Data Warehousing Capstone Project Plan
Information Technology Capstone Project
Assessment 1: Project Plan
Task: Develop a project plan for your Project.
Your Capstone Project Topic:
“Data Warehousing: What role does it play on Information Systems?”
Submission details: • Length: Single Word document (1000 words)
Overview: A Project Plan is the first part of this subject. Your project plan should define the aims and expected progress of the project.
To successfully pass this subject you need to complete the below:
1) Assessment 1: Project Plan (1,000 words)
2) Assessment 2: Interim Draft Report (2,000 words)
3) Assessment 3: Project Report (5,000 words)
4) Assessment 4: Project Presentation (10 minutes)
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Your plan should be developed in consultation with your supervisor. Ensure that your supervisor has read your plan before you submit. |
Where appropriate, clarify what is required in your project with your project supervisor and develop your project plan. Ensure you discuss your plan with your supervisor to make sure they think it is reasonable.
The project plan should provide evidence that you have begun to investigate the background of the project enough to be able to plan a series of activities that will enable you to develop the plan.
Presentation The plan should follow the Project Formatting Guidelines Checklist attached. • Ensure your plan is a single word document. • Ensure your plan uses appropriate referencing. • Ensure your plan follows the required formatting guidelines.
Preparation To help prepare for your project research, you need to have a clear understanding of what your supervisor requires you to do in the project. At your initial meeting with your supervisor, you should discuss the outline of your project plan & any literature he/she advises need to be central to the project
Marking Criteria The project plan will be assessed by your project supervisor. Please find marking rubric attached.
Project Plan Structure What goes in the plan? Details of your plan’s content are outlined following. Broadly, your plan needs to include:
TITLE PAGES
• This should include project title; your name; and supervisor.
• Page 2 should be your Project Proposal Template see attached. (You should complete this)
PROJECT DEFINITION & SCOPE
1. Introduction
2. Background/description of context/need/benefits
✓ Explain the context of the project, why it’s needed, where appropriate, the intended audience for the
final project product and project stakeholders
✓ Include some initial research as appropriate.
✓ Outline the project benefits for you personally, your client where relevant and in the broader IT context.
3. Aim/s & objectives
4. Scope
✓ Include what’s in scope; out of scope; assumptions, constraints
✓ Describe the boundaries of your project and any assumptions you are making regarding your
Project
PROJECT ACTIVITIES, DELIVERABLES & RISK
5. Project timeline, deliverables
✓ outline the work activities, milestones & deliverables associated with your project, demonstrating the project management skills used in your studies:
o identify the specific work activities associated with your doing your project
o identify the assessment milestones that are part of the unit.
o do NOT use the Assessment overview page as your project timeline!
o estimate how long each activity is anticipated to take as part of the planning
✓ include a table (required) showing timelines, project milestones, deliverables, and assessment
deliverables in this part of your plan.
You may use a GANT chart instead of a table here.
✓ PROJECT ACTIVITIES ARE NOT THE ASSESSMENT TASKS – these are simply a summary of what
you have been doing.
6. Risk
✓ Outline the risks and the associated risk prevention strategies applicable to your project.
RESOURCES
7. Materials & Budget:
✓ Outline the materials required to complete your project and where appropriate, include a budget for
equipment that may be necessary for the project.
8. References: reference any sources used in the plan. There should be at least 3 appropriate resources
9. Appendix: Complete and include Project Formatting Guidelines Checklist attached.
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