1. CMT3342 JS Introduction to the module and the assessment of the module

2. Module Leader Contact Details  Dr Elke Duncker  e.duncker@mdx.ac.uk e.duncker@mdx.ac.uk  Townhall, TG17  Ext. 1-4261

3. The module structure  Lectures  Topics of project management  Seminars  Assessed progress reports (official assessment point)  Discussion of project work and project problems  Group Project  Week 3 to week 22  Individual Essay  Week 1 to week 17

4. Assessment  Individual Essay: Risk in Project Management  40% of the module grade  Group Project: Web-based IT Helpdesk  60% of the module grade consisting of  Group project proposal (12% of the module grade)  Group progress reports (6% of the module grade)  Group project report (42% of the module grade)  Individual progress reports, the average of which determines the individual portion of the group grade

5. