Why a Project
Unit is Good For You
Due Dates for Written Progress Reports
Due Dates for Project Deliverables
The Basic
Components to the ITEC810 Project
Prepare and Deliver Your Project Briefing
What to Expect
From the Unit Convenor
Tips and
Techniques for Success With Your Project
Congratulations on making it to the project unit in the postgraduate Information Technology program at Macquarie University. This project guide outlines the aims and requirements for the ITEC810 Information Technology Project unit. It includes tips for achieving success in your project and where to look for additional supporting resources.
The project unit gives you the opportunity to put it all together. The knowledge and skills you’ve developed across a range of other coursework topics can be consolidated and harnessed in a task that reflects the professional work you’ll be expected to complete in the real world.
In successfully completing a project, you’ll be demonstrating that you can apply what you’ve learnt so far, using it to plan, take action, make decisions, review and communicate to others about your work. You’ll have the opportunity to hone your professional communication skills, through regular interaction with other project students; your delivery of oral project briefings to your peers and academic staff, and; your composition of the project report.
As part of the project unit, you’ll also be participating in an ethics workshop. This will assist you in developing an ethical framework for your professional activities, in keeping with the ICT profession’s Code of Ethics and Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Practice.
You will be in regular contact with the Unit Convenor for the ITEC810 Information Technology Project, Dr Manolya Kavakli Manolya@ics.mq.edu.au
E6A372 tel: 9850 9572. Dr Kavakli will direct you to additional topic experts within the Department of Computing if required. Consultants will deliver the Ethics Workshop.
You should discuss any problems you are having with the Unit Convenor.
Due dates, news, announcements and contact details will be published on the ITEC810 unit website on WEBCT.
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Assessment Item |
Overview |
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Ethics |
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Attendance at Ethics Workshop |
An ethics workshop is planned for Friday week 7 E6A 109 6-9pm. |
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Ethics Case Study |
Following from the Ethics Workshop you will be expected to submit a written analysis of an ethics case study. To get a Pass in this unit, you need a Pass in the Ethics assignment. |
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Class Participation |
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Attendance at Lectures |
You are expected to attend lectures Friday night from 6-9pm at E6A 109 with the Unit Convenor and the other project students. Your active participation in these sessions is mandatory. The schedule is: Week 1 Friday 6-9pm Week 3 Friday 6-9pm Week 5 Friday 6-9pm Week 7 Friday 6-9pm Week 9 Friday 6-9pm Week 11 Friday 6-9pm Project Workshop week 13 (end of semester) |
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Written Progress Reports: |
Written progress reports are due every class to the Unit Convenor, on the day of the lecture. This is intended to be a summation of your project progress to date. These reports should be given to Dr Manolya Kavakli every second Friday starting week 3 or by sending them to her at |
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Oral Progress Reports |
The Unit Convenor will choose students each class to deliver an oral progress report to the rest of the class. Students will not know who will be picked each fortnight, so all students must be prepared each tutorial to give a 10 minute progress briefing. |
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Itec810 Project Deliverables (Please submit these online on Blackboard, not by email) |
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Week 3 Friday 6pm E6A 109 |
Project
Outline Due Expand
on the topic you have been assigned with a short project outline,
establishing project objectives, methodology and tasks. Electronic
Workbook stage1 and WIKI (2.5%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 5 Friday |
Literature Review Due (20%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 7 Friday |
Feedback on Literature Review Progress on Project (development of project ideas) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 9 Friday |
Ethics Assignment Due (5%) Draft Workshop Paper submission to
peers Due Progress on Project (development of project ideas with validation /testing results) |
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Week 11 Friday |
Feedback on Draft Workshop Paper
Due (5%) Progress on Project (development of workshop paper and presentation) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Project Workshop (last week of semester). |
An oral presentation to peers and academics (10%) on your project in a workshop Electronic Workbook stage2 and WIKI
(2.5%) |
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Project Workshop Paper (last week of semester). |
A 10-page workshop paper (30%) on your project topic. Thesis Due (20%). |
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In order to pass itec810, you must satisfactorily complete all the assessment items listed above. Your final unit mark will be composed of the Oral Presentation in class (5%), Project Presentation at the Workshop (10%), Ethics Assignment (5%), Feedback on Workshop Paper (5%), Literature Review (20%), the Project Workshop Paper (30%), Minor Thesis (20%), and Electronic Workbook and Contribution to WIKI (5%). You must submit the Project Outline. Remember, you must pass the project unit in order to graduate with a Master of Information Technology.
