Project proposal and plan (1000 words)

Task

You are required to prepare for this Assessment Item by:

1. READING the Subject outline,
2. COMPLETING Topic 2 Project Planning
3. BUILDING your PLAN up from the  Project Title      and Abstract in Assessment Task 1

WHAT TO DO:

1. Follow the Study Schedule and work with the Topics in      Interact as they provide a “scaffold” for your learning in this      subject.
2. Develop a detailed Capstone Project Proposal      and Plan using project management software (as listed in the      Study Schedule) and the skills you have acquired from IT Project Management      to develop a project plan with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),      milestones and Gantt chart. These tools may help.
   1. MicrosoftProject Pro (http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/project/);
   2. Open source tools like GanttProject (http://www.ganttproject.biz/);
   3. OpenProj(http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/)
   4. OpenProject (https://www.openproject.org/about).
   5. ProjectLibre (http://www.projectlibre.org/)
3. Begin using the ‘project blog‘ as a tool beyond      the weekly progress reportsfor your chosen emerging technology      topic:
   1. The blog helps you to “think by writing” and       also store your notes, project files and links in a cloud-based service.
   2. Consider sharing the site with your peers as a way to       tell a story and harness each other’s knowledge.
4. The blog is ideally updated each week with      3 or 4 entries for documenting your project notes and as the foundation      for editing and writing the Capstone Project Report. An ideal blog entry      will have around 50-150 words (150-600 words a week).

Presentation

Project Plan Sample Format
(subject to change or modified to include systems development projects)

1. Title:      Emerging Technology and Innovation Topic
   1. Project Blog ( Web address provided)
   2. Weekly Progress Reports Plan (In class, Discussion       Board or Project Blog entries)
2. Rationale
   1. Problem domain
   2. Purpose and justification
3. Supervisor Approval
4. Research Questions
5. Conceptual or Theoretical Framework
6. Methodology
   1. Analysis of sources of information (EndNote, APA       Referencing Style)
   2. Research method(s)
   3. Data collection or systems design methods
   4. Ethical Issues
   5. Compliance Requirements (Workplace, Industry or       Government regulations)
7. Project Plan
   1. Deliverables (Annotated Bibliography, Journal       Paper, Report, Seminar)
   2. Work breakdown structure (WBS)
   3. Risk Analysis
   4. Duration
   5. Gantt chart
8. References
9. Appendix (if      required)