IT Project Management
MITS5001
IT Project Management
Research Report
Objective(s)
This
assessment item relates to the unit learning outcomes as in the unit
descriptor. This assessment is designed to improve student presentation skills
and to give students experience in researching a topic and writing a report
relevant to the Unit of Study subject matter.
INSTRUCTIONS
For
this component you will prepare a report or critique on an industry project
related to IT Project Management. The
paper you select must be directly relevant to the topic. The paper can be from
any academic conference or other relevant Journal or online sources such as
Google Scholar, Academic department repositories etc... All students must
select a different project, thus the project must be approved by your
instructor or tutor before proceeding. In case two students are wanting to
report on the same project, the first who emails the instructor with their
choice will be allocated that project (provided it is acceptable).
Your
report should be limited to approx. 1500 words (not including references). Use
1.5 spacing with a 12 point Times New Roman font. Though your paper will
largely be based on the chosen article, you can use other sources to support
your discussion. Citation of sources is mandatory and must be in the IEEE style.
Your report or
critique must include:
• Title Page: The title of the assessment,
the name of the project you are reviewing and your name and student ID.
• Introduction: A statement of the purpose
for your report and a brief outline of how you will discuss the selected
article (one or two paragraphs). Make sure to identify the article being
reviewed.
• Body of Report: Describe the intention
and content of the article. Research an IT industry project and present your
findings on how was the project managed, methodology used or your
recommendation, what was implemented well in the project and any lessons
learnt.
•
Conclusion: A summary of the points you
have made in the body of the paper. The conclusion should not introduce any ‘new’
material that was not discussed in the body of the paper. (One or two
paragraphs)
• References:
A list of sources used in your text. They should be listed alphabetically by
(first)
author’s family name. Follow the IEEE style.
•
The
footer must include your name, student ID, and page number.
Resources
There
are a number of resources you can utilize for finding academic articles and you
should make the most of these resources.
1. The
VIT Library has access to an extensive array of on-line journals including IEEE
and ACM journals. You can access these online Journals through the library’s
subscription to the ProQuest platform. You can access this platform by finding
the ‘ProQuest academic platform’ link on the StudyBoard@vit home page, towards the bottom of the page in the left column under the heading
Resources & Services.
2. Please
also refer to the link in the same section on ‘Scholarly Article Searching’. This will show you how to search or
articles of the type required for this assignment.
3. In
the same section, additionally refer to the link ‘VIT Library Referencing’.
This link discusses a number of referencing styles. Different types of Journals
will require different styles of referencing and citation, but this assignment
requires the IEEE style. Commonly associated with Engineering and Science
disciplines. This style is discussed in the document and provides examples and
links to further resources.
4. Google
Scholar ‘https://scholar.google.com.au/‘ is a separate google search engine
that will help you search for scholarly articles (Journal articles and
conference papers etc..). It will generally not have access to the resources
that Proquest above does as these are usually paid sites. However Google
Scholar does index an extremely large amount of scholarly articles located in
open access conferences, Journals and academic web sites. Please go through the
above notes ‘Scholarly Article Searching’
to find out how to use Google Scholar.
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