Charter Value: 30% Due date: 29-Oct-2017 Return date: 24-Oct-2017 Submission method options Alternative submission method Task You are to prepare and submit Assessment 3 as an individual, based on the Virtucon/Globex scenario, and your peer to peer learning from Assessment 2. You are required to develop a charter for the Project including: Include the Project description and overview you developed as part of Assessment 2. Part One: MOV - Measurable Organisational Value (This is the goal of the project and is utilised to define the value that your team project will bring to your client) • Identify the desired area of impact - Rank the following areas in terms of importance: Strategy / Customer / Financial / Operational / Social • With reference to your project, identify one or two of the following types of value: Better - is improving quality important to your client? Faster - does your client want to increase efficiency? Cheaper - is cutting costs important? Do more - does your client want to continue its growth? • Develop an appropriate metric - this sets the target and expectation of all the stakeholders. It is important to determine a quantitative target that needs to be expressed as a metric in terms of an increase or decrease of money. • Determine the timeframe for achieving the MOV - ask yourselves, when do we want to achieve this target metric? • SUMMARISE THE MOV IN A CLEAR CONCISE STATEMENT OR TABLE (Note: the MOV should inform everyone what the project will achieve, not how it will be achieved. It should also focus on the organisation, not on the technology that will be used to build or support the information system). Part Two: Define Scope and produce a Scope Management Plan Define the scope of the project and detail how the scope will be managed. Provide a list of Resources Identify and detail the resources for the project using MS Project where appropriate, including: People (and their roles), plus any extra personnel that is required for the project. Technology - any hardware, network and software needs to support the team and your client. Facilities - where will most of the teamwork be situated? Other - for example, travel, training etc. Part Three: Using MS Project, develop a schedule using a high level Work Breakdown Structure (WBS). It should include: Milestones for each phase and deliverable This will tell everyone associated with the project that the phase or deliverable was completed satisfactorily. Activities / Tasks Define a set of activities / tasks that must be completed to produce each deliverable. Resource Assignments Assign people and resources to each individual activities. Estimates for Each Activity / Task Develop a time estimate for each task or activity to be completed. Part Four: Project Risk Analysis and Plan Document any assumptions you have made about the project Using the Risk Identification Framework as a basis, identify five risks to the project – one for each of the five phases of the methodology. Analyse these risks, assign a risk to an appropriate member, and describe a strategy for the management of each specific risk. Part Five: Quality Management Plan. It should include: A short statement that reflects your team’s philosophy or objective for ensuring that you deliver a quality system to your client. Develop and describe the following that your project team could implement to ensure quality; A set of verification activities A set of validation activities Part Six: 550 words Closure and EvaluationResearching for the closure checklist and project evaluation a. To prepare for this task, you will be required to provide an annotated bibliography. Write an Annotated Bibliography for three (3) relevant texts or readings around project evaluation. The Annotated Bibliography is a critical examination of the most relevant, recent and scholarly research on the topic area that is not just a summary of the articles you have read. You will submit this as an appendix to your project evaluation documentation. Ensure that the AB submitted by you is your own work and has not been submitted elsewhere and comply with the University's requirements for academic integrity. Use the following resource to guide you around the research tools: http://student.csu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0009/186444/annotate1.pdf http://libguides.csu.edu.au/itc b. Develop a closure checklist that the project team will use to ensure that the project has been closed properly. c. Develop a project evaluation –outline and discuss how your project’s MOV will be evaluated. Rationale This assessment addresses the following learning outcomes: be able to understand and apply appropriate communication practices within a project management context; be able to research and apply established IT project management principles, skills and techniques to a case study; be able to research and critically evaluate how a practising IT project manager applies IT project management techniques, project management skills, methods and software tools in the IT industry; be able to research and apply established IT project management principles, skills and techniques to a case study. Marking criteria Criterion High Distinction Distinction Credit Pass Fail Provides an MOV and identifies the target and expectations of all stakeholders in a suitable format. (15 Marks) The MOV illustrates the student’s detailed consideration of