Assignment title: Information
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PDE Final Assignment 2016
Second Individual Assignment (45%): due 9am, Monday, 31 October, 2016
Assignment formatting requirements:
Times New Roman;
Size 12;
1.5 spacing (1.5 spacing does not apply to tables and figures);
with 2.5cm margin
Assignments Submission
Via LMS assignment submission link available two weeks before the assignment due dates
Students are required to generate an originality report to check thoroughly to ensure all work
are properly referenced when applicable
The purpose of the assignments is to enable students to use planning and evaluation techniques and
tools to design a project within the area of their interests. The individual assignments and group
assignments may be related. Although the assignment should be prepared individually, students who
are allocated in the same group are strongly encouraged to support each other in preparation of the
assignment. However, please do not copy each other's work.
Focus: To develop required details of a project plan based on a project that was proposed as a result
of the group assignment (needs analysis) or a project of your choice. Please make sure you let your
group know if you would not like to develop your assignment based on the group project or continue
working with the group for the final submission.
Final assignment must include the following in the suggested sequence:
Cover page (refer to required details in the next page);
Project aims, objectives and strategies (these could be very similar between group members)
Key personnel (without budget details);
Key project stakeholders to be consulted and informed during the project planning,
implementation and evaluation process;
Project sustainability consideration;
Table in Landscape format: Project strategies and relevant activities with detailed timeframe
and allocated responsibilities (use template provided);
Table in landscape format: detailed design of process evaluation (use template provided);
Table in landscape format: detailed design of impact evaluation (use template provided);2
Outline of assignment
Cover Page:
Project Title
Author Name (student number)
Target population and geographic coverage
Timeframe of the project
Estimated budget
New page (s)
Project overview (no more than 150 words) (describe what the overall project is about);
Project Aim;
Project Objectives (four to six objectives);
Project Strategies (five to seven strategies);
Project key personnel (those who will manage or be involved in the implementation of the project);
Key project stakeholders (those groups or organisations who should be consulted and informed during
the project planning, implementation and evaluation process);
Project sustainability consideration (no more than 300 words) (details actions/strategies that you have
built in the project design in order to sustain the project benefits).
New page (s): Project Strategies (up to seven key strategies, simply copy what you developed
The cover page) and key activities with timeline and responsible person/position
New page (s): Process Evaluation
New page (s): Impact Evaluation
Detailing the evaluation questions, methods for measurement and information/data collection,
responsible persons, and associating timeframes;
Please use the template provided. You can fit majority of the information in the table for both
process and impact evaluation. However, you may need explanations on specific details which
may include after the table.
Project Strategies vs. activities table
Strategies Key Activities
Timeframe
for each
activity
Positions
involved
Responsible
person3
Project Process Evaluation Table
key evaluation
questions
Indicators of
achievements/Success
indicators
Methods for
measurement
including details of
data collection
When will the
information be
collected
Responsible
person
Impact Evaluation Table
Objectives
Indicators of
achievements /
Success indicators
Methods for
Measurements
including details of data
collection
When
should data
collection
and analysis
take place?
Responsible
person4
Key components required and marks distribution
Marks Project Proposal details
Overall
presentation
3%
5%
The assignment has been developed and presented in a professional manner
and met all necessary formatting requirements (3)
Well written with no grammatical and spelling errors (5)
Overall writing quality: 3 marks
Any one grammatical or spelling error will result in the losing of 0.5 marks to a
maximum of 2 marks.
Cover Page 1.5% If all required details are included, 1.5 marks will be given. (No marks will
be given if there are any missing information)
Second Page 1.5%
1%
3%
5%
Project overview (no more than 150 words)
Project Aim
Project Objectives (four to six objectives)
Project Strategies (five to seven objectives)
Required
Project
Details
22.5% Relevant activities with detailed timeframe and allocated responsibilities
and responsible person/position are provides for each of the listed strategies
Comprehensiveness & accuracy of relevant activities for all strategies: 15 marks.
Comprehensiveness & accuracy of timeframe for all activities: 5 marks.
Comprehensiveness & accuracy of responsible persons: 2.5 marks.
30% Process Evaluation Table
All relevant and key evaluation questions have been correctly written and included in
the required template: 5 marks
Indicators for all evaluation questions are well defined: 10 marks.
Sources and methods for tracking the indicators are clear and comprehensive: 10
marks
Timeline for data collection is correctly provided to each types of the information/data:
2.5 marks
Responsible person for the data collection is clearly identified: 2.5 marks
22.5% Impact Evaluation Table
Comprehensiveness and accuracy of indicators for all objectives: 6 marks
Comprehensiveness and accuracy of sources for of all indicators: 4 marks
Comprehensiveness and accuracy of methods used for measuring the indicators and
timeline for the measurement and analysis: 10 marks
Responsible person for the data collection is clearly identified: 2.5 marks
2%
1.5%
1.5%
Sustainability consideration (no more than 300 words)
Project key personnel are correctly listed (those who will manage or be
involved in the implementation of the project);
Key project stakeholders are correctly listed (those groups or organisations
who should be consulted and informed during the project planning,
implementation and evaluation process);