Student’s Assessment Brief
First Semester, 2022 Academic Year
Course Title:
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
Assessment title:
MAKE-UP MID SEMESTER EXAMS
Lecturer:
Mr. DOMINIC K. LOUIS
Due Date:
11th JUNE, 2022
Course
Code:
Tutor:
Assessment type:
IT 463
Assessment No:
02
n/a
INDIVIDUAL WORK
To coordinate and integrate information across project management knowledge areas and across
the organization, there must be a good Project Management Plan. It documents all project
planning and help guide the project team through the various project activities. The Project
Management Plan is therefore an elaborative document constituting several subsidiary plans
developed to cover each knowledge area. As part of this assignment, you must select an ITrelated project (see examples provided below) to solve a problem confronting a business,
community, or the state, and proceed to develop a Project Management Plan to guide the
execution of the chosen project.
You must take the chosen project through the Initiation and Planning stages, creating a Project
Charter – remembering among other things that the Project Charter affords the opportunity to
assess the business case. Then, based on the Project Charter, proceed to the planning
processes, while clearly demonstrating the management of the following: Scope Management
and Schedule Management. You are expected to apply the range of tools and techniques of
project management to your project activities.
Finally, you must produce a 1500-word technical report on the project that details the following:
(i)
The Project Charter (20%)
(ii)
The Project Management Plan (20%)
(iii)
Scope Management (30%)
(iv)
Schedule Management (30%)
NOTE:
You are NOT expected to describe terminologies in project management, or to explain any models or
frameworks in detail. Rather, your Technical Report must address the specific needs and issues of your
chosen project, therefore, this assignment cannot be answered by just reproducing or rephrasing extracts
from notes, the internet or textbooks as this assignment is intended to test YOUR knowledge and
understanding of the indicative contents of the Course discussed in class. You are, however, expected to
read around the subject of Project Management, hence, effective use of appropriate and relevant research
examples will be rewarded.
LIST OF EXAMPLE PROJECTS:
Student’s may either choose from any one of the project topics listed below or choose their own project
topics:
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Rollout of an Integrated User Computing Roadmap Project for Administrators at the
University of Ghana
Design and Implementation of the Ghana Integrated Financial Management
Information System by Controller and Accountant’s General Department.
Implementation of Mobile Money Card System for E-Transact Ghana.
Supply, installation, and maintenance of Power Management Solution to the national
Datacentre.
Deployment of ATM services in strategic locations in the Accra Metropolis.
Implementation of an E-Library system for the Ghana Library Board.
A Digital Marketing Campaign to maximize the number of GhanaPost-GPS app
downloads utilizing Facebook platform.
Implementation of an Enterprise Document Management System for the Ghana Ports
and Harbours Authority.
Deployment of a Biometric Safe Deposit Box infrastructure for prestige clients of GCB
Bank, (Ghana) Limited.
Criteria for Assessment (See details below)
Reflection, critical analysis Knowledge and
and discussion
understanding
(50% weighting)
(30% weighting)
Evidence of reading Presentation, grammar
(10% weighting)
and referencing
(10% weighting)
How to pass this Course
To pass this assessment task:
• you need to achieve a minimum grade of 40%:
• ensure that you have fully met all the tasks as detailed in this “Assessment brief”
• submit the work required by the given deadline
Before you submit your work, I strongly recommend that you check to ensure you have answered all the questions
for this assessment.
How to submit your assessment
Please submit your reports through the Turnitin submission link provided on the Course page in Moodle.
Note: There will be severe penalties for students who plagiarise or collude with other
students in submitting this assignment.
Important University assessment rules for you to note
You need to submit your assessment task on the submission date. If you do not submit your assessment task by
the submission date and have not requested and received an approved extension or deferral, you will fail the
Course. Any extension or deferral request must have been approved prior to the deadline for submission.
Marking Criteria
Criteria
Excellent
70-100
Very Good
60-69
Good
50-59
Fair
40-49
Fail
0-39
REFLECTION, CRITICAL ANALYSIS
AND DISCUSSION
KNOWLEDGE AND
UNDERSTANDING
Innovative response, answers the
question fully, addressing the learning
objectives of the assessment task.
Evidence of critical analysis, synthesis
and evaluation.
A clear, consistent in-depth critical and
evaluative argument, displaying the
ability to develop original ideas from a
range of sources. Engagement with
theoretical and conceptual analysis.
Wide range of appropriately
supporting evidence provided, going
beyond the recommended texts.
Correctly referenced.
A very good attempt to address the
objectives of the assessment task with
an emphasis on those elements
requiring critical review.
A generally clear line of critical and
evaluative argument is presented.
Relationships between statements and
sections are easy to follow, and there
is a sound, coherent structure.
A very good range of relevant sources Good organization; no errors. Good
is used in a largely consistent way as use of graphics. Clear and appropriate
supporting evidence. There is use of
referencing
some sources beyond recommended
texts. Correctly referenced
Competently addresses objectives, but
may contain errors or omissions and
critical discussion of issues may be
superficial or limited in places.
Some critical discussion, but the
argument is not always convincing,
and the work is descriptive in places,
with over-reliance on the work of
others.
A range of relevant sources is used,
but the critical evaluation aspect is not
fully presented. There is limited use of
sources beyond the standard
recommended materials. Referencing
is not always correctly presented.
Addresses most objectives of the
assessment task, with some notable
omissions. The structure is unclear in
parts, and there is limited analysis.
The work is descriptive with minimal
critical discussion and limited
theoretical engagement.
A limited range of relevant sources
Poorly organized, contains errors,
used without appropriate presentation difficult to follow, mostly text-based,
as supporting or conflicting evidence
little or no referencing
coupled with very limited critical
analysis. Referencing has some
errors.
Some deviation from the objectives of
the assessment task. May not
consistently address the assignment
brief. At the lower end fails to address
the learning outcomes. There is
minimal evidence of analysis or
evaluation.
Descriptive with no evidence of
theoretical engagement, critical
discussion or theoretical engagement.
At the lower end displays a minimal
level of understanding.
Very limited use and application of
relevant sources as supporting
evidence. At the lower end
demonstrates a lack of real
understanding. Poor presentation of
references.
EVIDENCE OF READING
PRESENTATION, GRAMMAR AND
REFERENCING
Excellent organization; clear and free
of errors. Excellent combination of
graphics and text. Very clear,
appropriate and quality referencing
Organization acceptable; no obvious
errors but has some information
placed inappropriately, contains
irrelevant graphics, minimal
referencing
Very poorly organized, contains
obvious errors, difficult to follow,
mostly text-based, no referencing