This assessment item involves an online quiz.

The quiz will be available from 09:00 AM Monday of Week 7 to 11.45 PM Monday of Week 8 on the Moodle website.

The quiz covers the content from Weeks 1 to 5 (lectures and readings) as well as tutorials content from Weeks 1 to 6.

• You can attempt the quiz at any location provided you have access to Moodle and a good internet connection.
  
• There are 30 questions (a combination of multiple-choice and true/false questions).
• You will be given three attempts to complete the quiz.
• If you attempt the quiz more than once, you will be awarded your highest score.
• Each attempt will generate a different quiz. To generate a quiz, the system selects questions randomly from a bank of questions from each chapter.
• There will be a time limit of 45 minutes to complete each quiz attempt.
• Make sure you use a reliable internet connection for each attempt. It is your responsibility to leave sufficient time for a second or third attempt in alternative locations in case you encounter technical difficulties.
• Note that although this quiz is aligned to learning outcome 1, it only relates to the first part of the learning outcome as agile project management is not covered until later in the term.

Your result will be available after you complete an attempt.

The quiz consists of 30 questions.

Each question carries equal marks. 

This assessment item is to be completed and submitted as part of your weekly tutorial classes. It consists of a series of exercises to be completed in weeks 5 – 9 (inclusive). This work is due during the weekly tutorial classes but not the due date shown in Moodle. The date given in Moodle is to cater for all scheduled tutorial classes. No marks will be awarded for work submitted outside the tutorial class or for late submissions.

• Attendance in the tutorial classes is compulsory.
• Marks will be deducted if you join the tutorial late.
• To be awarded marks, the weekly exercises must be completed and submitted during your weekly tutorial class as and when directed by your tutor.
• Only work completed in-class and submitted during your weekly tutorial class will be accepted and awarded marks.
• Your tutor will monitor your progress in the tutorial class. Be prepared to answer questions and explain your work to your tutor in class.
• Marks may be deducted if your tutor is not satisfied with your progress or understanding of the work.
• Do not exchange or share files with any other students or this will result in a plagiarism incident being raised and 0 marks awarded.
• You may be required to demonstrate your knowledge and/or explain your answers before marks are awarded for this assessment item.

Due date: Although there is a final due date specified for each tutorial in Moodle, there is a total of 5 weekly submissions that must be completed and submitted as scheduled in the weekly tutorial classes.

In this assignment, you are required to prepare and present material on an approved topic within the project management discipline. You must work in a group formed within your tutorial class as you will be required to give the presentation to your tutorial class during the term.

• You are required to form a group (maximum of 3 students) within your own tutorial class.
• Groups and presentation topics must be finalised by the end of Week 5.
• You must email your tutor the details of the members of your group and your top two preferred topics by the end of Week 4 at the latest.
• The earlier you give your tutor the details of your group and your preferred topics, the more likely you are to get your preferred topic.
• As the intention is that no topic should be covered more than once during the term, the tutor will approve topics on a first-come basis.
• You are not allowed to change your group or topic without approval from your tutor. This will only be allowed in very special circumstances.
• If you do not belong to any group, you must contact your tutor as soon as possible and adhere to the assignment allocated by your tutor.
• All the research and preparation for your presentation must be completed and submitted on Moodle by Monday of Week 10.
• You are also required to submit a video recording of your presentation along with your other files for the presentation.
• Marks will be deducted for late submission of the presentation materials as per the CQU Assessments policy.
• Group weekly meetings should commence as soon as the group is formed.
• You should maintain a record of weekly meetings, decisions, task allocation, action lists with updates, etc. documenting each group member's contribution to the assessment item.
• Meeting records documentation helps to avoid internal conflict between team members and will be taken into account by the marker.
• You must submit the meeting records (contribution of work) along with your presentation files.
• Failing to submit the meeting records demonstrating member contributions to the work may result in 0 marks for this assessment item.
• If any member of the group is not contributing and attending regular group meetings you must discuss this with your tutor as soon as possible.
• Q&A session on the pre-recorded presentations will be held during the tutorial classes in Week 10 & 11.
• Each group will be given around 10 minutes to answer questions on their presentation in the Q&A session.
• If a group member is absent at the Q&A session, he/she will be awarded zero (0) marks for Q&A part of the assessment.
• Your tutor will notify you of the date & time of your Q&A session.

Presentation topic can be about:

• Any area of project management that is related to the weekly topics and adds a significant body of new material, a different perspective or depth to the information already covered in the course lecture material. It is important that you extend your knowledge and that of the class beyond what will be covered in this unit during the term.
• There is scope to research and present more information about many of the weekly topics. For example, in the Quality Management topic, some students may wish to investigate Six Sigma or ICT students may wish to cover more detail about quality management in the Software Engineering discipline.
• Any other topic that is related to project management that is approved by your tutor.
• Some suggested topics can be found in the detailed specification for this assessment item on the unit Moodle website.
• Click on the Assessment 3 link within Assessment block in Moodle for more information and to access the detailed specification and templates for this assessment item.
• The detailed specification also includes more details about the marking criteria.

You are required to produce a detailed script for the presentation. The script must include some potential questions and responses indicating where you would pose questions to engage your audience. In addition, the end of the script is to include three potential questions (with their answers) that you would anticipate being asked by your audience at the end of the presentation.

You must include in-text citations and the list of references in your script as well as your presentation slides.

CQUniversity library has many databases that contain refereed full-text journal articles. This is also a useful source of material for your assignment.

The following library links may be useful to help you get started:

http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/library-search-help
http://libguides.library.cqu.edu.au/evaluating-resources

Remember that you must discuss your choices of topics with your tutor and obtain approval for your selected topic from your tutor.

** Your script must be in a separate document and clearly show which slide is associated with the text. The script should express exactly what you plan to say during the presentation.

** See specifications on the unit website for more details about what makes a good presentation and more details about the marking criteria

This assessment item will consist of an online test. The online test will consist of questions related to the topics covered during Weeks 1 - 12 inclusive. The online test will include short answer questions which may involve calculations. The questions will aim to test your understanding of the key concepts covered in this unit. For more details about this assessment item, please see the unit Moodle website.

Please see the unit Moodle website for details