BUSN20016 - Research in Business PPMP20008 - Initiating and Planning Projects Term 1 - 2017 Profile information current as at 28-Mar-2017 17:02 1. 2. All details in this unit profile for PPMP20008 have been officially approved by CQUniversity and represent a learning partnership between the University and you (our student). The information will not be changed unless absolutely necessary and any change will be clearly indicated by an approved correction included in the profile. This information will not be available until 8 weeks before term. To see alignment of learning outcomes, assessment and graduate attributes in a previous term, see previous unit profile. Textbooks and Resources Note: An eBook version of A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is available through CQU Library. Please follow the instructions posted on the Moodle web site to set up an account and download the eBook via CQUniversity Library. An eBook version of Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 is available through the TSO Shop UK. Please follow the link http://www.tsoshop.co.uk/bookstore.asp?FO=1162740#GEMS6473576 to purchase a copy. However, if paper copies are preferred, limited copies will be available at the CQUni Bookshop here. Prescribed Textbooks A Guide to The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) Author/s: PMI Year: 2013 Edition: 5th Publisher: PMI City: Newtown Square State: Pennsylvania Country: USA Managing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 Author/s: OGC/AXLEOS Year: 2009 Edition: 2009 Publisher: TSO (The Stationery Office) City: Norwich Country: UK View textbooks at the CQUniversity BookshopIT Resources You will need access to the following IT resources: Internet CQUniversity Student Email Unit Website (Moodle) Referencing Style All submissions for this unit must use the Harvard (author-date) referencing style (details can be obtained here). For further information, see the Assessment Tasks below. Assessment Tasks 1 Practical Assessment Assessment Title Project Charter Task Description Assignment Overview This assessment item requires you to develop a project charter for the project described in a selected tender. Tenders will be supplied for a range of project domains:- Engineering and construction domain, IT Telecoms Software domain, Financial and business services domain, Welfare domain. Purpose This assessment item is to assist you to develop skills in and understand the contents and compilation of the project charter and component parts. The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of rigorous structured assignment writing. Assessment Due Date Week 4 Friday (31-Mar-2017) 11:45 PM AEST Return Date to Students Week 5 Friday (07-Apr-2017) Weighting 20% Assessment Criteria You will be assessed on the appropriate application of the following project management concepts in the development of a project charter for the project described in the selected tender. This assessment is worth 20% of your final grade for the subject, with a total of 20 marks, each mark is equivalent to 1% of the final grade. 1. Project Description (1 mark) 2. Project justification/investment appraisal (1 mark) 3. Project objectives and associated measures (2 marks) 4. High-level requirements (0.5 marks) 5. Assumptions and constraints (1 mark) 6. High-level risks (3 marks)7. Summary milestone schedule (1 mark) 8. Summary budget (1 mark) 9. Stakeholder list (3 marks) 10. Proposed project lifecycle - waterfall or agile (1 mark) 11. Project approvals requirements (1.5 marks) 12. Assigned project manager (0.5 marks) 13. Structure of the project board (as per Prince2) authorising the project charter. (1.5 marks) 14. Clarity of expression, format, grammar, spelling and referencing. (2 marks) Note: Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant. Referencing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Online To be submitted as Microsoft Word file. Learning Outcomes Assessed 4. Develop a project charter and stakeholder register for supplied case studies. Graduate Attributes 1. Knowledge 2. Communication 3. Cognitive, technical and creative skills 4. Research 5. Self-management 1. 2. 3. 4. 2 Practical Assessment Assessment Title Scope, schedule, stakeholders Task Description Assignment Overview This assessment item requires you to develop the following Scope baseline as described in PMBoK (5 marks) Work package (a single example) as described in Prince2 (5 marks) Schedule baseline (5 marks) Stakeholder register (5 marks) Case studies will be supplied for a range of project domains:- Engineering and construction domain, IT Telecoms Software domain, Financial and business services domain, Government / Human Services domain.1. 2. 3. 4. The submission must comply with the requirements outlined in the PMBOK v5 and PRINCE2 (2009). Note: The primary purpose of this assessment item is to assist you to develop skills and an understanding of scope baselines, work packages, schedule baseline and the stakeholder register. The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of structured assignment writing. You are to develop and complete the documents as the project manager for the project described in your case. Do not simply describe the purpose of the documents. Group/s This assessment may be done in groups of up to four students. You must stay in the group for all group assessments and will utilise the same tender. If there are any issues with group members not contributing then they may be asked to leave the group and work on the remaining assessments individually. Flex students can work individually or form groups through the forum on the Moodle