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PMPI Assignment 2 Brief
Academic year and term: 20 22 /2 3 – Year 3 , Semester -1
Module title: Project Manage …
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PMPI Assignment 2 Brief
Academic year and term: 2022/23 Year 3, Semester-1
Module title: Project Management and Professional Issues
Module code: QAC020X353A
Module Convener: Ajmal Gharib
Module Learning
outcomes
On successful completion of this module students will be able
to
1. Be able to create appropriate project management
documentation such as business case, project charter,
and Gantt chart and in doing so to demonstrate project
management skills.
2. Critically appraise project management approaches and
methodologies.
3. Critically analyse the literature related to contemporary
issues in project management.
4. Critically appraise the role of project manager in
implementing successful IT projects and the social,
ethical and legal responsibilities of a successful project
manager
Assessed Learning
outcomes Individual Evaluation Report (1500 words)
Type of assessment: 1 and 4
Weighting 50%
Submission deadline This is an individual work submitted as a word file (1500
words) via Turnitin on Moodle on or before 3rd/Jan/23
before 2pm.
Kind reminder: You MUST make a reasonable attempt at your assignment
and submit it. Failure to do so may result in CAPPED Resit and/or failure of
the module. It is also students full responsibility to ensure that all assignments
are submitted on the correct links and on time before the submission date.
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Assignment Support and Guidance
Assignment support:
Although you will be guided throughout the module by your lecturer, you can get extra
support for your assignment. Make an appointment with the ACE team for any language,
research, and study skills issues and/or talk to/email the Computing ACE expert for any
advice on how to approach your assignment.
REMEMBER: they are not here to give you the answers!
Submission instructions:
Submit in due time in Turnitin on Moodle. Late submission, where the student submits
work up to 14 calendar days after the deadline (up to 2pm) will be accepted and marked.
For Late submissions, percentage mark for the component of assessment will be capped
at 40%.
How will your work be assessed?
The assignment will be assessed by a subject expert who will use the marking grid provided in
this assessment brief. When coursework is marked, it is important that you reflect on the
feedback so that it can be used to improve future assignments.
How will feedback be provided?
Students will have access to formative feedback on each task set in workshops, thereby
helping them to refine their approach to the summative tasks that have been set. However,
please note that this feedback is limited to recommendations on improving your work. The
feedback can be one-to-one or in-group sessions.
Lecturers will not confirm any grades or marks.
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Assignment 2
This assignment is a continuation of Assignment 1. Any task below that mentions your project,
refers to one you have worked on for Assignment 1.
Students will be required to produce a 1500 word project management report which should
include and discuss project documents related to their project. These documents should
include business case, project charter, work breakdown structure and a critical path. Students
should also critically evaluate ethical, social and legal responsibilities during a project by
referring to current project management literature.
Tasks / Deliverables of Assignment 2
Task-1: Prepare a business case for your selected project. Pay particular attention to the
following areas in your project business case:
a) Strategic case for the project with a justification for undertaking the project. (10 Marks)
b) An evaluation of alternative options while providing a rationale for the selected options
for risk assessments. (10
Marks)
c) A summary of the benefits (both tangible and non-tangible) that will arise from the
completed project and any unavoidable drawbacks. (10 Marks)
Task-2: Prepare a Gantt chart and based on it, design a WBS (Work Breakdown Structure).
(20 Marks)
Task-3: Evaluate the role of a project manager in the context of their ethical, social and legal
responsibilities during a project. Critically evaluate how the project manager performed and
provide your judgment about the quality of the project managers work as well as their
limitations.
(15 Marks)
Task-4: Write a critical summary of the cost benefit analysis and quality assurance of the
project management. How do these change the life cycle of the project? (25 Marks)
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Presentation, Report Layout and References: [10 marks]
Assignment Checklist
TASKS COMPLETED tick
Cover sheet completed
Table of Content
Introduction
Task 1: Business Case
Task 2: Gantt Chart + WBS + Critical Path Analysis
Task 3: Evaluation and Critical Analysis of a Project Manager
Task 4: Critical Summary of Cost-Benefit Analysis and other Quality
Assurance tools/processes
Conclusion
Grammatical errors check completed
In-text citations correctly written
Reference list on a separate page, completed and in the correct format
Word count
Do not exceed the word count
You need to state the word count at the end of their assignment. 10% over the stated word
count is permitted without penalty.
