Assessment item 1
Capstone Project Proposal and Plan
Value: 20%
Length: 1000-1200 words (5-6 pages)
WHAT TO DO:
1. Follow the Study Schedule and work with the Modules tool in Interact as they provide a -scaffold- for your learning in this subject.
2. Develop a detailed Capstone Project Proposal and Plan using project management software (as listed in the Study Schedule) and the skills you have acquired from IT Project Management to develop a project plan with WBS, milestones and Gantt chart. e.g. Microsoft Project Pro (http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/project/) or open source tools like GanttProject (http://www.ganttproject.biz/)or OpenProj (http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/) or OpenProject (https://www.openproject.org/about).
3. Begin a 'project blog' for your chosen emerging technology topic or setup an Interact project site as your -cloud- for storing project files and links to objects. Wordpress, Google's Blogger are common blogging systems, but you may have your own favourite site to use.
1. Choose and develop a limited blogger profile and enter a suitable TITLE for your blog (eg. Chris’s Capstone, Joe’s Wireless Technology Project) – not your full name
2. For WEB ADDRESS - use your student number as your account name (URL) or other unique identifier.
3. Make a first post - a short introduction about you and the project - remember to save, then Publish the blog entry. Check with a friend or family member to ensure that he/she can see your first posting. This is also to check you have the right URL to include in this proposal and plan for your project.
4. The blog is ideally updated each week with 3 or 4 entries, at a minimum standard and will become a valuable tool for documenting your project notes and as the foundation for editing and writing the Captsone Project Report. An ideal blog entry will have around 50-150 words (150-600 words a week).
4. The blog will NOT be assessed again after this task, but you are to include the Web address or URL of your blog on the cover page for your Capstone Project Proposal and Plan.
Rationale
The Capstone Topic Project Plan allows for a broad range of project areas like systems administration, database systems, IT security, mobile technology etc. Often the project has a sponsor and is linked to your interest or workplace needs. The proposal has a research component (Assessment Item 2 Literature Review) so in some cases you may need to find a supervisor willing to accept you as a candidate.
The Learning Outcomes being assessed in this item include how you interpret and evaluate an overview of recent trends in emerging technologies and innovation and begin to to plan, execute, record and present your research and project work as a capstone experience.
Marking criteria
Your Capstone Project Proposal and Plan will be evaluated with a series of questions:
• Is the capstone topic area appropriate?
• Has the Project Blog been setup?
• Has there been sufficient justification of the choice of the topic?
• Is there enough scope for a sufficiently deep/complex analysis?
• Is the scope appropriate for what might be reasonably expected in the capstone project subject?
• Is the methodology proposed clear?
• Are the deliverables clearly set out?
• Are the deliverables sufficiently complex to justify a pass in this activity?
• Is it likely that the proposed activities can be reasonably carried out?
• Is it likely that the student will have access to the necessary resources to do a satisfactory job?
• Is the time line proposed realistic?
Value: 20% (Marks 100 maximum with Criteria)
The ITC571 Capstone Project Proposal and Plan Assessment Criteria:
1. Project Blog is created and functional and of the topic area is appropriate and has been justified by student and supervisor/sponsor; 10.00%: The rationale and recommendations by the supervisor or sponsor of the project demonstrate that an evaluation of recent trends in emerging technologies and innovation has led to an appropriate topic selection. The Project Blog contains justification of the topic and information and facts about the problem and purpose of the investigation.
2. Project scope, methodology, presentation and project management tools and techniques used; 30.00%: Proposal is well written with no grammatical or spelling errors has evidence that is has been reviewed at least once. Project Scope,
Methodology and all project management tools and techniques are included, such as timeline, WBS, Gantt chart, All sections in the proposal and plan are clearly set our for the reader.
3. Practicality of the resources, a realistic timeline and the deliverables in the proposed solution; 20%: Proposed solution demonstrates full understanding of real-world constraints and the timeline in WBS and Gantt chart specifies due dates for required deliverables. Materials list is reasonable, given resources. Proposal clearly links the problem to the proposed solution.
4. Critical Thinking and understanding of the problem and consideration of users; 30.00%: Identifies strengths and weaknesses in own thinking: recognizes personal assumptions, values and perspectives, compares to others’, and evaluates them in the context of alternate points of view.
5. Timeliness and completion of project proposal and plan; 10.00%: All required elements of the project proposal and plan are completed and produced on time.
6. The ITC571 Capstone Project Proposal and Plan Assessment Criteria
Criteria HD = 85% DI 75-84% CR 65-74% PS 50-64%
Project Blog is created and functional and of the topic area is appropriate and has been justified by student and supervisor/sponsor.