site. Assessment Due Date Week 6 Friday (21-Apr-2017) 11:45 PM AEST Return Date to Students Week 8 Monday (01-May-2017) Weighting 20% Assessment Criteria Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality it meets each of the following criteria. The project management concepts within the scope baseline are correctly applied and the scope baseline is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender (5 marks) The project management concepts within the work package are correctly applied and the work package is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender. (5 marks) The project management concepts within the schedule baseline are correctly applied and the schedule baseline is an accurate refection of the project described in the selected tender (5marks) The concepts within the stakeholder register are correctly applied and the stakeholder register is an accurate reflection of the case study (5 marks) Ensure your submissions are submitted in an appropriate format, are concise, demonstrate clarity of expression, correct grammar and spelling. Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant. Referencing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Online To be submitted as Microsoft Word documents Learning Outcomes Assessed 6. Develop project work breakdown structures, WBS dictionaries and compose work packets for supplied case studies. Graduate Attributes 1. Knowledge 2. Communication 3. Cognitive, technical and creative skills 4. Research 5. Self-management1. 2. 3. 3 Practical Assessment Assessment Title Requirements, Quality and Cost Task Description Assignment Overview This assessment item requires you to develop :- requirements management plan, quality management plan, cost management plan, cost baseline and funding requirements, …you must then develop the items listed above for a selected case study. The case studies will cover a number of project domains:- Engineering and construction domain, IT Telecoms Software domain, Financial and business services domain, Welfare domain. Your submissions must meet the minimum requirement outlined in the PMBOK (2013) and conform to the requirements outlined PRINCE2 (2009). Task Your task is to consider the overview above and develop and complete the required items. You will be graded upon how well your submissions have been completed and reflect the case studies. Purpose This assessment item is to assist you to understand and develop skills in the contents and compilation of project requirements, quality and cost management. The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills; particularly in the areas of structured assignment writing. Group/s This assessment may be done in groups of up to four students. You must stay in the group for all group assessments and will utilise the same tender. If there are any issues with group members not contributing then they may be asked to leave the group and work on the remaining assessments individually. Flex students can work individually or form groups through the forum on the Moodle site. Assessment Due Date Week 8 Friday (05-May-2017) 11:45 PM AEST Return Date to Students Week 10 Monday (15-May-2017) Weighting 20% Assessment Criteria Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each of the following criteria. The project management concepts within the requirements management plan are applied appropriately and the requirements management plan is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender (5 marks) The project management concepts within the quality management plan are applied appropriately and the quality management plan is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender (5 marks)3. 4. The project management concepts within the cost management plan are applied appropriately and the cost management plan is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender is complete and reflects the case (5 marks) The project management concepts within the cost baseline are applied appropriately and the cost baseline is an accurate reflection of the project described in the selected tender is complete and reflects the case (5 marks) Ensure your submissions are submitted in an appropriate format, are concise, demonstrate clarity of expression, correct grammar and spelling. Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant. Referencing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Online To be submitted as Microsoft Word and Excel document files Learning Outcomes Assessed 5. Develop project time, cost, resources and risk estimates for supplied case studies. Graduate Attributes 1. Knowledge 2. Communication 3. Cognitive, technical and creative skills 4. Research 5. Self-management 4 Practical Assessment Assessment Title Risk Register Task Description Assignment Overview This assessment item requires you to develop a risk register for the project outlined in the selected tender. The tenders will be supplied for a range of project domains:- Engineering and construction domain, IT Telecoms Software domain, Financial and business services domain, Welfare domain. The submission must meet the minimum requirement outlined in the PMBOK (2013) and PRINCE2 (2009). You will be graded upon how well your submission has been completed and reflects the case studies. Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment item is to help you to understand and develop skills in project risk management. The assignment will also give you the opportunity to enhance your analysis and written communication skills.Assessment Due Date Week 10 Friday (19-May-2017) 05:00 PM AEST Return Date to Students Week 12 Monday (29-May-2017) Weighting 20% Assessment Criteria You will be assessed based on the following criteria. It is important that your assessment is submitted in an appropriate format, that it is concise, demonstrates clarity of expression, correct grammar and spelling; these aspects are incorporated into the allocated marks for this assessment. 