Course Description (Higher Education)
School School of Science, Engineering and Information Technology
Course Title MASTERS PROJECT
Course ID ITECH7415
Credit Points 60.00
Teaching Period 2020/07
Author Taiwo Oseni
Pre-requisites (ITECH5500 and ITECH7401)
Co-requisites Nil
Exclusions (ITECH7403 and ITECH7404 and ITECH7405 and ITECH7602)
ASCED Code 029999
Description of the Course for Handbook Entry:
This course provides students with an opportunity to work on an Information Technology (IT) or Information
System (IS) related real-world business problem and to engage in research. Students will form a team of 3-4
students and work on an IT/IS project with a business client and a project supervisor. A project can be related to
development of a new IT/IS solution(s) or review, assessment or recommendation of an existing IT/IS solution(s)
to improve clients existing business processes. In this course, students will analyse their clients business processes and their IT/IS requirements, opportunities and/or problem(s). Students will conduct research to explore the problem domain in the given project and to investigate how similar problems were dealt in the literature. Students will apply complex decision making and detailed research techniques, tools and methodologies to execute and/or develop a business solution(s) to the clients problem(s). Students will present project outcome(s) to the client in the form of substantial artefacts such as developed product(s) and/or an extensive research report(s) and/or consultancy report(s), etc. Grade Scheme Graded (HD, D, C, etc.) Placement Component No Supplementary Assessment Other reason Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail grade in this course. Program Level fdlGrades UD_ITECH7415_2020/07_2020-03-18 13:45:42 CRICOS Provider Number: 00103D 2 /15 Course Description (Higher Education) ITECH7415 AQF Level of Program 5 6 7 8 9 10 Level Introductory Intermediate Advanced Organisation Delivery Mode Regular semester Structure This course will consist of a series of lectures, workshops, and regular meetings with clinets and supervisors. Staff Role Name Room Telephone Email Lecturer Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Level 4 Staff Room 02 92696915 ASaeed@iibit.edu.au Timetable Type Day Time Room Staff / Comment Lecture 1 Monday 16:00 pm to 18:00 pm 310 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Tutorial 1 Monday 18:00 pm to 20:00 pm 310 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Lecture 2 Saturday 09:00 am to 11:00 am 404 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Tutorial 2 Saturday 11:00 am to 13:00 pm 404 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Lecture 3 Saturday 13:30 pm to 15:30 pm 404 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Tutorial 3 Saturday 15:30 pm to 17:30 pm 404 Ahmad Nadeem Saeed Lecture 4 Tuesday 13:00 pm to 15:00 pm 404 Hafiz Lateef Tutorial 4 Tuesday 15:00 pm to 17:00 pm 404 Hafiz Lateef Lecture 5 Wednesday 17:00 pm to 19:00 pm 404 Hafiz Lateef Tutorial 5 Wednesday 19:00 pm to 21:00 pm 404 Hafiz Lateef Lecture 6 Tuesday 09:00 am to 11:00 am 306 Hafiz Lateef fdlGrades UD_ITECH7415_2020/07_2020-03-18 13:45:42 CRICOS Provider Number: 00103D 3 /15 Course Description (Higher Education) ITECH7415 Type Day Time Room Staff / Comment Tutorial 6 Tuesday 11:00 am to 13:00 pm 306 Hafiz Lateef Additional consultation time can be booked by contacting the staff member concerned directly. Learning Outcomes Knowledge K1. Analyse a clients business processes and their IT/IS requirements.
K2. Identify potential solution(s) to address a clients IT/IS needs, problems and/or opportunities. K3. Relate theories and principles learned in other IT/IS courses to addressing or solving the contemporary needs of the client. K4. Research state-of-the-art in a problem domain and investigate how similar problems were solved. K5. Choose appropriate methodologies, tools and technologies for a project. K6. Manage legal, ethical, privacy and/or security issues related to a project. Skills S1. Perform feasibility study to evaluate a project. S2. Organise and manage a project team and resource constraints (time, cost, scope and quality). S3. Work as part of a collaborative team and maintain the professional relationship with team members, client and supervisor. S4. Demonstrate problem solving and critical thinking. S5. Adapt state-of-the-art industry standards, approaches and methods in a project. S6. Use a variety of project management, collaboration, modelling and analytical tools as required. Application of knowledge and skills A1. Propose a new state-of-the-art IT/IS solution(s) to improve a clients business processes.
A2. Deliver appropriate, professional, industry level documentations and/or research reports.
Content
This course is designed to foster problem-based self learning and research. There will be minimal formal
lecture.
Topics may include:
Requirements analysis and modelling.
Problem solving.
Research and literature review.
Creative and critical thinking.
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Communication and reporting.
Project management.