the target and a thorough analysis of the expectations of all stakeholders. The format is logical, clear and well-structured. The MOV illustrates the student’s detailed consideration of the target and an attempt at analysis of the expectations of all stakeholders is evident. The format is logical and appropriate to the information presented. The MOV illustrates the student’s generalised consideration of the target and an attempt at analysis of the expectations of most stakeholders is evident. The format is suitable to the information presented. The MOV illustrates the student’s generalised consideration of the target; however analysis of the expectations of all stakeholders is not clear. The format is suitable to the information presented. The MOV fails to cover one or more specified project requirements. Utilising MS Project, provides a list of resources associated with the project – including reference to people, technology, and facilities and associalted costs (10 Marks) Evidence of expertly utilising MS Project to create a comprehensive list of resources, demonstrating in-depth analysis of the project’s needs. Evidence of expertly utilising MS Project to create a list of all resources required for the project; demonstrating analysis of the project’s needs. Correctly utilising MS Project to provide a list which identifies most of the resources required for the project; some evidence of analysis of project needs. Key resources are correctly identified and documented. Key resources have not been identified. Produces a Scope Management Plan (SCM). (10 Marks) Consistent application of industry standard language and formatting. Well written with some demonstration of industry standard language and formatting. Well written with demonstration of academic standard language and formatting. Well written but lacks acceptable formatting. Writing is not of an acceptable standard. Utilising MS Project -evidences the processes involved with a WBS, including budget. (15 Marks) Demonstrates high level project management skills, integrating and applying project management tools in meaningful and purposeful ways towards completion of WBS design, correctly and comprehensively addressing all project requirements. Demonstrates competent management skills, applying project management tools in meaningful and purposeful ways towards completion of the WBS design, correctly addresses the all project requirements. Demonstrates essential management skills, applying project management tools in meaningful and purposeful ways towards completion of the WBS design. Essential project requirements addressed. Demonstrates minimal management skills and needs some improvement in applying project management tools in meaningful and purposeful ways towards completion of WBS. Not all project requirements are clearly addressed. The WBS design fails to correctly address one or more essential project requirements. Provides a project risk analysis and plan using the risk identification framework as a basis for discussing alternate strategies for the management of such risks. (15 Marks) All steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are comprehensively discussed and presented in the context of the project, with evidence of thorough consideration of the framework to validate the alternatives. All steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are clearly discussed and presented in the context of the project, with reference to the framework to validate the alternatives. Evidence that key steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are discussed and presented in the context of the project, with some linkages back to the framework to validate the alternatives. Key steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are accurately presented. Minimal reference to framework in the discussion presented. One or more key steps in project risk analysis and alternate strategies are not presented. Produces a quality management plan which includes a statement about the team’s philosophy and verification and validation activities. (15 Marks) All required project steps are correctly identified and appropriately contextualised for the selected project. All required project steps are correctly identified and are applied to the selected project with some contextualisation. All required project steps are correctly identified and are applied to the selected project. Most required project steps are correctly identified and applied to the selected project. Multiple project steps are missing or not applied to the selected project. A closure checklist is produced alongside the development of a project evaluation that is evidenced by research. (10 marks) The closure checklist is detailed, and has been used accurately to close the project. The evaluation has been professionally documented and is evidenced by research. The closure checklist is detailed, and has been used accurately to close the project. The evaluation has been well documented and is evidenced by research. The closure checklist has been used appropriately to close the project, and the evaluation has been adequately documented and is evidenced by research. The closure checklist has been used to close the project, and the evaluation has been addressed and is evidenced by research. The closure checklist has not been addressed adequately, the evaluation is lacking detail and is not evidenced