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Assessment 3-
ITECH 7401 Leadership in IT Project Management
Task Name
Team Business Case
Purpose
To provide students with practical experience in working in teams to develop a project business case in order to solve a unique and complex IT business problem.
Timelines and Expectations
Percentage Value of Task: 40% (50 marks).
Due: Monday,Week 11.
Minimum time expectation:This task will take approximately 20 hours to complete.
Learning Outcomes Assessed
The following learning outcomes are assessed by completing this assessment: K1-K4, S1-S4, A1,and A2.
Assessment Details
Background
A business case is the first deliverable in the IT project life cycle. It provides an analysis of the organisational value, feasibility, costs, benefits, and risks of several proposed alternatives or options.
A business case helps to determine whether or not a project justifies an organisations investment into a project. The business case defines the problem and its impact and performs a cost benefit analysis for the proposed solution. It also looks at possible alternative solutions. The business case should also provide a check to see that the project aligns with the organisation's strategic plan.
For help on preparing a business case, see: https://www.pmi.org/learning/library/business-cases-project-scope-analysis-6119
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Requirements
In this assignment, you will be required to form teams of approximately three (3)people. One team member is to be elected the project leader for the duration of the project. Teams will prepare a project business case based on an IT project case study and should use their own initiative regarding assumptions and the scheduling all deliverables. The report should be between 15-18 A4 pages with 12-point font size, including TOC and references. Do not include any appendix.
An electronic copy of a case study will be available from your tutor or course lecturer (alternatively your team may wish to propose their own project-please get permission from your lecturer before proceeding with this).
Ideally the business case should contain details of the following:
description of project background
description of project objectives (including link to organisational mission statement)
description of the current situation (including a SWOT analysis)
outline of problem/opportunity statement
details of critical assumptions and constraints
an analysis of options and recommendations
financial analysis (npv, roi and payback figures)
preliminary project requirements (project preliminary scope and WBS level 3)
budget estimate (cost model and baseline)
schedule estimate (including summary schedule, Gantt chart and network diagram)
list of potential risks
Templates for the above documents are available on Moodle. You can use these as a basis,but you are encouraged to research new and innovative ways of presenting your business case.
A suggested layout for the report is provided. You can use it as a guideline for presenting your business report. For assistance in report writing techniques,see: http://unilearning.uow.edu.au/report/4b.html.
A suggested business process report structure is as follows (each numbered section should be identified with the student who has done the actual work except the references).
Title page
Executive summary
Table of contents
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Business Case Report for:[insert case study name]
2.1 Project background
2.2 Mission statement and project objectives
2.3 SWOT analysis
2.4 Problem/opportunity statement
2.5 Critical assumptions and constraints
2.6 Analysis of options and recommendations
2.7 Financial analysis
2.8 Project scope and WBS
2.9 Cost model and baseline
2.10 Schedule,Gantt chart and network diagram
2.11 List of risks [team member
3.0 Highlight of innovation
4.0 Conclusions and lessons learnt
5.0 References
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Tasks should be distributed evenly amongst team members according to the first 9 assessment criteria in the marking guide in page 4.
A quality team business case will demonstrate a synthesis of plan content, templates and ideas acquired from project management professionals and academic authors with details from the case study provided. Innovation marks may be awarded for evidence of additional deliverables, team participation such as meeting agenda's and minutes, leadership approach etc.
Academic Presentation
Assessments should be presented in accordance with:
Helpsheets:https://studyskills.federation.edu.au/student-skills/helpsheets/
Writing guides:https://studyskills.federation.edu.au/assessment/written-tasks/
Layout and appearance:https://studyskills.federation.edu.au/student-skills/writing/layout-and-appearance/
Referencing
Reference lists and in-text references should be presented in APA format:
See FedCite-referencing tool:https://federation.edu.au/library/student-resources/fedcite
Submission
Team leaders should submit an electronic copy of your business case in Word format, also upload your financial analysis, budget estimate and schedule estimate (one copy per team). Submit your files in the Assessment section of Moodle.
Feedback
This assignment will be marked by the course coordinator, lecturer and/or tutors. Feedback and marks will be provided in Moodle. Marks will also be available in FDL Marks.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is the presentation of the expressed thought or work of another person as though it is one's own without properly acknowledging that person. You must not allow other students to copy your work and must take care to safeguard against this happening. More information about the plagiarism policy and procedure for the university can be found at
http://federation.edu.au/students/learning-and-study/online-help-with/plagiarism
Please refer to the Course Description for information regarding late assignments, extensions, and special consideration. A reminder all academic regulations can be accessed via the university's website, see:http://federation.edu.au/staff/governance/legal/feduni-legislation
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Marking Guide/Rubric
The group written component of your assignment will be marked out of 50 and scaled to 25% of the final mark. The individual written component will be capped at 15%.Use the following guide to structure the written component of the assignment.
Assessment Criteria Marking ScalePoor Excellent1 5
Introduction,background, and business objectives 0
Current situation, problem/opportunity statement (SWOT analysis), critical
assumptions and constraints, and analysis of options and recommendations 0
Financial analysis 0
Budget estimate 0
Preliminary project requirements 0
Schedule estimate 0
Potential risks 0
Innovation 0
Conclusions and lessons learnt 0
Academic presentation and bibliography 0
Group total /25
Individual contribution /15
Individual total /40
Marker: xx/xx/2023