At the time of publication, the Ethics Workshop has been planned for:
Friday Week 7 6-9pm E6A109.
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Itec808 Project Deliverables (Please submit these online on Blackboard, not by email) |
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Week 3 Friday 6pm E6A 109 |
Project
Outline Due Expand
on the topic you have been assigned with a short project outline,
establishing project objectives, methodology and tasks. Electronic
Workbook stage1 and WIKI (2.5%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 5 Friday |
Initial Literature Review Due (20%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 7 Friday |
Ethics Assignment Due (5%) Feedback on Literature Review Progress on Project (critical analysis on methods) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 9 Friday |
Draft Workshop Paper submission to
peers Due Progress on Project (development of project ideas) |
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Week 11 Friday |
Feedback on Draft Workshop Paper
Due (5%) Progress on Project (development of workshop paper and presentation) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Project Workshop (last week of semester). |
An oral presentation to peers and academics (10%) on your project in a workshop Electronic Workbook stage2 and WIKI
(2.5%) |
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Project Workshop Paper (last week of semester). |
A 10-page workshop (Survey) paper (30%) on your project topic. Survey Report Due (20%). |
In order to pass itec808, you must satisfactorily complete all the assessment items listed above. Your final unit mark will be composed of the Oral Presentation in class (5%), Project Presentation at the Workshop (10%), Ethics Assignment (5%), Feedback on Workshop Paper (5%), Initial Literature Review (20%), the Project Workshop Paper (30%), Survey Report (20%), and Electronic Workbook and Contribution to WIKI (5%). You must submit the Project Outline. Remember, you must pass the project unit in order to graduate with a Master of Information Technology.
At the time of publication, the Ethics Workshop has been planned for:
Friday Week 7 6-9pm E6A109.
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Itec809 Project Deliverables (Please submit these online on Blackboard, not by email) |
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Week 3 Friday 6pm E6A 109 |
Project
Outline Due Expand
on the topic you have been assigned with a short project outline,
establishing project objectives, methodology and tasks. Electronic
Workbook stage1 and WIKI (2.5%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 5 Friday |
Progress Report Due (20%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 7 Friday |
Feedback on Progress Report Progress on Project (development of project ideas) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 9 Friday |
Ethics Assignment Due (5%) Draft Workshop Paper submission to
peers Due Progress on Project (development of project ideas with validation /testing results) |
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Week 11 Friday |
Feedback on Draft Workshop Paper
Due (5%) Progress on Project (development of workshop paper and presentation) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Project Workshop (last week of semester). |
An oral presentation to peers and academics (10%) on your project in a workshop Electronic Workbook stage2 and WIKI
(2.5%) |
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Project Workshop Paper (last week of semester). |
A 10-page workshop paper (30%) on your project topic. Minor Thesis Due (20%). |
In order to pass itec809, you must satisfactorily complete all the assessment items listed above. Your final unit mark will be composed of the Oral Presentation in class (5%), Project Presentation at the Workshop (10%), Ethics Assignment (5%), Feedback on Workshop Paper (5%), Literature Review & Progress Report (20%), the Project Workshop Paper (30%), Minor Thesis (20%), and Electronic Workbook and Contribution to WIKI (5%). You must submit the Project Outline. Remember, you must pass the project unit in order to graduate with a Master of Information Technology.
At the time of publication, the Ethics Workshop has been planned for:
Friday Week 7 6-9pm E6A109.
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Itec811 Project Deliverables (Please submit these online on Blackboard, not by email) |
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Week 3 Friday 6pm E6A 109 |
Project
Outline Due Expand
on the topic you have been assigned with a short project outline,
establishing project objectives, methodology and tasks. Electronic
Workbook stage1 and WIKI (2.5%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 5 Friday |
Literature Review &Progress
Report Due (20%) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 7 Friday |
Feedback on Literature Review Progress on Project (development of project ideas) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Week 9 Friday |
Ethics Assignment Due (5%) Draft Workshop Paper submission to
peers Due Progress on Project (development of project ideas with validation /testing results) |
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Week 11 Friday |
Feedback on Draft Workshop Paper Due
(5%) Progress on Project (development of workshop paper and presentation) An oral presentation to peers (9 students) (5%) |
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Project Workshop (last week of semester). |
An oral presentation to peers and academics (10%) on your project in a workshop Electronic Workbook stage2 and WIKI
(2.5%) |
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Project Workshop Paper (last week of semester). |
A 10-page workshop paper (30%) on your project topic. Major Thesis Due (20%). |
In order to pass itec811, you must satisfactorily complete all the assessment items listed above. Your final unit mark will be composed of the Oral Presentation in class (5%), Project Presentation at the Workshop (10%), Ethics Assignment (5%), Feedback on Workshop Paper (5%), Literature Review and Progress Report (20%), the Project Workshop Paper (30%), Major Thesis (20%), and Electronic Workbook and Contribution to WIKI (5%). You must submit the Project Outline. Remember, you must pass the project unit in order to graduate with a Master of Information Technology.
At the time of publication, the Ethics Workshop has been planned for:
Friday Week 7 6-9pm E6A109.
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Dates |
Time and location |
Activities |
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Week 1, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
-Project Unit Introduction -List of topics to choose from -How to tackle a problem -Research methods -Choosing the right research method for your topic -What is a project outline - Project planning -What to read first - How to keep a database on what you read - How to develop a literature review chapter -Presentation of problem descriptions, project outlines and literature reviews |
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Week 3, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
-How to develop and validate new ideas and solutions to problems -How to develop prototypes Oral Progress Reports (min 4 students 10 minutes each) |
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Week 5, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
-How to do critical analysis on your own problem solutions -How to do validation activities -Discussion chapter -Conclusion and future work chapter Oral Progress Reports (min 4 students 10 minutes each) Submission of Electronic Workbook version1 by email to Dr Kavakli |
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Week 7, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
ETHICS Worksop |
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Week 9, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
-How to write the project workshop paper Oral Progress Reports (min 4 students 10 minutes each) |
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Week 11, Friday |
6-9pm E6A109 |
Assistance with Ethics applications and Oral Presentations of Project Oral Progress Reports (min 4 students 10 minutes each) |
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Week 13, Friday |
Workshop |
Oral Presentations of Project at Workshop Submission of Electronic Workbook version2 by email to Dr Kavakli |
Project topics will be provided by PPDP lecturing staff at the start of the semester. Often the project topic will be pursued in the form of a systems design and analysis task, but it could also be a review of an existing system, an industry survey or a detailed case study. You will need to notify the Program Services Officer, of the sorts of topic areas that interest you so that she can assign you an appropriate topic.
Alternatively, you may suggest your own project topic. Look for experiences in university and industry that got you really fired up and use these to generate some project topics. You will need to settle on a project topic, and advise the Program Services Officer, before the first tutorial. Be aware that your chosen project topic might be altered to meet the requirements of the project unit.
The academic and industry literature surrounding your topic can also provide valuable insight into how to proceed with your project. Use the resources available to you in the University Library. The Library offers training in how to search through the literature available on campus and on the web at: www.library.mq.edu.au/training/.
At this stage you will be required to expand on your project topic with objectives, methodology and first steps. These must be written up into a Project Outline and submitted to the Unit Convenor by the due date.
Once you’ve solidified your topic into a concrete project you’ll need to plan your work. Planning involves identifying what tasks need to be completed, in what order, by what date.
At this stage you should also identify where your project might fail, and incorporate the tasks and time necessary for you to correct your work if these problems arise. Include your project plan in your written progress reports, so that the Unit Convenor can check it for completeness and manageability.
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If you’d like some guidance on project management, check out the suggested reading listed in the Additional Resources section of this guide. |
Get to work! Start implementing your project plan and follow it through. If you need to stray from your project plan, then add these additional steps into your plan so you can review your progress. Keep the Unit Convenor accurately informed about your progress through the fortnightly written progress reports. Don’t gloss over problems or obstacles as the Unit Convenor can only help if they know you are falling behind. Keep records of your activities and results, as you will need these when preparing your project briefing and project report.