by research. Referencing of sources (APA 6th ed citation) to reinforce findings. (10 marks) All written evidence is professionally communicated using correct referencing. All written information is good with appropriate referencing All written information is generally well organised but more clarity of communication is required in terms of referencing. All written content is loosely connected, and there is ineffective use of referencing. No apparent logical order of written content, and there is a lack of referencing. And Also This is a quick reminder of your ITC505 Assessment-3 (Charter). It worth 30%, and it is due on 2nd October, 2017 (11:59pm). Please note that: - You will need to submit MS Project file as well. Please follow the following instructions that explain how to attach MS project file to your original assignment word document file: 1- In your original word assignment file, click on "Insert" tab, then "Object" button. 2- Choose "Create form file" tab. Tick on "Display as icon", and click on "Browse" button. 3- Browse to find your MS Project file, select it and click on "Insert" button, followed by "OK". (You can also the same way to attach the 3 pdf texts required in question Part-6 A). 4- It is also a good idea to get screen shots of therequired tasks from your MS Project file to your word document. 5- Upload your file to Turnitin as word format (Not pdf). 6- Name your submitted assignment according to the format: "your_id# , your_name , ITC505 Assessment-3" 7- To submit your Assessment to Turnitin. First, use the draft link to check the level of similarity, then submit your assignment to (Final) link. Project briefing Congratulations! You have been successful in gaining an appointment as an IT Project Manager consultant with Virtucon*. Your assigned project Please visit the Virtucon website (virtucon.uimagine.edu.au) to learn more about Virtucon, and our range of services (note: you will be prompted to enter your CSU username and password to access this site). Once you have learned about Virtucon and our ranges of services, please access the Staff area by clicking on ‘Staff Login’ in the main menu and enter: Username: staff101 Password: staff101 Once logged in to the staff only site, you will be able to access details of the current projects Virtucon is working on. You have been assigned to the ‘Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show’ project. To access the project details, please click on ‘Current Projects -> Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show ‘ You also have access to a number of templates to be used throughout the project. To access these please click on ‘Templates’. Your Client Your client is Globex Corp. To learn more about Globex and their business and history, please visit the Globex website (globex.uimagine.edu.au). You should ensure you visit the Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show page accessed via the ‘RALS’ link in the main menu. (note: you will be prompted to enter your CSU username and password to access this site). As a Virtucon staff member and in order to gather information for your assigned project, you have been granted temporary access to the Globex staff intranet. Please access this by navigating to the ‘Staff’ menu option. You will need to enter: Username: virtucon101 Password: virtucon101 In this area you will find the current form used to collect information for potential volunteers for the Riverina Agriculture and Lifestyle Show (found under the ‘Documents’ menu option) as well as other information regarding Globex. Next Steps Once you have read and familiarised yourself with all of this information, please read the requirements for Assessment 2 and Assessment 3 carefully. It is critical that you ensure you attend or watch the recording of the Online Meeting that will be held in Week 1, as more information and clarification will be provided. You will be allocated to your team during week 1 and 2 and you should arrange a suitable time to meet during week 3. There are a range of technologies you can use to ‘meet’ in the virtual space, such as Team Viewer, Google hangouts, Skype just to name a few. It is up to you as a team to select, trial and agree on a preferred method. *Virtucon and Globex are fictitious companies developed for the educational purposes of ITC306, ITC308 and ITC218. IMPORTANT: How the project will work Assessment 2 has been designed to inform your understanding of the scenario and how the subject theory should be applied. You will work in teams of approximately 4 students while preparing Assessment 2 to facilitate peer-to-peer learning, and to complete the required tasks, however Assessment 2 is not a traditional group assessment. You will submit individual assessments based on the discussions and outcomes of your team meetings. A minimum of three team meetings should be held during the session. Suggested timing of these meetings can be found in the subject schedule. Assessment 2 also includes a personal reflective piece on your teamwork experience and the role of ICT project manager requires in the IT profession. Each topic will prepare you for an assessment task and you will be prompted at the end of each topic as to which assessment tasks you should commence working on. However, in the mean time please ensure you familiarise yourself with the project and the subject requirements by following the above.