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PAQM321 Project Quality and Management Assignment - Kent Institute, Australia

Assessment Title - Content Analysis (Reflective Journal)

Unit Learning Outcomes addressed - Upon successful completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Identify and explain alternative models for information systems project management and how these can be applied in practice in different styles of global organisations.

2. Discuss the Project Management Body of Knowledge and how this relates to the planning, scheduling and control of information systems projects and their change management plan.

3. Explain the need for and the basic principles of professional and ethical software and project quality assurance principles in the design and management of a complex information systems project.

4. Identify the objectives of and describe the phases of systems and software testing in the development of an information systems project.

Assessment Task - Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 and create concise content analysis summaries of the theoretical concepts contained in the course lecture slides.

ASSESSMENT DESCRIPTION - Students are required to analyse the weekly lecture material of weeks 1 to 11 and create concise content analysis summaries of the theoretical concepts contained in the course lecture slides.

Where the lab content or information contained in technical articles from the Internet or books helps to fully describe the lecture slide content, discussion of such theoretical articles or discussion of the lab material should be included in the content analysis.

The document structure is as follows (3000 Words):

1. Title Page

2. Introduction (100 words)

3. Background (100 words)

4. Content analysis (reflective journals) for each week from 1 to 11 (2750 words; 250 words per week):

a. Theoretical Discussion

i. Important topics covered

ii. How understanding of each topic is important for managing the project successfully in industry?

b. Interpretations of the contents

i. What are the most important/useful/relevant information about the content?

c. Outcome

i. What have I learned from this?

5. Conclusion (50 words)

Your report must include:

At least five references, out of which, three references must be from academic resources.

Harvard Australian referencing for any sources you use.

Refer to the Academic Learning Skills student guide on Referencing.