Week 1 Workbook Instructions & Questions
Group Assignment 2A: Weekly Workbook Exercises A FIT5057 Project Management Deliverable
Instruction
About this workbook
The academic year of 2020 is turning out to be difficult. To ensure students are given the best education and support, the online learning team of FIT 50507 have developed an extensive Workbook series to ensure all students will receive a quality education and be able to complete this subject under the testing conditions
• The Concepts behind the workbook
FIT 5057 is a unique subject for many students. There are essay type questions, introduction of many new concepts and terminology. This combined with many students lack experience in essay submission in English language presents many students with a testing semester.
The concept of the workbook is to enable students to practice these skills of essay style writing in English, critical thinking and reflection while developing the skills necessary to complete the major assignment.
In the workbook we guide students to develop the skills needed to complete assignments 2 and 3. In assignment 2 preparation, the workbooks develop technique and allow students to develop an understanding of what is expected in answering the assignment 2 answer.
In effect, the workbook answers should be the basis for your assignment 2 answer. Using the Formative and Summative assessment process, the formative assessment, the workbook, is designed to develop the student’s knowledge in the subject area. This knowledge is then expanded to answer the assignment 2 (the summative assessment). This is simply the process of learning how to answer the question in the workbook, at the level to pass the FIT5057 assessment requirements. Then in Assignment 2, the students will apply this knowledge to a slightly harder scenario which will require some adaption, critical thinking and application of acquired knowledge of project management.
Effort in developing the workbook answers will allow students to prepare to complete the Assignment 2 earlier in the semester, thus shifting the assignment 2 workload earlier and away from the dreaded assignment submission period later in the semester.
A word of advice; feel free to use the provided readings and tools used on the workbook for your assignments. You will just need to adapt these to your assignment 2 case study.
• How to use this workbook
It is expected that all students view the related online lecture prior to the start of using this workbook and attending tutorials.
Each workbook will come with attached readings. While students will learn research methodology in this subject, the provided readings are designed to direct students to the required sources. By using these readings, students have the correct information to develop their workbook answers. This is to aid students in learning. Rather than spending hours searching for references, the references are supplied so the students can read the materials and develop knowledge.
The aim of this workbook exercise is to ensure all students are learning and are engaged. Tutors are expecting to see developing knowledge. When students do not engage in this process or fail to submit work, the tutors will be in direct contact to ensure we can help the student. Failure to be engage and submit work or refusing to attend consultations about quality of work is required to be reported to the University academic management for consideration of ongoing involvement of the student.
This workbook will enable students to quickly acquire the required knowledge to pass assessments.
• The Sections of the Workbook
Each section of the workbook will have targeted readings. These are typically short pieces that are directed to build on the lecture knowledge and prepare students to answer assignment questions.
All readings are supplied in a folder on Moodle in the Workbook assignment section. Your tutor will explain this when discussing the workbook process.
You will receive the weekly workbook each week. Your tutor will review the upcoming workbook in your tutorial and you will then have have 5 days to complete the tasks. Each following week another workbook will be released 5 days before submission.
There are two sections to this workbook.
• Section A which is for team-work question answering and
• Section B for individual question answering.
In section A, there questions that should be answered as a team.
It is expected that each student will complete all the readings, the Team holds a discussion and the answer is formulated up to 200 words for each question maximum. This should not be an extensive exercise. The tutor will provide feedback. While this student teamwork is not part of the overall assessment, the tutors will be looking for engagement. There is a section in the workbook for students to declare their involvement. As this is part of the University’s assessment process, students are expected to be honest in their declaration.
In section B here are 4 individual questions to be answered if you have a team of 4 students. If you have only 3 students in the team, then there is only the requirement for 3 of the questions in the Individual Question section to be answered.
NOTE: Each student needs to be identified in the workbook for his contribution to each question.
• Student contribution:
Student contribution: please identify which student answered the question, For multiple students, % of contribution to answer. This will be added into the question answer table. NOTE: University policies regarding submissions apply. It is a requirement to correctly identify the contribution of students in Group answers.
• Submission
Only one submission per team is to be submitted into Moodle. It is incumbent on the team members to liaise to prepare the team submission. IF a team member fails to provide their individual work for submission by the tram set deadline, the team should submit what is available for submission. The student who fails to submit on time will then have to liaise with their Tutor for a late submission. NOTE: late submission penalties apply at the Chief Examiners discretion.
The team must take responsibility for submission deadlines and not wait for late delivery of individual work. If this occurs, all students in the team will incur a late penalty.
• Review of the Workbook
Each week your tutor will mark your answers in Moodle. In the tutorials, your tutor will review your work in a broad context by supplying the model answers and ensuring students are gaining knowledge.
For detailed review and discussion, engage with your tutor for an Online consultation
• Assessment
The marked assessment will be returned within 14 days of submission, as per University requirements.
Mark allocation will be:
40 % for Group submission. – only for students that equally participate. The Teaching team reserve the right to reduce marks for individuals that fail to contribute to the Group answers.
60 % for Individual answers
• Student welfare
As all students are now off campus, the only way the tutors can check on students’ knowledge acquisition is via this workbook. For any reason you cannot contribute as required to the workbook, contact your tutor who is the first line of help for you.
As such, it is important that you keep your tutor briefed on how you are managing and if you are having difficulties in meeting the subject weekly submission requirements.
Your tutor will be contacting you if you fail to submit required work and fail to attend requested contact sessions.
Case Story
Monash University, in partnership with the Australian Federal Government, has agreed a system proposal to expand the Australian CovidSafe app, a covid-19 tracing phone-app to provide analytics of infected individuals movements between date of testing and confirmation of a positive result.
The initial pilot will be on the Victorian population.
A functional overview of the current Australian CovidSafe app is summarised as follows:
(Ferretti et al, 2020)
Your proposed Monash Covid-Analytics system is expected to integrate with the CovidSafe app to create a database of de-identified covid-19 test data to allow data analysis for trend analysis in movements and locations and other management reporting views for helping the Victorian Government to better manage the covid-19 contagion.
The new requirements:
• Extract data software to download, in real time, from Victoria’s main CovidApp database consisting of:
• De-identified Individuals data (no names, street numbers or contact details):
• Residential Location de-identification limited to street names in suburbs,
• Sex of Individual
• Age of Individual
• Ethics background
• Employment Class (eg student, educator, unemployed, etc)
• Employment status (eg fulltime employed, part-time employed, casual employed, retired, unemployed, convid-19 retrenched)
• Living Arrangement (eg alone, family, rent-mates, shared / boarding housing, homeless)
• Number of Covid-19 tests and date of each Covid 19 test
• Date of each Covid 19 Positive result (only positive results are required)
• For each positive test, movement of Positive result individuals between Test date and Result date, expressed in locations geographically every 15 mins (Note this data is geographically accurate to +/- 3 metres)
• Development of a National “storage” Data warehouse to retain the 4 data sets (requirements 1:a,b,c,& d above). Note data set “D” needs to be capable of holding data results based on every 15 mins for a period to cover the test analysis period. This has been specified as maximum time of test currently is 7 days, however the govt. has specified that the maximum collection time should be set at 14 days to allow for extended testing time. NOTE: the “National Database is a concept. The pilot will only have a partitioned database for the Victorian data. If the pilot is successful, then additional partitions will be added.
• Export Software to extract data from the “Storage” Data warehouse to:
• desktop application report generator
• SPSS software for data analytics
• “Desktop” BI (Business Intelligence) application for a max of 40 users, to run on Mac and PC platforms to provide:
• standard reports of:
• De-identified individual’s location summery by suburb
• Testing Date summary (average days test & +/=- 3 standard deviations)
• Positive Result Date summary (average days test & +/=- 3 standard deviations)
• Individual’s movement summary between testing date and Testing Result date by geographical location when location = greater than 200 metres from Data field “Residential Location” as defined above.
