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The Independent Institute of Education

2016

MODULE NAME:

MODULE CODE:

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IPMA6212

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IPMA6212d

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IPMA6212p

IT PROJECT MANAGEMENT

IPMA6212w

ASSESSMENT TYPE: ASSIGNMENT (PAPER ONLY)
TOTAL MARK ALLOCATION: 100 MARKS
TOTAL HOURS: 10 HOURS
STUDENT NAME:
STUDENT NUMBER:
INSTRUCTIONS:
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Referencing Rubric

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Providing evidence based on valid and referenced academic sources is a fundamental educational
principle and the cornerstone of high quality academic work
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Poor referencing will result in a penalty of a maximum of five (5) marks against the percentage mark
awarded to a student according to the following guidelines
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Required

Subtract 1

Subtract 2

Subtract 3

Subtract 4

Subtract 5

 Consistent,
in-text
referencing
style
 Quotation
marks, page
numbers,
years, etc
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 Consistent intext referencing
style
 Quotation
marks, page
numbers, years,
etc
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 Consistent intext
referencing
style
 Quotation
marks, page
numbers,
years, etc
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 Consistent
in-text
referencing
style
 Quotation
marks used
for direct
quotes but
page
numbers
missing
 Fewer than
50% of the
sources are
academicall
y valid
 Reference
list
incomplete
 Inaccurate
recording of
references
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 Exceptionally
poor and
inconsistent
referencing
 None of the
sources
academically
valid
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Your company has a Project and Innovations
department which you lead and manage
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Your director has approached you and briefed you on a new major project that is in
the pipeline
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For the purpose of this assignment, you must only select and work on one (1) focus area
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The business is envisaged to consist of one (1) Head Office and three (3) branches working
as Call Centres and warehouse facilities
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The three (3)
branches are in Durban, Cape Town and Port Elizabeth
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The six (6) retailers, each have at least one (1) Head Office and a minimum of 10 outlets
across the country
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JP Group want your company to get involved in establishing effective business
processes, building and maintaining the facilities and provision of systems and infrastructure
support
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Further, the JP Group
CEO, has requested that your company identify, plan, design and implement suitable business
processes, systems and infrastructure that will help them realise their goals and objectives
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After the recent interviews with JP Group personnel, and
discovering the two (2) main project focus areas requiring planning, designing, implementation,
testing and maintaining
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The two (2) focus areas activities are:

Focus area 1: The purchase and delivery system

JP group has adopted an already existing legacy application for the purchase and delivery systems
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Requirements:


The system must be developed and customised for JP Group;



The new system testing must commence when the development is 100% complete;



The new system launch and training must be completed and not more than 50% of users
must be trained at the same time;



Only 20% of the application components may be upgraded at a time;



The upgrade must commence as soon as 40% of overall users have been trained
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The network is
centralised at the Head Office
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You have also been presented with the summary of JP Group goals and objectives
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About this assignment

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Resources for this assignment:


IPMA6212 module manual;

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Relevant learning units (LU1 to LU5);

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Appendix A;

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Microsoft Project® or similar;

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Internet for independent research and self-study tutorials;

Some fundamental assumptions and project requirements:
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Preferably, the systems approach/ project information system approach is to be followed;



Budget is limited to R1
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You are expected to conduct your own research regarding project team
selection and developing a project schedule;



Project duration must not exceed five (5) months;



Additional assumptions and requirements must be adequately added
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Describe

Give a detailed account (what)
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Explain

Analyse the “why” and/ or “how” of the issue (i
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clarify reasons, give
causes, effects, and draw inferences)
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Identify

Point out and describe
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List

Give the bare essentials
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Justify

Make a logical argument to support your position
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Critically Evaluate

Make judgments about all relevant information and come to “your”
conclusion
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Summary of marks and mark allocation

NB: Every 30 minutes allocated is worth 5 marks throughout the sections of the assignment:

Question

Time
Allocation

Output

Mark
Allocation

Q
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Task A

2 hours

Project charter

20

Q
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Task B

2 hours

Project proposal

20

Q
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Task C

2 hours

WBS

20

Q
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5 hours

Project electronic solution:

25

Copy of activity list showing starts, date, finish date,
duration, dependence and allocated team members
per activity
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3
...
5 hours

Project constraints report

15

Q
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Task B

30 minutes

Gantt chart

5

TOTAL

10 hours

Assignment Submission

100

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Question 1

2016

(Marks: 60)

