1 Faculty of Information Technology Semester 1, 2021 FIT5057 – Project Management Assignment 1B: Individual Critical Literature Analysis Report (15%) Hands-on learning on how to research, critically read, think and write a literature analysis report. 2 1. Learning Objectives This is an individual assignment report involving the review of DevOps and project management literature and aims to help students build research, critical reading, thinking, and writing skills; these skills are collectively regarded as employability skills and they are intended to help achieve the following Unit Learning Outcomes and meet AQF-9’s criteria for critical skills development. Unit Learning Outcomes Applicable? Explanation 1. Analyse and evaluate the role of the modern project manager in the context of IT projects X Modern project managers are required to research and apply critical thinking skills to solve their problem problems. Additionally, they are eloquent in communicate their thoughts and use problem-solving logic in their project reports 2. Interpret and critique a variety of project management methodologies offered by various professional bodies including that provided by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) X Here project managers are required to understand a breath of knowledge areas and need to be aware of the inherent organisational risks when dealing with software projects and need to be able to integrate a number of knowledge areas such as scope, procurement and risk when in the design phase of the software. 3. Describe and apply the available strategies, techniques and decision tools used by project managers to manage modern IT projects based on PMBOK methodology. X Here the main skills that is emphasised are critical reading, thinking and writing skills which project managers require to move from the problem phase to the solution phase. Table 1: Project Management Unit Learning Outcomes 3 2. Instructions You are given the following 4 articles to read with a critical eye: 1. A Capgemini’s whitepaper, titled “DevOps - The Future of Application Lifecycle Automation”. 2. An IT professional magazine’s article, title “Understanding the Complementary Relationship Between Enterprise Architecture & Project Management” 3. A journal, titled “Connecting Enterprise Architecture and Project Portfolio Management: A Review and a Model for IT Project Alignment” 4. An IT research community of practice website’s blog-article, titled “Cybersecurity & Project Management – Why Cybersecurity Is Becoming Paramount In Project Management Irrespective Of Agile Or Waterfall”. Using these information resources, explain: 1. What are the implications of DevOp practices on IT project management work? 2. How do Enterprise Architecture practices infringe on IT project management work? 3. Why is Cybersecurity becoming a new knowledge area of project management? In your answers, you must firstly explain succinctly what is meant by DevOp, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity and Project Management. You are required to write a literature review report that presents your answers to the above 3 inquiry questions. We recommend the following reporting structure for your writing: Executive Summary of ½ page of lesser, highlighting the key findings of your full Report1, structured in the following manner: 1. Introduction: explaining the purpose and topical scope of your report 2. Definitions of DevOp, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity and Project Management 3. The Relationships between DevOps and Project Management 4. The Implications of Enterprise Architecture in Project Management 5. The Importance of Cybersecurity in Project Management 6. Conclusion: summarising the interactions of DevOps, EA and Cybersecurity in Project Management. APA Reference List 1 A report has headings, whereas an essay has no headings. 4 In addition to these 4 given articles, you need to select at least 6 more to support your thinking and provide strong literature evidence for your answers. The completed literature analysis report, needs to be no more than 7 pages, including executive summary and references, assuming you are using single line font size 12 (if you are using double line font size 12, then max is 12 pages) . Cover page is excluded. Good Turnitin scores should be in the vicinity of 1 to 10, average ones about between 11 and 20. 5 Rubrics Marking Scheme Introduction: Weighting Explains the purpose and topical scope of your report; and there is a link of the purpose to the conclusion information 10.0% Definitions of DevOp, Enterprise Architecture, Cybersecurity and Project Management DevOps 2.5% EA 2.5% Cybersecurity 2.5% PM 2.5% The Relationships between DevOps and PM a) Elements of the definitions and other research findings are used to frame & justify the relationship model 5.0% b) Relationship model is clearly and analytically explained with cited references 10.0% The Implications of Enterprise Architecture in PM a) Elements of the definitions and other research findings are used to frame & justify the relationship model 5.0% b) Relationship model is clearly and analytically explained with cited references 10.00% The Importance of Cybersecurity in PM a) Elements of the definitions and other research findings are used to frame & justify the relationship model 5.0% b) Relationship model is clearly and analytically explained with cited references 10.0% Conclusion: a) Summarises the interactions of DevOps, EA and Cybersecurity in Project Management, preferably in a clear visual diagram 5.0% b) Explain why these integrations are important to a project manager. 5.0% Language Syntax - Grammar, Punctuation, Spelling; Semantics - paragraph constructs and linkages, writing organisation structures (headings), language contextualisation 10.0% Referencing APA Compliant 2.0% At least 2 new citations beyond given articles 3.0% Citation appropriately inserted in sentence or paragraph 5.0% 6 READING TECHNIQUES: You must read the 4 papers and summarise their main ideas, say each paper summarised in one paper or lesser. 1. How do you read effectively ? a. Monash’s list of effective reading techniques - https://www.monash.edu/rlo/study- skills/reading-and-note-taking/effective-reading-strategies b. https://flexiblelearning.auckland.ac.nz/reading-effectively/13_2.html 2. How do you read critically? https://www.monash.edu/rlo/study-skills/reading-and-note-taking/developing- your-critical-reading-skills 3. How do you read difficult papers? https://www.monash.edu/rlo/study-skills/reading-and-note-taking/reading-difficult- material RESEARCH Use APA standard to cite and list your references - https://guides.lib.monash.edu/citing- referencing/apa . Whichever proprietary version you use (e.g. Monash APA, Microsoft APA Reference Style, One Note, etc), make sure you follow the chosen proprietary version’s citation and reference-listing formats. Some tips on where to focus your literature research: Apply the CRAP analysis on the 4 given articles. Using information from the article/s with the lowest score should be supported with more additional references. When you search for other articles, also apply this CRAP test to find high quality references and avoid uncredible ones. WRITING How to write for assignments? https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/writing How to write Body Paragraphs? https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/assignment-types/writing-an- essay/writing-body-paragraphs 7 How to write an essay? (these essay writing techniques can still apply to report writing) https://www.monash.edu/rlo/research-writing-assignments/assignment-types/writing-an- essay CRITICAL THINKING TECHNIQUES Using Bloom’s Taxonomy framework, there are 6 techniques of critical thinking: 1. You remember what you are reading or have read. 2. You understand what you read. 3. You analyse what you read, ie break into parts the key ideas or concepts or claims that make up your answers to the 3 inquiry Qs. 4. You research and evaluate the parts. Ie decide how relevant are they to answer the 3 inquiry Qs. 5. You apply the parts and research evidence to synthesis your answers. Colour Legend: Showing where literacy techniques integrate with critical thinking processes. Apply reading techniques Use notes taking and visualisation techniques Apply writing and proof-reading techniques
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