Change and risk management.
Quality assurance.
Business and data analysis.
System development methodologies.
Professional documentation.
Team building.
Values
V1. Appreciate the value of technological innovations and their applications to modern businesses and wider
community.
V2. Recognise the importance of creativity, critical thinking and flexibility in solving real-world business
problems.
V3. Aware of industry standards, methodologies, processes and procedures prescribed by national and
international professional bodies.
V4. Aware of the ethical issues and professionalism in dealing with business client.
Graduate Attributes
FedUni graduate attributes statement. To have graduates with knowledge, skills and competence that enable
them to stand out as critical, creative and enquiring learners who are capable, flexible and work ready, and
responsible, ethical and engaged citizens.
Attribute Brief Description Focus
Knowledge, skills and competence
Demonstrate understanding of clients business processes and their IT/IS requirements and ability to propose IT/IS business solution(s) to improve clients
existing business processes.
High
Critical, creative and enquiring
learners
Research state-of-the-art in a project domain and adapt
industry standards, methodologies and tools applicable
for a project.
High
Capable, flexible and work ready
Demonstrate ability to relate learned IT/IS theories and
principles in a project and to work in a team environment
with a high level of professionalism.
High
Responsible, ethical and engaged
citizens
Manage legal, ethical, privacy and/or security issues
related to a project. Medium
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Learning Tasks and Assessment
Students will engage in project activities that align with their enrolled study stream.
Assessment tasks are designed to measure the learning outcomes of the capstone project courses, however,
successful projects will require application of additional project-dependent skills not explicitly listed in this
course outline. If students study a specialised stream then these additional learning outcomes will align with the
learning outcomes identiï¬ed by the stream of study at the program level.
The following list identiï¬es each study stream with the corresponding ACS CBoK knowledge areas and the
SFIA skills that will be assessed (these are in addition to those identiï¬ed in the ACS and SFIA sections of this
outline) if students are enrolled in that study stream:
Enterprise Systems and Business Analytics
ACS CBoK
System acquisition
IT Gov. & organisational issues
SFIA
Information Analysis (INAN)
Data Analysis (DTAN)
Business process improvement (BPRE)
Software Engineering
ACS CBoK
Programming
SFIA
Programming / software development (PROG)
Testing (TEST)
Technical Specialism (TECH)
Learning
Outcomes
Assessed
Assessment Task Assessment Type
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5,
K6, S1, S2, S3, S4,
S5
Actively participate in and contribute to
group collaboration, research,
workshops, team work and/or
professional communication/meetings.
Evidence of appropriate engagement – for
example, meeting agenda/minutes, summary
of work outcomes, literature review, progress
reports, planning documents, oral/poster
presentations and/or individual interviews.
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5,
K6, S1, S2, S3, S4,
S5, S6, A1, A2
Develop, recommend and/or assess IT/IS
business solution(s).
Product demonstration and/or final project
report.
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5,
K6, S1, S2, S3, S4,
S5, S6, A1, A2
Deliver professional industry documents
specific to a negotiated project.
Assessments, that may include evaluation of
project execution by supervisor/client,
artifacts and technical documentations (e.g.
meeting agendas/minutes, project charter,
project proposal, regular progress reports,
project planning and control documentation
etc.)
The following tasks will be graded.
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Task Released Due Weighting
Project Storyboard Week 1 Fri, Mar 27, 2020 – 16:00 (Week 2) 10.0%
Weekly Stand-Ups Week 1 In timetabled tutorial (Week Various) 5.0%
Product Roadmap Week 2 Fri, Apr 24, 2020 – 16:00 (Week 6) 10.0%
Sprint Retrospectives Week 2 Various 6.0%
Product Demonstration Week 5 In timetabled lecture (Week 12) 12.0%
Client &Supervisor Evaluation Week 1 Various 12.0%
Project Write-up Week 4 Week 13 45.0%
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Project Storyboard
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: This assessment is purposed to portray an understanding of the allocated project.
Requirements: Outline the client’s preferred way of working with the students and client’s expectations
Assessed by: Lecturer
Submission: Week 2 via Moodle; Feedback: marks in fdlMarks, team feedback on Moodle
Weekly Stand-Ups
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: This assessment is purposed to demonstrate weekly Project accomplishments.
Requirements: Weekly 3 Minutes de-brief during Workshops
Assessed by: Lecturer
Submission: Oral during timetabled Workshop
Product Roadmap
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: This assessment is purposed to outline the goals, milestones, and deliverables for a product in development.
Requirements: A general timeframe for when you will develop and release products/deliverables
Assessed by: Lecturer
Submission: Week 4 via Moodle; Feedback: marks in fdlMarks, team feedback on Moodle
Sprint Retrospective
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: This assessment is designed to assist you in documenting and demonstrating your learnings in the project.