If students go beyond this, then there is a penalty of 5 marks for every additional 10% beyond
the word count with a maximum of a 15 mark penalty reduction.
There is no specific penalty for submitting a piece which is below the word count, but please
note that shorter submissions are likely to attract poorer grades, particularly where they lack
the necessary depth of analysis.
Tables and figures (e.g. diagrams, graphs, photographs, etc.) may be used as evidence to
support academic argument. They are mostly used in report writing. However, it is important
that tables and figures are used purposefully (i.e. with good reasons) and when appropriate.
They should also be referenced correctly.
How do you calculate the word count?
The word count includes the Abstract or Executive Summary and all in-text citations. The word
count does not include the Bibliography and Appendices.
Please note that Appendices should only include supplementary information, not
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information critical to your work.
Marking Criteria:
Task Guidance/Criteria Marks
1
Prepare a business case for your selected project. (a) The business case
must provide a strategic case (executive summary) and a justification for
undertaking the project. (b) The business case must provide a rationale for
your choice of project including costs, benefits and risk of alternate options
while providing a rationale for the selected options. (c) You are required to
provide a summary of the potential benefits the project will bring, and any
potential drawbacks.
30
2
Prepare a Gantt chart and WBS (Work Breakdown Structure) for the project
from the project charter developed in task 1 of this assignment A critical path
analysis shows the shortest time to complete a project. You are required to
develop a critical path for the work breakdown structures developed in this
task earlier.
20
3
A project manager is responsible for completing the project while observing all
ethical, social and legal aspects during the completion of the project. You are
required to evaluate the role of the project manager in this context. Critically
discuss the main tasks the project manager performed during the project, and
provide your judgment about the quality of the project managers work.
15
4
Cost benefit analysis and other quality assurance activities are part of the
project evaluation process. In this task, you are required to write a critical
summary of the cost-benefit analysis and other quality assurance activities.
How do these reflect the life cycle of the project?
25
Presentatio
n, Report
Layout and
References
Your report is arranged well and formatted according to the given
requirements. Your report is free from grammatical and spelling errors. The
Roehampton Harvard referencing style has been used to cite the work where
necessary and a list of references is also provided.
10
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Total
100
Use of pictures/images:
It is mandatory that you add the following statement to your assignment:
disclosure: diagrams, pictures or any other images used in this assignment are for
educational purposes only.
Although images, diagrams and photographs etc. can be used in assignments,
they MUST be referenced. However, you can access the following websites
(copyright-friendly):
Pixabay
Free photos for commercial and private use – no attribution necessary. Some
photos may come from other websites, such as Shutterstock, which may not fall
under public domain – check each photo to ensure that it is public domain.
Photos Public Domain
Search public domain clip art and photos by category. All photos on this site were
taken by the author and released as public domain.
Picdrome
The Picdrome gallery is divided by categories (e.g. Abstract, Food & Drink,
Nature, Technology, etc.). You may also search for specific images, but the
search will take you to a custom Google search of Picdrome, which makes
viewing the photos a bit more difficult.
Ars Publik
Browse images under categories such as medical, advertisements, people,
sports, space, etc.
Public Domain Images
Browse by category or search for images. Varied categories; the site also
includes vintage photography and space images.
Unsplash
“All photos published on Unsplash are licensed under Creative Commons Zero
which means you can copy, modify, distribute and use the photos for free,
including commercial purposes, without asking permission from or providing
attribution to the photographer or Unsplash.”
Shutterography
Free images for personal and commercial use.
(adapted from the University of Pennsylvania: https://guides.library.upenn.edu/c.php?g=475958&p=3255323)
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Assignment Preparation Guidelines
All components of the assignment (text, diagrams. code etc.) must be submitted in one Word file (hand-
written text or hand drawn diagrams are not acceptable), any other accompanied materials such as
simulation file, code, etc. should be attached in appendices.
