Best Practices Processes Elaboration Marks available PMBOK 6 PRINCE2 6 OPM 2 Agile 2 Lean Six Sigma 6 iv Clarity of expression, grammar, spelling and correct APA style referencing 4 Total 40 Reminder: Assessment Due Date 23:55 AEST Friday (27) Type Individual Work Weighting 40%

Marking Criteria: Your assignment will be assessed on the extent and quality to which it meets each of the following criteria: No Attributes (%) i a) Voice of the Customer (VOC) 2 i b) Critical to Customer Requirements (CCR) 2 i c) Critical to Quality (CTQ) parameters 2 ii) Ways or areas to implement lean project management 8 iii) Identify and elaborate processes from PMBOK, PRINCE2, Organisational Project Management (OPM) Agile Practices and Lean Six Sigma (DMAIC Methodology) that could support your lean project implementation. 22

This assessment item involves researching your assigned topic to enhance your understanding of lean project management concepts and utilisation of academic literature. Whilst you use the recommended textbooks and lecture materials, you may also refer to relevant peer reviewed, academic journal articles. A reference list (comprising between 5 – 10 references) formatted in the prescribed APA style is compulsory.

Tables should be placed in the report. It should be labelled correctly (Table 1, Table 2 etc) and shall be included in the word count. The submission should contain a coherent, but necessarily restricted review of the academic literature on the project management topics in question. The literature review should be integrated into the essay, not a separate section. Do not include an executive summary or an abstract.

Important Information Formatting. The report should be presented in 1.5 line spacing, 12 point Times New Roman font. Report section headings and numbering 1.0, 1.1.2 etc. is expected. Supporting diagrams / figures may be presented in other formats - Excel, PowerPoint slides, PDF documents, as part of the appendix and will not count towards the essay’s word limit. The reference list will also not be included in the word count.

Submission requirements No Zipped files. Students must NOT zip the MS Word document or submit it as one single zip/compressed file. Means of submission. All assignments must be submitted electronically in Moodle. The submission links can be accessed through the Assessment block on the Moodle unit website. Physical copies/Email submissions are not accepted.

Word count limit (excluding references and appendix). Your submission should be made using Microsoft WORD document of 2,500 - 3,000 words. Text length less than 2500 words will be penalised by 5% of the total available marks while text beyond the 3000 word limit shall attract a penalty as follows: • 3001 - 3300 words: 5 marks • 3301 - 3600 words: 10 marks • more than 3601 words: 15 marks

Do not reproduce statements from PMBOK or PRINCE2 or any other references without proper context. Example 1: Leadership is knowledge, skills, and behavior required to guide, motivate and direct a team to achieve its business goals (copied from page 56 of PMBOK), as this is considered plagiarism, instead you must show how you would apply that statement to your case. Example 2: PMBOK version 6 constitutes 10 knowledge areas, 5 process groups and 49 process activities or PRINCE2 consists of 7 Principles, 7 Themes and 7 Processes. Produce your answers for the case in question. DO NOT write about the theory or explain what PMBOK, PRINCE2, DMAIC methodology, etc covers. That will not attract any marks. You should demonstrate the application of the best practices not the theory.

Assessments provide the opportunity for students to demonstrate their knowledge and skills to achieve the required standard. To do this, assessment responses need to be both clear and easy to understand. If not, the University cannot determine that students have demonstrated their knowledge and skills. Assessments will, therefore, be marked according to the marking criteria (accompanied by the marking rubric). Failing to meet the requirements may result in 0 (zero) marks where relevant.