Only focusing on the focus area you have selected, complete the following tasks:

Task 1

Develop a project charter for the selected project
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It is concise and create a vision for the end
result
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The description adequately provides a high-level description of the project
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The success criteria or expected benefits adequately presented an indication of
outcomes or quantitative benefits that will result from implementing of the
project
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The major deliverables adequately present the major end products or tangible
items that are expected to be produced during and at the completion of the
performance of the project
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Adequate and sufficient key assumptions include those the project rationale or
justification is based on
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The approval requirements adequately define the limits of authority of the project
manager
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The overall project charter considers and adequately meets the project
requirements and specifications given in the scenario
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Allocation
of Marks

WEIGHTING
TOTAL

40 ÷ 2
20

1
2
2
3
2

3
4

1
4
4
4
1
1
4
4

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Task 2

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Develop a project proposal for the project selected
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Marking Guideline:
Required:

Allocation

The following sections are adequately presented in the Project Proposal and are

of Marks

accurately specific to the scenario and the selected focus area:
Proposal Content
TECHNICAL SECTION
The need:

4



Adequately stated the understanding of customer’s problem or need;



This part of the technical section adequately show the customer that the
contractor thoroughly understands the problem to be solved or the need to
be addressed;



Adequately establishes the basis for the solution proposed
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7-8

6-5

4-3

1-2

Outstanding

Adequate

Partially adequate

Inadequate

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Benefits to the customer:

2

Adequately stated how the proposed approach or solution would be beneficial to
the customer
...


2

1

Partially adequate

Inadequate

Deliverables:


2

List all deliverables that will be provided during the project
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

The schedule shows that the contractor can complete the project within the
time frame
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2

1

Partially adequate

Inadequate

Related experience:


2

Provide a list of projects you have experience on (where applicable, make
up suitable examples)

2

1

Partially adequate

Inadequate

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Equipment and facilities:


2

Provide a list of the equipment and the facilities it has, in order to convince
the customer that it has the necessary resources
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

Each category is shown in its own separate section
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

Each category is shown in its own separate section
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WEIGHTING

40 ÷ 2

TOTAL

20

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Task 3

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Create a WBS for the project you selected
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A graphic
chart format must be used
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
Level 0 – level 3 is adequately used/applied (2);

Graphic hart adequate used/ applied (2);

Work (where applicable) is adequately divided into multiple work items
(2)
...

4
3
2
1
Outstanding
Adequate
Partially
Inadequate
adequate
The level at which there is high degree of confidence that all the activities that
need to be performed to produce the deliverable

Are adequately defined (2);

The types and quantities of resources are adequately determined (2);

The associated activity durations and costs can be adequately estimated
(1)
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
Track the performance and generate reports on demand
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Ensure that you complete the following tasks:

1
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2
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Project must not take more than a year
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Focus area 3

Project must be completed on the last day of the third
month from now
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Configure the work pattern (calendar)
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5
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9
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10
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Marking Guideline
Required
Setup the project information
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Schedule the project as follow:

Project is adequately scheduled and is not exceeding five months (total
duration) (1)
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
Adequately created a new calendar (½);

Working times are adequately set (1);

Nonworking times are adequately set (½)
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
Outstandingly added as per WBS in Task B (3);
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Adequately added as per WBS in Task B (2);

Partially added as per WBS in Task B (1);

Inadequately added as per WBS in Task B (½)
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Outstandingly indented and linked (3);
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Adequately indented and linked (2);

Partially indented and linked (1);

Inadequately indented and linked (½)
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
Outstandingly determined (3);

Adequately determined (2);

Partially determined (1);

Inadequately determined (½)
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
Outstandingly determined (3);

Adequately determined (2);

Partially determined (1);

Inadequately determined (½)
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
Outstandingly configured (4);

Adequately configured (3);

Partially configured (2);

Inadequately configured (½)
...


Outstandingly scheduled (2);

Adequately scheduled (1½);

Partially scheduled (1);

Inadequately scheduled (½)
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3

TOTAL

25

Question 3

3

3

3

4

4

1

(Marks: 15)

Provide the following reports:

Task 1

Identified project constraints
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The report must follow the following structure:


Short introduction (short paragraph) - explain what this report is about
and what it is important;



List and description of five (5) identified project constraints (the
description may not exceed three lines each);

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Conclusion (short paragraph) – summarise the content of the report and
make possible recommendations
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The Gantt chart

(5)

must clearly show the dependencies between the activities, the allocated team
members and milestones

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