Each fortnight you will need to submit a short written progress report to the Unit Convenor. These will be due the day before the class. Briefly outline the status of your project and the tasks remaining. Make sure you include requests for assistance with any issues you haven’t been able to solve by yourself.
Each fortnight, the Unit Convenor will call on four students to deliver an oral progress report. The oral progress report will be 10 minutes long, with 5 minutes for questions at the end.
The order of these presentations will not be advertised to students in advance, so you must come prepared each fortnight to deliver an oral progress report. This will be easier than it sounds if you have submitted a well-structured and considered written progress report.
You will be expected to review your peers’ presentations in each class. Reviews are simple, and consist of a positive comment and a suggested improvement for the speaker. These reviews should be written down and handed to the Unit Convenor by the end of the class.
The purpose of these oral reports is to give you experience in presenting your project before a group. You will gain feedback through peer reviews, and practice in assessing what makes a good presentation.
You are expected to contribute to the
development of a WIKI in this unit. The purpose of the WIKI is to share
knowledge and experience you gained while working on your thesis with your
peers. You may also benefit from the last semesters students’ experience using
this WIKI. WIKI is located at: http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/Wiki/twiki/bin/view/ITEC810/WebHome
Please
register on our WIKI to share information with others.
Please
fill out and submit an Electronic Workbook questionnaire in the beginning and
at the end of the semester. The rationale of the Electronic Workbook is to
create a learning environment in which students document the outcomes of the
product of their learning in their research projects so that the knowledge and
information can be passed on to next year’s students in some form. For this
purpose, we develop a WIKI for sharing information and building a dynamic
knowledge base. The key achievement we aim at is the Software Engineering
Workbooks that each student could refer to according to the specifics of their
projects. The Software Engineering Workbook for each student will be created on
the fly drawing from a number of online resources, solidifying the structure
and providing guidelines and fundamentals for the development of each project.
Thus, this project will allow us to build the tools & guidelines for
postgraduate students, if they wish to use a specific IT technology in their
software projects. As we build this learning environment, we will also develop
knowledge engineering aids to make knowledge acquisition process more
structured, and learning process more motivating, interesting, engaging and
enjoyable for the future offerings of ITEC 808-811 units. To be able to form
this framework, we will collect knowledge engineering protocols from this
year’s students, giving them a set of questionnaires in the beginning, middle
and at the end of their projects. Students will continue the development of the
generic Software Engineering workbook which is a part of a shared database,
using their own knowledge engineering methods and building the stepping stones
for the future projects of this kind. Each student is expected to return an
electronic workbook at the end of their projects together with their project
reports/theses. This workbook involves their knowledge engineering strategies,
methods, and timetable, as well as the specific details on how they have
engineered the software project.
Reviewing and Assessing the Workshop Papers of peers is an important academic task. You will gain experience in this task in the second half of this unit. You are expected to return the review form after assessing the workshop papers assigned to you on time. You may download this form on Blackboard. You will also receive comments and feedback from your peers about your workshop paper in week11. This will give you a chance to revise the paper before final submission.
The project briefing is an oral presentation to your peers and academics on your project. You will have 2 minutes to set-up your materials, 10 minutes to talk and 3 minutes to answer questions. At the end of your briefing, your audience should be able to:
» identify your project’s aims and its relation to the concept area
» understand your project tasks and how they’ve achieved your project aims
» appreciate the results of your project
» explore what your project has achieved through constructive questioning
Your audience’s knowledge of your project area is mixed. There will be academics with an expert interest in your project as well as peers who may be specialising in a completely different area of ICT to you. You will need to provide them with a briefing that explains the complexity of your project without swamping them with jargon or minor details.
Tips and techniques for preparing and delivering oral presentations abound. Some important things to remember are:
» practice your presentation, including what you’ll say, and how you’ll use supporting material such as slides or hand-outs.
» time yourself when practicing to ensure your meet the time requirements
» look at your audience, don’t read from your notes or your slides
» design your supporting material to guide your audience through your presentation.
» be prepared to answer questions on your project.
» looking up “presentation skills” on the Library catalogue will show you the way to a wealth of resources on presentations, including books, kits and cd-roms.
