. Gives a detailed general background and indicates the overall "plan" of the paper. Introduces the topic of the report in an engaging manner which arouses the reader's interest. Gives some general background and indicates the overall "plan" of the paper. Satisfactorily introduces the topic of the report. Gives a general background. Indicates the overall "plan" of the paper. Introduces the topic of the report, but omits a general background of the topic and/or the overall "plan" of the paper. Discussion of topics /8 marks All topics discussed in depth. Displays deep analysis of issues with no irrelevant info. Consistently detailed discussion. Displays sound understanding with some analysis of issues and no irrelevant information Most topics are adequately discussed. Displays some understanding and analysis of issues. Inadequate discussion of issues Little/no demonstrated understanding or analysis of most issues and/or some irrelevant information. Case Study /2 marks Case study clearly reflects at least one of the points discussed and the lessons learned Case study clearly reflects the topic discussed, but lessons are not well abstracted Case study is relevant but does not clearly reflect the point of discussion Case study is irrelevant to the topic of discussion Conclusion /2 marks An interesting, well written summary of the main points. An excellent final comment on the subject, based on the information provided. A good summary of the main points. A good final comment on the subject, based on the information provided. Satisfactory summary of the main points. A final comment on the subject, but introduced new material. Poor/no summary of the main points. A poor final comment on the subject and/or new material introduced. Referencing /2 marks Correct referencing (APA). All quoted material in quotes and acknowledged. All paraphrased material acknowledged. Correctly set out reference list. Mostly correct referencing (APA). All quoted material in quotes &acknowledged. All paraphrased material acknowledged. Mostly correct setting out reference list. Mostly correct referencing (APA ) Some problems with quoted material and paraphrased material Some problems with the reference list. Not all material correctly acknowledged. Some problems with the reference list. SubTotal-1 /20 marks Team Report Presentation Weighting: 10% for Team Presentation Students are expected to create and present a 10-15 minutes overview of the findings from their Team Report. Student IDs: Assessment Criteria: Criteria Marks Introduction /1 Content /4 Conclusion /1 Presentation Style eg clarity, engagement /2 Team participation /1 Timing (10-15 minutes) /1 SubTotal-2 /10 General Comments: Team assignment Total = SubTotal-1 + SubTotal-2.