• Data to AI Machine Learning Analytics (which include SPSS capabilities eg IBM Watson)
Using fundamental software design, at the conceptual level, identify and model the underlining
• Processes that shape the whole system functionality
• Data classes that support the information exchange of the system processes identified.
From these conceptual software design models, identify the number of graphic interfaces (screens) and system-interfaces are needed to complete functional and interface requirements of the system (you do not have to design and model these system objects).
Identify the non-functional requirements categories of the system. Using this information, identify:
• additional system processes that you can develop to secure the global uses of the installed system;
• cybersecurity testing requirements;
• cybersecurity risk management requirements that can be delegated to eSolution to provide as part of the university ICT security infrastructure management services.
Simple Level 1 Dataflow diagram support the overview system flow diagram above.
Readings
• PMBOK V6. Available in electronic form via Unit reading list on Moodle) https://rl.talis.com/3/monash/lists/9D6C44A1-DE8B-363E-672B-718E36D73479.html
• People-Centred Software Development: An Overview of Agile Methodologies, Frank Maurer and Theodore D. Hellmann, The University of Calgary, Department of Computer Science,
• PM World Journal, Vol. VIII, Issue X – November 2019: A bird’s eye view on the agile forest; Henny Portman:2019:
• MITRE 2011 Handbook for Implementing Agile in DoD IT
• Reducing I.T. Project Management Failures: Early Empirical Results, Hidding and Nicholas; 2014
Group Questions
Questions
Reference
• What is the PMBOK definition of a Project?
PMBOK V6 Section 1.2.1
• Describe Lean Agile, Scrum & DSDM as concepts (20 words each)
People-Centred Software Development: An Overview of Agile Methodologies, Frank Maurer and Theodore D. Hellmann, The University of Calgary, Department of Computer Science, Page 186
• A. Estimate the number of Agile courses presented as “2-day workshops” from the referenced article
B. Describe the depth of the two day courses against a Masters level subject
Number of courses: PM World Journal, Vol. VIII, Issue X – November 2019: A bird’s eye view on the agile forest; Henny Portman:2019: Relevance to qualifications (AQF to Short courses) refer to lecture notes.
• What Agile Software Development is Not
MITRE 2011 Handbook for Implementing Agile in DoD IT : page 57 section 17 Summary
• IN large organisations, how is “Hybrid Agile” used?
MITRE 2011 Handbook for Implementing Agile in DoD IT : page 54 section 16 Scaling Agile
• What are the three components of the triple constraint
Lecture slides
• Describe each one of the triple constraint components in detail (50 words max for each component NOTE: Schedule is an alternative name for “Time”)
PMBOK V 6 – pages 131, 175, 233
• Define Portfolio Management
PMBOK section 1.2.3.3
• Define Program management
PMBOK section 1.2.3.2
• How do these relate to project management (50 words Max)
PMBOK section 1.2.3.1
• Define the failure statistics of IT projects
Lecture slides, Reducing I.T. Project Management Failures: Early Empirical Results, Hidding and Nicholas; 2014
• List 8 benefits of project management
Lecture slides
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Individual Questions
Each team member will take one of these questions and write a 300 words summary
Q 1 Read section 3.1.2. Business solution over architecture Framework & 7.1. Implications for practitioners of Hiddings and Nicolas, 2014 and discus s the importance of IT Architecture for project managers
Q 2 Read section 16 Scaling Agile of: MITRE 2011 Handbook for Implementing Agile in DoD IT : page 54 section 16 Scaling Agile; and discuss the difference between small team Agile and Large multi teams Agile processes. Discuss Architecture, “roadmaps” and areas of additional risk.
Q 3 Read section 2.4 Progress Tracking (Page 199) of People-Centred Software Development: An Overview of Agile Methodologies , Frank Maurer and Theodore D. Hellmann and describe the process of “Progress Tracking” (also known as Scrum and discuss the role of the Task Board (also known as Kanban board)
Q 4 Read Section 11.2 Alignment to Budgets (pages 42 & 43) of MITRE 2011 Handbook for Implementing Agile in DoD IT; and discuss the differences in “traditional Waterfall” vs Agile cost variances
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