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If you’d like some more tips on oral presentations, check out the online guides listed in the Additional Resources section of this guide. |
The project report outlines your work. Typically, project reports comprise an Introduction, Method, Results and Conclusion.
Introduction: Here you should explain your project concept and its aims. Make reference to the literature you have used in developing your project. Summarise how your report will demonstrate your project’s results.
Method: This is an outline of the tasks you undertook to meet your project aims. If you encountered obstacles or problems in carrying out your original project plan, explain here the steps you took to overcome them.
Results: Depending on the nature of your project you may need to include code in electronic form along with your written report.
Conclusions: Summarise how your project has achieved its aims, including any analysis of errors or problems and how they affected the project.
Use your progress reports to advise the Unit Convenor of your report structure before you begin writing it. The Unit Convenor may recommend a different structure more suited to your specific project and the work you have completed.
Use a consistent citation method when making reference to literature that has helped you develop and complete your project. We’ve included some information on various citation methods in the Additional Resources section of The Guide. Find one you like and stick with it.
As a guide, we expect the project report to be about 15,000 words. Don’t focus on the word count when writing your report though! This is a guaranteed way to write a bad report. Instead, you should focus on successfully explaining your project in a structured and well-reasoned fashion.
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Online information about citation styles, and some suggested reading on how to write are included in the Additional Resources section of this guide. |
The Unit Convenor will act as a mentor to all project students during semester. Through the written progress reports you submit each fortnight, the Unit Convenor will be able to:
» guide you in developing your project
» review your project plan
» monitor your progress against the project plan
» provide advice on any problems or obstacles encountered.
» give feedback on your oral progress reports.
» read your draft report and suggest ways of improving it.
The Unit Convenor will not do your project for you! They will expect you to work independently and proactively within the broad guidance they provide.
Depending on the nature of your interests and the availability of supervisors, the Program Director may assign you to a group for your project. Working in a group poses additional learning challenges on the process of completing your project. These include determining how your group will interact, dividing tasks, ensuring equal input, and avoiding plagiarising from your group colleagues when writing the project report.
There are also benefits to working in a group. Group work more closely resembles professional activity in the real world, and you have colleagues to share the workload and help improve the end result.
Consultants will be conducting an ethics workshop with all students completing the ITEC810 Information Technology Project unit. Attendance at the Ethics Workshop is a mandatory requirement of this unit. The time and place for the workshop will be advised.
The workshop will canvass the role of ethics in professional practice and developing and applying an ethical framework in the workplace. Students will be assessed on their written analysis of an ethics case study. In order to pass this unit, you must attend the workshop and pass the Ethics Case Study.
It is a good idea to keep a Workbook (e.g. a set of exercise books for your own use where you can jot down notes, ideas, sketch diagrams, random experiments etc). Keeping a Workbook will help you understand the key concerns of your project as it develops.
Go about your project in an orderly fashion. Make sure your project plan is divided into tasks of a manageable size. This will help you achieve constant progress and a sense of direction. This will also help you to maintain the overall structure of the project as it develops.
Work consistently on your project. If you are having trouble completing the work for any reason, note it in your written progress reports, so the Unit Convenor can help you work out a solution. Don’t tell them after you have handed the project in.
Carefully and comprehensively document any code you develop. This is as much for your benefit as for ours. When you come back to the code this will help to make it readily apparent.
Substantiate any claims that you make. If you are citing another’s work make sure it has been clearly documented in your references.
Keep old and new versions of any programs you are working on.
Backup, backup, backup. Keep separate backups of your work in at least two different locations.
We’d like you to share with us your own
tips for completing the project. Please publish helpful hints on our WIKI.
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Some suggested readings and links to relevant professional codes are listed in the Additional Resources section of this guide. |
Cleland, D.I., and
Ireland, L.R. The Project Manager’s Portable Handbook. Sydney:
McGraw-Hill, 2000.
DeMarco, T. The Deadline:
A Novel about Project Management. New York: Dorset House, 1997.
Making the Most of Presentations. University of Bradford (UK), Student Development Web Site.
<http://www.brad.ac.uk/admin/studev/pres.html>
Virtual Presentation Assistant. University of Kansas (USA), Communication Studies Department.
