Learning Outcomes Assessed
The following course learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment:
K5. Research and critique current and future issues in IT project management in a global context.
S2. Demonstrate theoretical and practical implementation of leadership, team building, and performance management approaches for IT projects.
S3. Utilize decision making and problem solving approaches to resolve and pre-empt range of problems on IT projects.
A1. Construct written and verbal approaches to developing and presenting IT project documentation.
Assessment Details
Background
A blog is a discussion or informational site published on the web consisting of regular entries or posts in chronological order. A blog features diary-type commentary and links to articles on other websites. Many blogs focus on a particular topic; team blogs will focus on an area of project management leadership.
Blogs are useful for first time and experienced project managers, and are widely used in the industry. The purpose of your project management leadership blog is to share the results of your research and investigations with other members of your team, and gather their feedback regarding your thoughts and ideas.
For some examples project management blogs see: http://projectnewstoday.com/2013-top-25project-management-blogs/
Requirements
Student is required to select a journal article on some area of project management leadership related to the course, or extending the course ideas, and write a blog reviewing the journal article, providing a critique of the ideas including conclusions and lessons learned (approximately 1000 words). The review should be supported by references from literature, demonstrating wider reading and critical thinking.
Managing project teams
Marking Criteria/Rubric
Criteria
Marking Scale
Poor Excellent
1 ....................... 5
team – submission of aggregated blogs 0
individual – quality of discussion review of article 0
individual – quality of conclusions and lessons learned 0
individual – evidence of research 0
individual – copy of journal article 0
individual – reviews of other student’s blogs conducted and included 0
Total Mark [30 marks]
30.0
Total Worth [20%]
20.0