IS Project Management 1

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HI5029 IS Project Management 1

2018
08

 

Assessment Details and Submission Guidelines
Trimester T3 2022
Unit Code HI5029
Unit Title IS Project Management
Assessment Type Individual Assignment
Assessment Title Assessment 3, Research Paper
Purpose of the
assessment (with
ULO Mapping)
This assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the unit descriptor.
This assessment is designed to improve student research and writing skills and to give
students experience in researching the literature on a topic relevant to the Unit of Study
subject matter, critically analyzing current academic papers then presenting results and
findings in a referenced written report.
Students will be able to:
a. interpret and critique a variety of project management methodologies including both
traditional and agile approaches;
b. interpret user requirements and project management related data and make
appropriate recommendations within a project context;
c. analyse and evaluate the role of the modern project manager including ethical, social
and cultural issues in the context of IT projects;
Weight 40% of the total assessments
Total Marks 40%
Word limit 2500-3000 words
Due Date 3a Draft week 8
3b Research Paper week 13
Submission
Guidelines
All workmust be submittedonBlackboardbythe due date alongwitha completed
Assignment Cover Page.
TheassignmentmustbeinMSWordformat,1.5spacing,11-ptCalibri(Body)font and2cm
marginsonallfoursidesofyourpagewithappropriatesectionheadings.
Reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed appropriately at the end
in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.

 

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Academic Integrity
Holmes Institute is committed to ensuring and upholding Academic Integrity, as Academic Integrity is integral
to maintaining academic quality and the reputation of Holmes’ graduates. Accordingly, all assessment tasks
need to comply with academic integrity guidelines. Table 1 identifies the six categories of Academic Integrity
breaches. If you have any questions about Academic Integrity issues related to your assessment tasks, please
consult your lecturer or tutor for relevant referencing guidelines and support resources. Many of these resources
can also be found through the Study Sills link on Blackboard.
Academic Integrity breaches are a serious offence punishable by penalties that may range from deduction of
marks,
failure of the assessment task or unit involved, suspension of course enrolment, or cancellation of course
enrolment
.
Table 1: Six categories of Academic Integrity breaches

Plagiarism Reproducing the work of someone else without attribution. When a
student submits their own work on multiple occasions this is known
as
self-plagiarism.
Collusion Working with one or more other individuals to complete an
assignment, in a way that is not authorised.
Copying Reproducing and submitting the work of another student, with or
without their knowledge. If a student fails to take reasonable
precautions to prevent their own original work from being copied,
this may also be considered an offence.
Impersonation Falsely presenting oneself, or engaging someone else to present as
oneself, in an in-person examination.
Contract cheating Contracting a third party to complete an assessment task,
generally in exchange for money or other manner of payment.
Data fabrication and
falsification
Manipulating or inventing data with the intent of supporting false
conclusions, including manipulating images.

Source: INQAAHE, 2020

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Assignment Description:
You are expected to complete a critique and conduct a literature review to discuss a contemporary
issue which an IS professional may experience and identify appropriate approaches to address this
issue. The topic is
“Factors impacting the success of ERP projects”. You need to search in the
literature and find at least
ten (10) academic research papers (references) related to this topic.
(Academic papers can be found in ProQuest. ProQuest instruction can be found in below. Please
contact Liberian if you have further question).
A draft of the research paper (key points/headings) will be submitted in
session 8 whereby students
can receive feedback. Then students should submit the final research paper in the Blackboard by
session 13.
ProQuest login:
Go to: http://www.holmes.edu.au/ > Login > Proquest
USERNAME: holmes2004
PASSWORD: holmes
The Draft report submission structure is as follow:
What you need to submit for Draft submission:
1. Assignment File: You need to submit the draft version of your assignment in session 8. You
need to introduce your 10 references and, in few sentences, describe why you have selected
that reference and why it is relevant to topic.
DRAFT STRUCTURE:
Introduction: State the purpose and objectives of the report.
Discussion: Site the references, and the reason you have selected that reference:
1. Reference No 1: <Cite it thoroughly>
Why it is relevant to the topic
2. Reference No 2: <Cite it thoroughly>
Why it is relevant to the topic