Requirements: Project documents and sprint reflections (video recording) on Mahara
Assessed by: Lecturer
Submission: Various via Mahara/Moodle; Weeks 6, 9, 12; Feedback: marks in fdlMarks, team feedback on Moodle
Product Demonstration
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: The purpose of this assessment is to provide a comprehensive description of project deliverables. The structure of the presentation should cover the different
artefacts or aspects of the artefacts developed in the course of the project.
Requirements:The structure of the report should be decided by students, and should include a detailed description of the artefact as a solution to the project problem
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being addressed.
Assessed by: Lecturer
Submission: Week 12 via Moodle, In-class presentation Feedback: marks in fdlMarks, team feedback In-class and on Moodle
Project Write-up
Learning Outcomes Assessed: K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, K6, S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6, A1, A2
Purpose: The project report highlights the conclusion of the project and provides comprehensive discussion of the project.
Requirements:This document should cover ALL aspects of the project and include solutions to the project problem.
Assessed by: Lecturer Submission: Week 13 (SWOT VAC) via Moodle Feedback: marks in fdlMarks, team feedback on Moodle
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Recommended time per learning activity
Students should be aware that a course’s class time is only a small component of their expected learning
activities. Students are expected to spend approximately 150 hours (300 hours if 30 credit points) studying this
course in order to have a reasonable opportunity to satisfactorily meet the learning outcomes. The following
table is a suggested breakdown of this time on the learning activities and represents the recommended
minimum for each of these activities.
Learning Activity Description Hours
Lecture Weekly Lectures 48
Workshop Weekly Workshops to facilitate team work 48
Client Meetings Weekly/Forthnighly meetings with project clients 12
Supervisory Meetings Weekly meetings with project supervisor 12
Project Storyboard Assessment Task 18
Product Roadmap Assessment Task 50
Project Portfolio Assessment Task 32
Research Investigations of the project problem 80
Project Artefacts Building Project Artefacts 150
Procuct Demonstration Preparation and Presentation of Product 50
Project Write-up Writing up the project 100
Total: 600
Submission and Return of Student Work
Assessment links are provided on Moodle.
Summative feedback will be available via Mahara and Moodle, no later than 2 weeks from the submission date.
Closing the Loop / Student Feedback
Given the focus on project clients, it has been difficult to achieve a balance between research
requirements and client requirements.
During this offering, the research aspect will be much more emphasised though active guidance and
involvement of project supervisors.
The research requirements has also been incorporated into the Project Write-up.
Assessment Criteria
In order to receive a passing grade in this course, students must receive an overall passing mark in the
combined result of all assessment tasks.
Topics Assessed
All topics covered during this course are subject to assessment.
Assistance with Online Submission
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Students are often asked to submit assessments online. Here are a few useful links that introduce students to
the Turnitin software:
About Turnitin
Student Guidance on Turnitin
Student Turnitin Access 2020 (Moodle Support Shell)
Special Consideration
If students are adversely affected by life circumstances a discretionary assessment extension of up to five
University working days for one assessment task may be granted at the discretion of the tutor, lecturer, or
course coordinator (dependent on faculty process) upon a direct request by the student via the Discretionary
Assessment Extension form.
However if a student has experienced or encountered some form of disadvantage or impediment (medical
reasons; hardship/trauma; compassionate grounds; other significant cause) in more than one course and
requires more than five working days extension, then they may apply for Special Consideration.
For further information on Discretionary Assessment Extensions and Special Consideration, including access to
the policy, procedures or associated forms, see
http://federation.edu.au/current-students/essential-info/administration/special-consideration
Available Grades
A list of the available grades, a description of the corresponding required student performance and the required
percentages for the Course is given in the University Handbook.
https://federation.edu.au/students/essential-info/administration/exams/results The Course Coordinator may
standardise raw marks before allocating grades.
Academic Integrity
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.
Students must not allow other students to copy their work and must take care to safeguard against this
happening. In cases of copying, normally all students involved will be penalised equally; an exception will be if
the student can demonstrate the work is their own and they took reasonable care to safeguard against copying.
