KIT503 ICT Professional Practices

and Project Management

Week 1 – Introduction Lecture
In this video…
• Teaching Staff
• Learning
• Intended learning outcomes
• Topics (Unit map)
• Methods
• Assessments
• Submissions
• Extensions
• Review of Assessments
• Academic Integrity
• An introduction to Project Management
Teaching staff
Unit Coordinator: Dr Ming Chao Wong
Office: Centenary Building Room 470
Email: [email protected]
Consultation hours:
• Mondays 1pm – 3pm (https://utas.zoom.us/j/87865373072)
• Wednesdays 11:30am – 1:30pm (https://utas.zoom.us/j/88359625527)

Tutors:
• Ms Louise Ashbarry (Hobart)
• Ms Dawn Gu (Hobart)
• Ms Sumbal Maqsood (Launceston)
Learning

• Self-directed
• Project-managed
• Professional
• Independent
• Group-based
• Responsible
Intended learning outcomes (ILOs)
• ILO1: Apply the best practice principles of a range of project
management methodologies and frameworks to meet the needs
of stakeholders

• ILO2: Engage in creative entrepreneurial processes to design

innovative and culturally appropriate ICT solutions

• ILO3: Apply tools and techniques to ensure ICT Projects are

managed

• ILO4: Evaluate economic, social, cultural, legal and ethical

consequences of ICT when meeting the needs of stakeholders.
Topics – Unit map
Unit content delivery

• Videos
• Readings
• Activities
• Formative quizzes
• Summative quizzes
• Preparation
• Workshops
Assessments -100% In-semester
Assessment title ILOs addressed Assessment weight
Practice quizzes 1, 2, 3, 4 0%
Module quizzes 1, 2, 3, 4 10%
Entrepreneurship 2, 4 30%
assignment

Assessed tutorials 1, 2, 3 30%

Formal Project Initiation 1, 3, 4 30%
Document
Quizzes

• Practice Quizzes (not assessed)

• Module Quizzes (assessed)
Assessed Tutorials

• Five tutorial tasks will be assessed

• A Communication task (Week 3)
• An Ethics task (Week 4)
• An Entrepreneurship task (Week 6)
• A PMBOK task (Week 9)
• An Agile Scrummy task (Week 12)
Entrepreneurship Assignment
• Group Assignment – 2 to 4 members
• Identify a problem faced by Australian Aboriginal and/or
Torres Strait Islander people and use Design Thinking to
address that problem.
• Your idea should be entrepreneurial, and culturally
appropriate
• Record your Design Thinking process through a report
• Pitch your idea through a video
• Report on your teamwork through a reflective appendix
Formal Project Initiation Document

• Group-optional assignment
• Prepare a project initiation document based on a case
study provided.
Assignment Groups

• Use the discussion boards to find group members

• Go to the KIT503 MyLO site
 Communication
 Discussions
 Assignment groups
• Entrepreneurship Assignment
• Formal Project Initiation Document
Submissions
Students must take responsibility for the correct
submission of their assignments. Students are expected
to adhere to the following procedure for submission:
• Submitted files MUST be checked by the student to
ensure that correct submission of the file has been
undertaken.
• Students are expected to notify the Lecturer WITHIN
TWO HOURS of submission if their files have not been
submitted correctly.
• Students must take responsibility for safely backing up of
their own files during the academic year to ensure that
no files are permanently lost.
Late submissions and late penalties

Assignments submitted after the deadline will receive a

late penalty of 5% (of the original available mark)
for each calendar day (or part day) that the
assignment is late.
Late submissions will not be accepted more than 10
calendar days after the due date, OR after assignments
have been returned to the students, whichever is shorter.
Extensions
A request for an extension should be first discussed with
the Unit Coordinator or teaching support team. A request
for extension MUST be submitted by the assessment due
date except where a student can provide evidence that it
was not possible to do so.
Independent documentation (medical certificate,
counsellor’s report, etc.) or a current Learning Access
Plan should be attached to the request for extension.
Review of Assessments
Students are entitled to ask for a review of the marking and
grading of their assessment task if there is irregularity in the
marking standards or an error in the process for determining
the outcome of an assessment.
Within 5 days of the release of the assessment result, the
student should request an appointment with the Unit
Coordinator. The student should be prepared to discuss
specifically which section of the marking criteria they are
disputing and why they consider the mark is inappropriate.
Following this discussion, students may request a formal
remark of the original submission (in accordance with
Academic Senate Rule 6 - Admission, Assessment and
Student Progress. This remark will be undertaken, where
practicable, by an alternative assessor.
Review of Assessments
A request for an independent review may result in:
• No change to the grade
• A change to a higher grade
• A change to a lower grade
Academic Integrity
Breaches of academic integrity such as plagiarism,
contract cheating, collusion and so on are counter to the
fundamental values of the University. A breach is defined
as being when a student:
a. fails to meet the expectations of academic integrity;
or
b. seeks to gain, for themselves or for any other
person, any academic advantage or
advancement to which they or that other person is
not entitled; or
c. improperly disadvantages any other member of the
University community
Academic Integrity

There are procedures in place to investigate and reach a

determination as to whether a breach of academic
integrity has taken place.
• Your result for the relevant assessment task will be
withheld.
• You will be contacted by the Academic Integrity Advisor
and be offered an opportunity to be heard in relation to
the matter.
• A determination will be made by the Academic Integrity
Advisor after your meeting.
How your final grade will be
determined
• Overall assessment will be based on the student’s
performance throughout the semester.
• In order to achieve a pass (or better) result, a
student must obtain at least 50% of the overall
mark.
• It is expected that you will seek help (from your
lecturer in the first instance), well before the due
date, if you are unclear about the requirements for
an assessment task.
Project Management

“A temporary endeavor undertaken to create a

unique product, service, or result,” (PMBOK, 6th
Ed, 2017)
What is Project Management?
• Project management is the application of
knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project
activities to meet project requirements.
• Project management is accomplished through the
application and integration of the project
management processes of initiating, planning,
executing, monitoring and controlling, and closing.
The project manager is the person responsible for
accomplishing the project objectives.
• The art of project management is a mixture of
administration, planning, experience, analysis,
people-skills, political wrangling, leadership and a
little bit of luck 23
What do we need to know about
project management?
• You WILL NOT be working as individuals
• Most ICT work is undertaken by multidisciplinary teams
• You are only one piece of the team’s required expertise
• You MUST learn how to interact with people that you don’t
know and disciplines that you don’t understand
• You WILL NOT be working on things that just interest you
• You will be creating solutions to real organisational
problems. You must understand THEIR needs.
• You will have to justify your actions in light of giving the
client what they need.
What do we need to know about
project management?
• You WILL NOT make things up as you go along
• Most organisations have some sort of methodology for
undertaking ICT projects in their organisation. These
guide, record, and manage projects in light of available
organisational
resources.
• You MUST adhere to these practices, learn the reason
that specific practices exist and how these can be
transferred across
projects and organisations
But most importantly…
• The NUMBER 1 skill required of
ICT graduates is the ability to
work in a team to complete a
project
• You need to recognise that you
are only ONE piece in a puzzle.
Now is the time you learn about
the other parts – like it or not ;)
Thank you