<http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm>
Blair, Gerald M. “Presentation Skills for Emergent Managers” Personal Web Site University of Edinburgh (UK), School of Engineering and Electronics.
<http://www.see.ed.ac.uk/~gerard/Management/art1.html>
Citation and Style Guides Page. Macquarie University. 2003
<http://www.lib.mq.edu.au/resources/subject/readyref/cites.html>
Strunk, William. The elements of style; with revisions, an introduction, and a chapter on writing by E.B. White.4th ed. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1999.
ICT Professionals’ Code of Ethics. Australian Computer Society.
<http://www.acs.org.au/static/national/pospaper/acs131.htm>
ICT Professionals’ Code of Professional Conduct and Professional Practice. Australian Computer Society
<http://www.acs.org.au/static/national/pospaper/code2.htm>
Code of Ethics and Professional Practice. Association for Computing Machinery, Inc. 1992.
<http://www.acm.org/constitution/code.html>
<http://www.acm.org/serving/se/code.htm>
IEEE Code of Ethics. Institute
of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. 1990.
<http://www.ieee.org/about/whatis/code.html>
Visit the Ethics Workshop website closer to the scheduled time for the workshop for the compulsory reading list:
www.ics.mq.edu.au/ppdp/course_units/ethics_workshop/index.html
Grace, D. and Cohen, S., Business ethics: Australian problems and cases. ch1-7, Melbourne, Oxford University Press, 2000
Baase, S., A gift of fire. p341-344 Upper Saddle River New Jersey, Prentice Hall, 1997
Hart, D., Ownership as an issue in data and information sharing: A philosophically based view. p23-29, Australian Journal of Information Systems Special Issue, 2002
We’d like you to share with us any additional resources you find which helped you to complete the project. Resources used by you and your peers will be published on the unit website and in the next version of The Guide, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to get the most from this unit. Please send your tips to: Dr Manolya Kavakli manolya@icws.mq.edu.au
You are expected to be aware of and abide by, the policies applying to postgraduate coursework. Policies specifically applying to this unit include:
» Plagiarism
» Special Consideration
» Laboratories: Rules of Use
» IT Security Policy and Rules
Other policies relating to your progress through our postgraduate degrees can be found at: http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/ppdp/policies_forms/
Access the Plagiarism Policy online at:
In all our units the penalty for any plagiarism whatsoever, once detected, will be that for the assignment concerned a mark of minus the full marks for the assignment will be awarded to all the parties involved. For example, if the assignment is to be marked out of 10, a mark of -10 will be recorded, for that assignment, on the student's record.
Consequently, as there is only one assessment item in the project unit, plagiarism will result in a Fail grade being awarded.
To ensure that there is no opportunity for doubt on anyone's part, an explanation will be sought directly from the students concerned before any mark is officially recorded. Please note that this includes students who, knowingly or unknowingly, permit their work to be copied by others.
The University keeps records of plagiarism on student files. Repeated cases of plagiarism will be referred to the Head of Division and/or the University's Disciplinary Committee for further penalty.
Access the Special Consideration Policy online at:
http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/ppdp/policies_forms/special_consideration/index.html
Access the Laboratories: Rules of Use online at:
http://www.comp.mq.edu.au/undergrad/policies/lab_usage.html
Access the IT Security Policy and Rules online at:
http://www.ois.mq.edu.au/policy/mqrules.html
Macquarie University reserves the right to change the content of, or withdraw, or change the time or mode of offering of any unit which it offers. Reasons to withdraw a unit can include but are not limited to, minimum class size and the continuing availability of suitable lecturing staff.
In the event of a withdrawal or change to the time or mode of offering of a unit, we will endeavour as far as practical to assist you in finding a suitable alternative program of studies. It is therefore vital that you ensure the University is aware of any change to your contact details by submitting a Change of Personal Information Form:
http://www.mq.edu.au/postgrad/PDFs/COA.pdf
We will make reasonable efforts to avoid disadvantage to any of our students resulting from a variation in our unit offerings. In some circumstances, it may be necessary for our students to accept alternative units in place of their original enrolment, which are offered outside normal teaching sessions or supported by flexible learning materials.