1. Seven threats (negative risks) reflective of the project described in the selected tender are identified, analysed and entered appropriately on the risk register. (14 marks) 2. Three opportunities (positive risks) that are reflective of the project described in the selected tender are identified, analysed and entered appropriately on the risk register. (6 marks) Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant. Referencing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Online Learning Outcomes Assessed 7. Develop a project management plan and project sub-plans for supplied case studies. Graduate Attributes 1. Knowledge 2. Communication 3. Cognitive, technical and creative skills 4. Research 5. Self-management 5 Presentation and Written Assessment Assessment Title Reflections and lessons learnt presentation - 15 Task Description Assignment Overview Completion of PPMP20008 is like a project, there are likely things that went well and things that did not. Reflecting on the experience can be just as meaningful as retaining concepts taught. This assessment item requires you to reflect on your participation in the course, identify lessons learnt, and consider what actions can be taken to address lessons and improve future study projects. Please note these learnings are based on your role as a student in PPMP20008 and not based on the case study. You will need to determine a framework to base your lessons learnt on. In practice lessons learnt discussions are usually framed in certain ways to illicit learnings from participants. Consider what is the most effective way to do this within the context of your group (Flex - if not in a group - for you as an individual), the course and the experience during the term.1. 2. 3. 4. You must develop, submit and present a 15 minute presentation (in Microsoft PowerPoint) discussing your reflection and lessons learnt, to your peers in week 12. You must be prepared to answer questions from unit participants after your presentation. Flex students will not present, however must submit a written set of presentation notes/script. These notes are to be submitted within the notes section of the PowerPoint slides. You will be graded based on how well you have made your presentation, the lessons learnt framework developed, the lessons shared, and the actions planned to address lessons for future study. Purpose This assessment item is to assists you to reflect on your performance in a project, identify lessons learnt, develop strategies to leverage those lessons and develop presentation skills. Assessment Due Date Week 12 Friday (02-Jun-2017) 05:00 PM AEST The presentations will be arranged during week 12. Return Date to Students Review/Exam Week Friday (09-Jun-2017) Weighting 20% Assessment Criteria Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each of the following criteria:- The framework for identifying lessons learnt would enable a meaningful lessons learnt process and address common issues experienced with lessons learnt in projects. (5 marks) The lessons identified demonstrated deep reflection about the learning process. (5 marks) SMART process improvement strategies were identified. (SMART - Specific, measurable, achievable, relevant, time-bounded). (5 marks) A clear flow of thought throughout the presentation with a clear purpose described in the introduction and a comprehensive conclusion. Professional presenting style as if being presented to a project board. For on campus students this will be determined through the presentation, flex via the presentation notes. (5 marks). Ensure the presentation is appropriately formatted within slide and note/script limit: 10 to 20 slides & notes/script, that there is clarity of expression, correct grammar, spelling and referencing. The presentation should cater for different learning preferences. Try not to read of your notes, this takes practice and confidence in the material being presented. Note for on campus students - every student in the group must present to be awarded marks in this assessment. If you are unable to attend class during the time you were to present, you must submit a request for extension via Moodle, with supporting documentary evidence such as a doctors certificate. If the extension request is approved, you will then have to arrange another time with your tutor to do the presentation. In such cases, students will need to present the full presentation and will be marked independently of the group. Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked accordingly including the potential for 0 (zero) marks where relevant. Referencing Style Harvard (author-date) Submission Online To be submitted as a PowerPoint document file - 10 to 20 slides. Learning Outcomes Assessed 1. Describe and discuss differing perspectives for project management life cycles within the initiating and planning projects life cycle phases. 2. Explain how organisational forms and stakeholder strategies might impact upon business case development and verification of business cases when the planning of projects is undertaken. 3. Critically analyse contractual arrangements that are used within projectmanagement domains. Graduate Attributes 1. Knowledge 2. Communication 3. Cognitive, technical and creative skills 4. Research 5. Self-management 6. Ethical and Professional Responsibility 7. Leadership