Plagiarism is a serious offence. Please refer to the following documents:
Statute 6.1: Student Discipline
Regulation 6.1: Student Discipline
Regulation 6.1.1: Plagiarism
Academic Regulations
Supplementary information concerning teaching, learning, and assessment may be provided from time to time
in response to unforeseen circumstances. This may include changes in times or location of classes, order of the
schedule or due dates for assignments. Announcement of these matters in classes and placement of a notice on
the course Moodle page shall be deemed to be official notification. FedUni has a range of educational policies,
procedures and guidelines, which you can find at
http://policy.federation.edu.au/category_list.php?catalogue_id=115
Student Support
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The University provides many different kinds of services to help you gain the most from your studies. You can
see the list of Student Services contacts at http://federation.edu.au/students#Assistance_support_and_services
Students who have a disability or medical condition are welcome to contact the Disability Liaison Unit to discuss
academic support services. The role of the DLU is to support the development of a learning and working
environment that maximise participation in University life by students with a disability
Learning Management System
This course makes use of Moodle to support your learning. You can access Moodle from the FedUni home page
or at https://moodle.federation.edu.au/login/index.php If you do not have access for this course you should
notify your course co-ordinator immediately
Late Assignment
For all assessment items handed in after the official due date without an agreed extension, a 10% penalty will
be applied to the total mark for each day (or part thereof) late after the due date (including weekends and
public holidays).
Presentation of Academic Work
https://federation.edu.au/current-students/learning-and-study/online-help-with/guides-to-your-assessments
Materials
General
No specific materials are required. Materials may be required as per project specifications.
Safety Equipment
None required
Reading
References:
Rasnacis Arturs,Berzisa Solvita. (2015). Adaptation of Agile Project Management Methodology for Project Team.
Information Technology and Management Science. . 18(1).
Alexandra MIHALACHE . (2017). Project Management Tools for Agile Teams. Informatică economică. . 21(4).
Pages 85-93.
eBook / Online
Layton, Mark C. (2012). AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT FOR DUMMIES. Ebooks Corporation.
Kweku-Muata Osei-Bryson and Ojelanki Ngwenyama . (2013). Advances in Research Methods for Information
Systems Research : Data Mining, Data Envelopment Analys. Springer.
Yogesh K. Dwivedi, Scott L. Schneberger, and Michael R. Wade. (2011). Information Systems Theory : Explaining
and Predicting Our Digital Society. Springer.
Note that some material in lectures, assignments and other resources provided to students may contain direct
quotations from the text book(s) and references listed.
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Sequence
The following is an approximate guide to the sequence of topics in this course.
Week(s) Topic(s)
1 – 4 Project Initiation and Agile Project Management
5 – 8 Project Execution and Success
9 -11 Product Development and Evaluation
Adopted Reference Style
APA
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Professional Standards / Competencies:
Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA): Initial
Attribute Assessed Level
1 Strategy and architecture
1.1 Information strategy
1.1.1 IT governance No 3
1.1.2 Information management No 3
1.1.6 Information analysis Yes 3
1.2 Advice and guidance
1.2.1 Consultancy Yes 3
1.2.2 Technical specialism Yes 3
1.3 Business strategy and planning
1.3.1 Research Yes 3
1.3.2 Innovation Yes 3
1.3.3 Business process improvement Yes 3
1.3.4 Enterprise & business architecture development Yes 3
1.3.5 Business risk management Yes 3
1.4 Technical strategy and planning
1.4.1 Emerging technology monitoring Yes 3
1.4.3 Software development process improvement Yes 3
1.4.6 Solution architecture Yes 3
1.4.7 Data management Yes 3
1.4.8 Methods and tools Yes 3
2 Business change
2.1 Business change implementation
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2.1.3 Project management Yes 3
2.2 Business change management
2.2.1 Business analysis Yes 3
2.2.2 Requirements definition and management Yes 3
2.2.3 Business process testing No 3
2.2.4 Change implementation planning & management No 3
2.2.5 Organisation design and implementation No 3
2.3 Relationship management
2.3.1 Stakeholder relationship management No 3
3 Solution development and implementation
3.1 Systems development
3.1.1 Systems development management No 3
3.1.2 Data analysis Yes 3
3.1.3 Systems design Yes 3
3.1.5 Database / repository design Yes 3
3.1.6 Programming / software development Yes 3
3.1.10 Information content authoring Yes 3
3.1.11 Testing Yes 3
3.2 Human factors
3.2.1 User experience analysis Yes 3
3.2.3 User experience evaluation Yes 3
3.3 Installation and integration
3.3.3 Systems installation / decommissioning Yes 3
Australian Computer Society – Core Body of Knowledge: 2016 accreditation
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Attribute Assessed Level
Essential Core ICT Knowledge
ICT Professional Knowledge
Ethics
Yes Application
Professional expectations Yes Analysis
Teamwork concepts & issues Yes Analysis
Interpersonal communications Yes Analysis
ICT Problem Solving
Abstraction
Yes Evaluation
Design Yes Evaluation
General ICT Knowledge
Technology Building
Human Factors
Yes Evaluation
Systems Development Yes Evaluation
ICT Management
IT Governance & organisational issues
No Analysis
IT Project Management Yes Synthesis
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