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1 Presentation and Written Assessment
Assessment Title Presentation with accompanying script (Group
Assignment)
Task Description
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
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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.
Assessment Due Date Week 12 Friday (02Jun2017) 11:45 PM AEST
Presentation will be arranged during the unit in
Weeks 11 and 12
Return Date to Students Exam Week Friday (16Jun2017)
Weighting 20%
Assessment Criteria
Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each
of the following criteria.
1. Critical analysis of strategies for continuous professional development?
(5%)
2. Critical analysis of the evolution of project management? (5%)
3. Critical analysis of the project management practice, frameworks and
standards as reflected in different project domains? (15%)
4. Critical analysis of the allocation of responsibilities within the project
management life cycle as reflected in different project domains? (15%)
5. Critical analysis of the project management outputs within the life cycle as
reflected in different project domains? (15%)
6. A demonstration of a thorough knowledge and application of relevant
project management principles, concepts, methods and theories as
reflected in different project domains? (15%)
7. Appropriate and well structured, concise and clear expression of project
management arguments in response to the assessment task? (5%)
8. A clear flow of thought throughout the presentation with a clear purpose
described in the introduction and a comprehensive conclusion? (5%)
9. A critical review and integration of relevant academic and professional
literature (cited at least twenty (20) times)? (5%)
10. Clarity of expression, grammar and spelling? (5%)
11. Strict conformity to CQUniversity Australia Harvard Referencing Guide?
(5%)
12. Appropriate presentation format and presented within slide and note/script
limit: 10 to 20 slides & notes/script? (5%)
Referencing Style Harvard (authordate)
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To be submitted as a PowerPoint document file
and optionally a Microsoft Word document file
Learning Outcomes Assessed This section can be expanded to view the
assessed learning outcomes
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assessed graduate attributes