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3. Reference No 3: <Cite it thoroughly>
Why it is relevant to the topic
. . .
10. Reference No 10: <Cite it thoroughly>
Why it is relevant to the topic
Conclusion: Summarise your findings, consolidating and drawing attention to the main
points of the report.
Referencing: reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
2. Academic References: A the academic papers and references that are used in the assignment
need to be cited in the report under the following rules:
Holmes has been implementing as a pilot program using a revised/adapted Harvard approach to
referencing. The following guidelines apply:
Reference sources in assignments are limited to sources which provide full text access to the source’s
content for lecturers and markers.
The Reference list should be located on a separate page at the end of the essay and titled: References.
It should include the details of all the in-text citations, arranged alphabetically A-Z by author
surname
. In addition, it MUST include a hyperlink to the full text of the cited reference source.
For example;
P Hawking, B McCarthy, A Stein (2004), Second Wave ERP Education,
Journal of Information
Systems Education
, Fall, http://jise.org/Volume15/n3/JISEv15n3p327.pdf
All assignments will require additional in-text reference details, which will consist of the surname of the
author/authors or name of the authoring body, year of publication, page number of content, paragraph
where the content can be found.
For example;
“The company decided to implement a enterprise wide data warehouse business intelligence strategies
(Hawking et al, 2004, p3(4)).”
Non-Adherence to Referencing Guidelines
Where students do not follow the above guidelines:
1. Students who submit assignments which do not comply with the referencing guidelines will receive
a 10% penalty
.
2. Students who submit assignments in which the citations are “fake” will be reported for academic
misconduct.

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The final report submission structure is as follow:
What you need to submit for final submission:
1. Assignment File: You need to submit the final version of your assignment in session 13. The
final submission must comply with the draft structure and draw heavily from the key
references. The structure of the final submission is headings and in discussion critically analyse
each reference and discuss how these references reflecting the proposed topic.
REPORT STRUCTURE:
Introduction: State the purpose and objectives of the report.
Discussion: Discuss the references, and critically analyse them and discuss how they
reflect the proposed topic.
Conclusion: Summarise your findings, consolidating and drawing attention to the main
points of the report.
Referencing: reference sources must be cited in the text of the report, and listed
appropriately at the end in a reference list using Harvard referencing style.
PLEASE NOTE:
All assignments must be submitted electronically ONLY, uploaded to Blackboard
and Submission of SafeAssign. Submission deadlines are strictly enforced and a late
submission incurs penalties.
DO NOT SHARE YOUR ASSIGNMENT WITH OTHER STUDENTS under no
circumstances even after the deadline and after you submitted it in the Blackboard or
even after you have marked. If there will be any similarity detected by SafeAssign or
the marker, it is an academic misconduct case and
BOTH of the students will not be
marked and reported to the institution for further investigation.
Your document should be a single word or OpenOffice document containing your
report.
All submissions will be submitted through the safeAssign facility in Blackboard.
Submission boxes linked to SafeAssign will be set up in the Units Blackboard Shell.
Assignments not submitted through these submission links will not be considered.
Submissions must be made by the due date and time (which will be in the session
detailed above) and determined by your Unit coordinator. Submissions made after
the due date and time will be penalized per day late (including weekend days)
according to Holmes Institute policies.
The SafeAssign similarity score will be used in determining the level, if any, of
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plagiarism. SafeAssign will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, the Web
and your own class members submissions for plagiarism
. You can see your
SafeAssign similarity score (or match) when you submit your assignment to the
appropriate drop-box. If this is a concern you will have a chance to change your
assignment and resubmit. However, resubmission is only allowed prior to the
submission due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed your
assignment will be graded as late.
Submitted assignments that indicate a high level
of plagiarism will be penalized according to the Holmes Academic Misconduct
policy, there will be no exceptions
. Thus, plan early and submit early to take
advantage of the resubmission feature. You can make multiple submissions, but
please remember we grade only the last submission, and the date and time you
submitted will be taken from that submission.

Marking Criteria Weighting
Draft 5 marks
Presentation quality 5 marks
Report structure, Layout, Grammar and spelling, Written style and expression 5 marks
Quality of evaluation and critically exploring the references 15 marks
Recommendations and justification 5 marks
Referencing 5 marks
TOTAL Weight for this assignment marking 40 marks

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Marking Rubrics

Grades Excellent Very Good Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory
Presentation Professional
presentation with
excellent writing
skills
Professional
presentation with
very good writing
skills
Professional
presentation
with good
writing skills
Professional
presentation and
well written
Poor presentation
Evaluation Quality Assessed
critically in depth
and suggested
excellent
strategies
logically and
presented in very
convincing
manner
Assessed
critically and
suggested
strategies
logically and
presented in
convincing
manner
Assessed well
and suggested
strategies
logically and
presented in
well
Assessed and
suggested
strategies
Argument is
confused and
disjointed.
Discussion Demonstrated
excellent
ability to think
critically and
sourced
reference
material
appropriately
Demonstrated
excellent
ability to think
critically but
did not source
reference
material
appropriately
Demonstrate
d ability to
think critically
and sourced
reference
material
appropriately
Demonstrated
ability to think
critically and
did not source
reference
material
appropriately
Did not
demonstrate
ability to think
critically and did
not source
reference material
appropriately
Conclusion Logic is clear
and easy to
follow with
strong
arguments
Consistency
logical and
convincing
Mostly
consistent
logical and
convincing
Adequate
cohesion and
conviction
Argument is
confused and
disjointed
Referencing Clear styles
with excellent
source of
references.
Clear
referencing
style
Generally
good
referencing
style
Sometimes
clear
referencing
style
Lacks consistency
with many errors

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