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MITS5001 Assignment 2

MITS5001

IT Project Management

Research Report

July 2019

MITS5001 Assignment 2

Research Report (Individual Assignment) - 10% (Due week 8)

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). Note: popular magazine articles,

web sites and blogs are not academic sources.

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.

MITS5001 Assignment 2

• 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.

https://scholar.google.com.au/

MITS5001 Assignment 2

Submission Guidelines

All submissions are to be submitted through turn-it-in. Drop-boxes linked to turn-it-in will be set

up in the Unit of Study Moodle account. Assignments not submitted through these drop-boxes

will not be considered.

Submissions must be made by the due date and time (which will be in the session detailed above)

and determined by your Unit coordinator. Submissions made after the due date and time will be

penalized at the rate of 10% per day (including weekend days).

The turn-it-in similarity score will be used in determining the level if any of plagiarism. Turn-it-in

will check conference web-sites, Journal articles, the Web and your own class member

submissions for plagiarism. You can see your turn-it-in similarity score when you submit your

assignment to the appropriate drop-box. If this is a concern you will have a chance to change

your assignment and re-submit. However, re-submission is only allowed prior to the submission

due date and time. After the due date and time have elapsed you cannot make re-submissions

and you will have to live with the similarity score as there will be no chance for changing. Thus,

plan early and submit early to take advantage of this feature. You can make multiple submissions,

but please remember we only see the last submission, and the date and time you submitted will

be taken from that submission.

Your document should be a single word or pdf document containing your report.