Assignment title: Management
Presentation with accompanying script (Group
Assignment)
Assignment Overview
This assessment item requires you to work in a group of 2 or 3 and to consider:-
strategies for continuous professional development,
evolution of project management,
project management practice, frameworks and standards,
allocation of responsibilities within the project management life cycle, and
outputs within the life cycle
…you must then undertake a presentation and submit a written script that explains and justifies
project management methodologies for the following range of project domains:-
Engineering and construction domain,
IT Telecom Software domain,
Financial and business services domain,
Welfare domain.
You must submit a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation and then make a presentation to your peers
that discusses and explains your insights to the above (flex student will answer questions over the
telephone). You must also submit a written set of presentation notes or script that matches your
presentation. The notes can be either part of your PowerPoint presentation or written and
submitted separately in Microsoft Word. You are encouraged to use assignment output and ideas
that you may have developed from previous units as supporting evidence for your presentation.
Task
Your task is to consider the three learning outcomes listed below in the context of this unit. You
must then make a presentation of 15 minutes length that summarises the learning outcomes below
and how they relate to the spectrum of the major project domains discussed during the unit (flex
students will answer questions over the telephone). Once your 15 minute presentation has been
made you must be prepared to answer questions for 10 minutes from unit participants. You will be
graded based on how well you have made your presentation and described, discussed, explained
and critically analysed the project management theories and principles according to these
assignment instructions.
Purpose
The primary purpose of this assessment item is to help you to develop and demonstrate your skills in
the use of project management concepts, principles, theories and arguments about the application
of organisational project management methodologies. You are particularly required to demonstrate
your ability to differentiate methodological aspects as they relate to different projects and different
project domains. The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give you the opportunity to
enhance your analysis, critical thinking and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of
argument development and oral presentation.
Structure
Your presentation should be a properly constructed academic presentation. Please contact the
Academic Learning and Teaching Services for assistance if you require. It should contain an effective
introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction should introduce the presentation and include
your major arguments. The body should present the evidence you have collected to support your
arguments, and the conclusion should restate your arguments, summarise the evidence and make a
conclusion regarding your arguments.
The presentation should contain a coherent, but necessarily restricted review of the academic
literature on the project management topics in question. Your literature review should be integrated
into the presentation, not a separate section. Do not include an executive summary or an abstract. A
reference list formatted in the prescribed Harvard style is compulsory. Do not include a bibliography.
This assessment item involves researching your assigned topic to enhance your understanding of
project management concepts and utilisation of academic literature. Whilst you should use the
recommended textbooks you may also refer to relevant peer reviewed, academic journal articles.
You will be expected to present information and evidence from, and cite, at least twenty (20) times
from the peer reviewed material used in the unit. You are also encouraged to cite other material
that is peer reviewed.