Task Description:

PART A: INITIATION REPORT
Your team will develop a professional-style business report (including all relevant structural elements) that describes what the project is about and the reasons the project should be undertaken.

Drawing from Project Management documents of Project Brief and Business Case (introduced to you in KIT203), the initiation report will include a description the following Project Management elements (as a minimum):
• Project summary – Provide a brief 100-word overview of the project.
• Project context – Identify and describe the context of the organisation and the client.
o Identify and describe the organisation this project exists within.
o Identify and provide the professional context of the client and their role in the organisation.
o Identify and describe what has led the client to request this project (directive/opportunity/problem).
• Project Objectives – Identify and describe what specific outcomes the project needs to achieve for the organisation.
• Project Deliverables – Identify and describe what the client will receive from the Project Team at the end of the project.
• Project Benefits – Identify and describe what quantifiable and measurable benefits the project will achieve once deployed.
• Project Quality and Compliance – Identify and describe any objective standards, policies, guidelines, or best practice that the project outputs will adhere to.
• Project Scope – Identify and describe those items/features that will be included in the scope of the project, and those that will be excluded from the project.
• Project Stakeholders – Identify and describe the stakeholders of the project, their roles and impact, as well as their communications needs throughout the project.
• Client Acceptance Criteria – Identify and describe how ‘success’ will be measured the client at the completion of the project.

PART B: SELF REVIEW
Each member of the team will complete a self-assessment activity template.

PART C: PEER REVIEW
Each member of the team will review the self-assessments of their teammates (PART B), and then complete a confidential peer assessment template, including a detailed assessment of the contributions of your teammates to the Initiation Report (PART A).

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 3

Weight:

20 %

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PART A: PLANNINNG REPORT
Your team will develop a professional-style business report (including all relevant structural elements) that describes your team’s plans for undertaking and completing the project described in your Initiation Report.

Drawing from Project Management documents of Project Brief and Business Case (introduced to you in KIT203), the planning report will include a description the following Project Management elements (as a minimum):
• System Users – identify and describe the types and characteristics of potential users of the system being developed.
• System Requirements – identify the functional and non-functional requirements of the system being developed and describe these in the form of a Requirements Trace Matrix.
• Project Schedule – Identify the schedule for the completion of the functional and non-functional requirements as well as other project deliverables and activities and describe this using Gantt charts.
• Risk Analysis – Identify and describe any risks associated with the project, their impact, and preventative and mitigation strategies that will be put in place throughout the project.
• Technical requests to support the project- Identify and describe any technical requests required to undertake the project (those not already supplied in UTAS labs or by the client).

PART B: SELF REVIEW
Each member of the team will complete a self-assessment activity template.

PART C: PEER REVIEW
Each member of the team will review the self-assessments of their teammates (PART B), and then complete a confidential peer assessment template, including a detailed assessment of the contributions of your teammates to the Initiation Report (PART A).

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 6

Weight:

30 %

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PART A: AGILE REPORT & SCRUM SESSION

Each team will develop a professional-style business report (including all relevant structural elements) that describes the team’s activities and progress towards completing the project described in the Initiation report, specifically as it relates to Agile Cycle 1 in the Planning Report schedule.

Each team member will also develop a 2-page overview describing the progress of the tasks associated with this role, as well as inhibitors to its conduct during this agile cycle. You will present and discuss this overview at the allocated Management Meeting.

PART B: SELF REVIEW
Each member of the team will complete a self-assessment activity template.

PART C: PEER REVIEW
Each member of the team will review the self-assessments of their teammates (PART B), and then complete a confidential peer assessment template, including a detailed assessment of the contributions of your teammates to the Initiation Report (PART A).

PART D: DEMONSTRATION
Each team will undertake a prepared demonstration of your software prototype, showcasing:
• Interfaces
• Functionality
• Quality and Compliance
• Consistency with Initiation and Planning documents, and Stakeholder needs

Each member also needs to explain and demonstrate individual contribution in the agile cycle.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Week 12

Weight:

40 %

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Your professionalism during this unit will be determined via a series of measures including client feedback, participation in project development activities, and participation in unit activities.

Task Length:

Due Date:

Refer to Assessment Description

Weight:

10 %

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