S2-2018-CIS8010- Information Systems Project Management Assignment 3

General        Requirements

§  Email submission will NOT be accepted in any circumstances.

§  Each assignment should be packaged as one single PDF file and then submitted ONLY via the link provided through the course study desk. Assignment submission in any other format or by any other means will be treated as a non-submission.

§  All assessment items are individual submissions.

§  You are encouraged to discuss the assignment requirements with others to improve your understanding and to clarify requirements, but you should develop the solutions to the assessment items on your own.

§  The solution should be in the context of the selected organization in the industry mentioned below. You are allowed to select an organization in the industry mentioned below to demonstrate the requirements of this assignment.

Assignment 1, 2 and 3 covers the following objectives partially or fully of the course

No.	Objectives	Assignments
1	explain core concepts of IS project management	1,2
2	prepare a project plan including selection of project, timeline, scope, and cost factor for the successful project selection	1, 2 & 3
3	apply practical aspects of project management software application	3
4	demonstrate the skills required to be able to become successful future project management managers.	3

Assessment Details (CIS8010 Information Systems Project Management)
The objective of this assignment is to assess your understanding of basic project management concepts and your proficiency in using project management software to produce project charts and reports.  In particular, the assignment focuses on the following project management knowledge areas in the PMBOK: project integration management, project scope management, project time management and project cost management.
 
Your task is to develop a project case to incorporate “Voice Recognition” technologies for a major tourist attraction along a major Australian highway. There are many franchises of this business. The development is for a private tourist business which attracts domestic and international customers from all walks of life including adults, teenagers, children and senior citizens, on a cost recovery basis.
 
The business attracts around 200,000 families per year. The various business Information Systems are quite dated, coming with a number of legacy systems, and the efficiency of the systems in producing management reports is found to be lacking.
 
The management board decided to incorporate “Voice Recognition” technologies to accommodate both local and remote customers through “Voice Recognition” technologies. The immediate task at hand is to develop a business plan including financial modelling aspects, human resource requirements, scheduling tasks, and customer relationship system requirements. The management board would like to see an integrated, up-to-date “Voice Recognition” technologies being developed that can operate both for local as well as remote potential customers, but can also provide full services to customers through the latest handheld wireless devices in addition through “Voice Recognition” technologies. The existing infrastructure has been updated with new core systems but require additional enhancement to support wireless and voice recognition.
 
The current environment does have a wireless interface to support the wider use of “Voice Recognition” technologies, but the management board is concerned with the amount of traffic over the wireless technology infrastructure for this tourist base business organisation.  There are 1000 employees, some of whom access the various systems from remote locations.
 
Your task is to develop a business professional report for the CEO of the business. In the business report, you are expected to provide a complete business plan/project management document to provide an initial idea and scope as to the costs of the project. Your business plan/project management document submission should include the following as per the assignment requirements below.

Assignment     3       –        Project       Plan  (20%      marks)

Due Dates: Refer to course website

 
In the project plan you must at least do the following adequately:
 

§  Make necessary assumptions with justifications about the business and articulate to incorporate “Voice Recognition” technologies (one page maximum).

§  Provide a summary of expanding your ICT unit to to incorporate “Voice Recognition” technologies (one page maximum).

§  Provide an initial estimated cost & resource structure with appropriate justifications (using project management software) to meet the organizational needs within the scope to incorporate “Voice Recognition” technologies (one page for cost structure; one page for resource structure; and one page for justification).

§  Develop a time sheet with key project aspects such as milestones, slack etc to indicate how long will it take to deploy “Voice Recognition” technologies (two pages maximum)

§  Provide a complete project plan (PERT & GANTT Chart), with brief interpretations for non-technical board members (two pages maximum).

            
           

Assignment     3       –        Written      Report       (15%      marks)

Due Dates: Refer to course website

         
In the written report, you must at least do the following adequately:
      

§  Provide a complete cost benefit analysis, with brief interpretations for non-technical board members (one-page maximum).

§  Provide a set of recommendations as to how the project can be managed. This should discuss various aspects that are covered in Chapter 5 of the text. You can choose appropriate aspects to suit your modeling techniques (one-page maximum).

§  Provide an implementation plan detailing time, cost and resource schedules. This is a project management document and you must fully demonstrate your skills in presenting a project management plan (two pages maximum).

§  Provide a comprehensive post-implementation plan (one-page maximum).

§  Provide a Recommendation & Conclusion with supporting arguments (half page maximum).

      
      
      
      
      
      
     

Other     requirements     for    all      the    above         assignments

 

§  You are         required              to            thoroughly          research              your       work      and    provide citations               and        references          for          all            information        used      as    per         the         USQ       Referencing                     https://www.usq.edu.au/library/referencing

§  For this assignment, you MUST use a plagiarism detection application to ensure that your work is plagiarism free. Please note that TURNITIN can take time to generate the report, and you are advised to submit your assignment through TURNITIN or any other application well in advance to avoid last minute delays (you are not required to submit plagiarism report).

§  You have      the         freedom              to            use         any         business              report-writing      format  of            your       choice,  as            long       as            the         report   is    professional       and

§  The word     count    allows   for          a              variation              of            5%.         The    markers               will         stop       reading beyond

§  You assume the         responsibility     to            ensure  the         report   you        are    producing            is             of            high       quality, including              plagiarism            and    collusion              You        do           NOT       need     to            produce               a    plagiarism            report   with       the         assignment.       However,            the         markers    will         undertake           these    checks  (using    any         tools      that        you        have    access   to),         and        if             any         integrity               issues    are         found    you        will    be           awarded              a              score     of            zero       and        the         work      will    constitute           ‘Academic           Misconduct’.

§  The assignment         submission         website will         be           closed   after      five    working                days       so           that        the         assignments       can         be           distributed    to

§  Any queries regarding             these    assignments       will         be           closed   two    working                days       before  the         submission

§  Email submission         will         NOT       be           accepted             in            any

§  The entire    report   including              appendices         must      be           packaged             as    one        single    PDF        file          and        then

§  Late submission         penalty will         apply     as            per         the         USQ/BELA    policies and        procedures

 
 
           

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