10.00% The rationale and recommendations by the supervisor or sponsor of the project demonstrate that an evaluation of recent trends in emerging technologies and innovation has led to an appropriate topic selection. The Project Blog contains justification of the topic and information and facts about the problem and purpose of the investigation. 8.50 to 10.00% The rationale and recommendations by the supervisor or sponsor of the project demonstrate that an evaluation of recent trends in emerging technologies and innovation has led to an appropriate topic selection. The Project Blog contains justification of the topic and some information and a few facts about the problem and purpose of the investigation. 7.50 to 8.49% The rationale and recommendations by the supervisor or sponsor of the project do not necessarily demonstrate that an evaluation of
recent trends in emerging technologies and innovation has led to an appropriate topic selection. The Project Blog contains justification of the topic is done briefly with a few with information and facts but very
little or no purpose of the investigation. 6.50 to 7.49% The rationale is not clear and the project has no clear
recommendations by any sponsor or supervisor. Incomplete Project Blog or none exists. Topic selection has not been fully justified by inclusion of information and facts about the problem and purpose of the investigation. 5.00 to 6.49%
Project scope, methodology, presentation and project management tools and techniques used 30.00% Proposal is well written with no grammatical or spelling errors has evidence that is has been reviewed at least once. Project
Scope,
Methodology and all project
management tools and techniques are included, such as timeline, WBS,
Gantt chart, All sections in the proposal and plan are clearly set our Proposal is well written with only a few grammatical or spelling errors and has evidence that is has been reviewed at least once. Project
Scope,
Methodology and all project
management tools and techniques are mostly included, such as timeline, WBS, Gantt chart, The proposal and plan overall are clearly Proposal is well written with several grammatical or spelling errors but has no evidence that is has been
reviewed. Project
Scope,
Methodology and all project
management tools and techniques are mostly included, such as timeline, WBS, Gantt chart, Most sections in the proposal and plan Proposal is not well written with
many grammatical or spelling errors and no evidence that is has been reviewed. Project
Scope,
Methodology and a project management tool was used, but not all techniques are complete such th e timeline, WBS or
Gantt chart, Further refinement of the proposal and plan
Criteria HD = 85% DI 75-84% CR 65-74% PS 50-64%
for the reader.
25.50 to 30.00% set our for the reader.
22.50 to 25.49% are clearly set our for the reader.
19.50 to 22.49% are expected. 15.00 to 19.49%
Practicality of the resources, a realistic timeline and the
deliverables in the proposed solution.
20.00% Proposed solution demonstrates full understanding of real-world constraints and
the timeline in WBS and Gantt chart specifies due dates for required deliverables. Materials list is reasonable, given resources. Proposal clearly links the problem to the proposed solution.
17.00 to 20.00% Proposed solution demonstrates a
good
understanding of real-world constraints and
the timeline in WBS and Gantt chart specifies most due dates for required deliverables. Materials list is mostly reasonable, given resources. Proposal does link to the problem to the proposed solution.
15.00 to 16.99% Proposed solution demonstrates a poor
understanding of real-world constraints and
the timeline in WBS and Gantt
chart is breif and only specifies some of the due dates for required deliverables. Materials list is lacking details, given resources. Proposal makes
very little connection between the proposed solution and the problem. 13.00 to 14.99% Proposed solution is too general or incomplete in places and demonstrates a lack of understanding of real-world
constraints. The WBS and Gantt chart are too generic or missing and only specifies some of the due dates for required deliverables. Materials list is not given. Proposal makes no connection between the proposed solution and the problem. 10.00 to 12.99%
Critical Thinking and understanding of the problem and consideration of users
30.00%
Identifies strengths and weaknesses in own thinking:
recognizes personal assumptions, values and perspectives, compares to others’, and evaluates them in the context of alternate points of view.
25.50 to 30.00% Identifies strengths and weaknesses in own thinking:
recognizes personal assumptions, values and perspectives, compares to
others’, with some comparisons of alternate points of view.
22.50 to 25.49% Identifies some personal assumptions, values, and perspectives; recognizes some assumptions, values and perspectives of others; shallow comparisons of alternate points of view.
19.50 to 22.49% Identifies some personal assumptions, values, and perspectives; does not consider alternate points of view.
15.00 to 19.49%
Timeliness and completion of project proposal All required elements of the project proposal and plan are Most of required elements of the project proposal and plan are Only a few required elements of the project proposal and plan Not all required elements of the project proposal and plan are
Criteria HD = 85% DI 75-84% CR 65-74% PS 50-64%
and plan.
10.00% completed and produced on time.
8.50 to 10.00%
produced on time.
7.50 to 8.49%
are completed and produced on time.
6.50 to 7.49%
completed or produced on time.
5.00 to 6.49%
Presentation
Capstone Project Plan sample format
(subject to change or modified to include systems development projects)
1. Title: Emerging Technology and Innovation Topic
1. Project Blog (Web address provided)
2. Rationale
1. Problem domain
2. Purpose and justification
3. Sponsor or Supervisor recommendation
4. Research Questions (if applicable)
5. Conceptual or Theoretical Framework
6. Methodology
1. Research and Systems Development method(s)
2. Data collection or systems design methods
3. Ethical Issues
4. Compliance Requirements (Workplace, Industry or Government regulations)
5. Analysis of data
7. Project Plan
1. Deliverables (Conclusions, Recommendations, Software code etc.)
2. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
3. Risk Analysis
4. Duration
5. Gantt chart
8. References
9. Appendix (if required)