Standard and commonly used fonts such as Arial or Calibri should be used and font size must be within
the range of 10 to 15 points including the headings, body text and any texts within diagrams,
Spacing should not be less than 1.5
Pay attention to the Assessment criteria / Marking scheme; the work is to be concise and technical. Try to
analyse, compare and evaluate rather than simply describe.
All figures, screenshots, graphs and tables must be numbered and labelled.
Material from external sources must be properly referenced and cited within the text using the Harvard
referencing system,
The assignment should be logically structured; the core of the report may start by defining the problem /
requirements, followed by the proposed solution including a detailed discussion, analysis and evaluation,
leading to implementation and testing stage and finally a conclusion and/or personal reflection on learning
should be provided.
Screenshots without description / discussion does not constitute understanding and maybe assumed
irrelevant.
Please access your Turnitin Test Page via Dashboard or My modules to learn more about Turnitin and to
make a test submission and to check your similarity score before uploading your final version
You will have the opportunity to submit as many times to your module pages as you want up until the
deadline.
Make sure to make backup of your work to avoid distress for loss or damage of your original work, use
multiple storage media (memory stick, cloud and personal computer).
Plagiarism and Collusion
Academic Integrity is a matter that is taken very seriously at the university and student should endeavour
to enforce it to all their assignments. In other words, plagiarism, collusion (working and copying from
another student) and ghost writing will not be tolerated and will result in sanctions e.g.: capped resit,
suspension and/or withdrawal. Correct referencing demonstrates your academic and professional skill. It
also reflects your academic honesty and thus to some degree protects you from cases of plagiarism.
Plagiarism: occurs when you present somebody elses work as your own, whether that work is an idea,
graphs, figure, illustration or a pure text. Be it available in web, textbooks, reports or otherwise.
Plagiarism will be dealt with firmly and can lead to serious consequences and disciplinary procedures.
You must write your assignment in your own words to demonstrate your understanding of the subject.
Collusion: occurs when copying another students report (Text, Figures, Illustration etc.) and submitting it
as your own.
Wholesale use of text and diagrams from websites is considered as plagiarism when not acknowledged.
You are required to follow the Roehampton Harvard referencing System. Please refer to Moodle for the
latest version of the Roehampton Harvard referencing System or ask the library.
An accompanying list of references (on a separate page and in alphabetical order) must also be
provided as part of your work.
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Submission and Late submission
Students must ensure that their work is satisfactory and fit for purpose, both academically and free from
any plagiarism.
Students must use an appropriate coversheet, which must include the subject, assignment title, student ID
and date-time.
Tutors, lecturers and module convenors do not have the authority to extend the submission deadlines nor
the exam time/date. In case of any mitigating circumstances, students should fill in the relevant mitigating
circumstances form(s) available at [email protected]
The marking of the assignment will be capped to 40 if the assignment is submitted within first fourteen (14)
days after the deadline. Any submission later than 14 days will be ignored.
The Submission File should be appropriate to the topic/title of the assignment and contain the Student ID,
(Student ID-Assignment title)
All coursework related material must be attached as an appendix in the final coursework/assignment
document, including any computer-generated document, software/ code, simulation file etc.
Resit submission date: TBC
For students, who are offered a resit, you are required to improve and resubmit your original work. You must
resubmit your work using the specific resit Turnitin link on Moodle. Please check the Moodle page and your emails
for more information.
You should:
1. Review your previously submitted work and read carefully the feedback given by the marker.
2. Use this feedback to help you revisit and rewrite your work, improving it in the areas identified as weak in
the original marking process.
If you did not submit work at the first opportunity you cannot reflect on your feedback. However, you are still
required to submit your work. Please note that a non-submission will result in a Qualified-Fail. The original
marking criteria will still apply, please refer to the marking criteria.
Mitigating circumstances/what to do if you cannot submit a piece of work or
attend your presentation
The University Mitigating Circumstances Policy can be found on the University website – Mitigating
Circumstances Policy. Please contact the MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES TEAM ON:
[email protected]