ITEC602 ASSIGNMENT FOUR PAGE 1 F AC U L T Y O F S C I E N C E AN D E N G I N E E R I N G D E P AR T M E N T O F C O M P U T I N G ITEC602: MAN AGEMENT OF IT SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT NUMBER FOUR “IT PROJECT SUCCESS” SEMESTER 1 , 2017ITEC602 ASSIGNMENT FOUR PAGE 2 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT This assignment is only for ITEC602 students. DUE DATE: 11:55 pm Friday, 9/6/17 CONTRIBUTION: 10% of Final Mark (Exam Contribution for ITEC602 is only 40%) YOUR CHALLENGE You are to write a well researched and referenced essay (2000 to 3000 words) on the topic of IT project success. Numerous complex IT projects suffer from planning problems, cost overruns and even total failure. What goes wrong, what are the factors that contribute to a complex project’s success and how can the major risks be mitigated? Use at least 10 references , half of which must be from academic articles . These references need to be in addition to any class readings referenced . Use the library’s physical and online journals. Ensure that you use IN TEXT REFERENCING. That is, the part of your essay that is based on a reference needs to be referenced in the body of the essay, not just at the end. Feel free to use End Note to organise your inline references. If you are citing directly from a reference, then you must use quotation marks and inline referencing. It is usually better to paraphrase. Plagiarism will result in a ZERO mark and possible failure of the course (more than 30% similarity index). This includes close similarities in the submissions of two or more students. SUBMISSION This is a Turnitin assignment. Submit your MS Word file using your student number as the file name through the iLearn (class web site) Assignment Two submission tool. Please be advised that Turnitin can take up to 24 hours to deliver a similarity report. See the class web site at: https://ilearn.mq.edu.auITEC602 ASSIGNMENT FOUR PAGE 3 MARKING CRITERIA You will be marked according to the following criteria, with a final mark out of 100: Element Excellent to Good (30) Pass (15) Incomplete (10) Demonstrates understanding or interpretation of key concepts of project success criteria and risk management  Demonstrates high level of understanding of key concepts  Skilfully organises description of issues and application of references.  Demonstrates some understanding of key concepts  Organises description of issues in some cases; shows some application references.  Demonstrates little understanding of key concepts  Little organisation used to describe issues; shows little application of references. Element Excellent to Good (50) Pass (25) Incomplete (10) Ability to draw reasonable conclusions from the literature on improving project success rates  Addresses major elements of project success  Refers to references cited to strongly support arguments.  Addresses some elements of project success  Refers to one or two references to support arguments.  Addresses few elements of project success  Does not refer to references to support arguments. Element Excellent to Good (20) Pass (10) Incomplete (5) Technical  Clarity of expression, correct grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling – excellent in all areas  Used consistent referencing system intext and bibliography  Clarity of expression, correct grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling - some difficulties determining meaning, some errors  Missing some references either intext or in bibliography; or included references in bibliography that were not included in text  Poor clarity of expression, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation, spelling – limited readability; requires many corrections/further explanation  Very poor use of referencing system; inconsistent style, incomplete bibliography