Assessment Date (due) Marks/Weighting
Assignment October 6, 2017 60%
Report November 3, 2017 40%
Weighting This assignment accounts for 60 % of the assessment in this unit.
Date/Week Week 9
Time 12:00 a.m.
Place Blackboard Drop box
Format Word, MSProject and Excel documents
School of Business & Law
Insert Unit Code Insert Unit title here 7
1. Apply financial and non-financial ranking techniques to the selection of appropriate projects for
a given organisation.
2. Construct a comprehensive project plan (including the resource added work-breakdown
structure, stakeholder analysis, risk analysis, procurement plan and communication plan).
3. Apply appropriate project planning software.
Preparation
Before starting this assignment, you should have studied the first four lectures. The assignment assesses teachings from
lectures 1 to 8.
Assignment instructions
The assignment one project is to develop a project costing system. The system is a bespoke system and can be written in a
programming language of your choice e.g C#.
The system must be able to create a cost baseline, cash flow forecast, earned value management calculations and
percentage complete proposal. The system will be able to have data entered, data imported via comma delimited files or
XML.
It is necessary to purchase a server to run the system and 30 client PCs. The PCs need to be configured with Windows 10
and added to an existing network. The server needs to be setup and tested. Subcontractors will be required to develop the
software
The project requires at a minimum the high-level work activities as follows.
? requirements gathering
? technical specification
? Development
? server installation
? client PC setup
? unit test of all developments
? user acceptance testing of the application
? training
? go live support
? project review
The above elements need to be expanded to create a project plan
Resources
You will require MSProject 2013. MSProject 2013 is available in Joondalup and Mount Lawley e-labs. You can also install
MSProject 2013 software on your own PC by accessing https://dreamsparks.sbl.ecu.edu.au/. MSProject does not work on
Apple devices. If you have an Apple device and do not have access to a PC please contact the lecturer about how to
undertake the assignment.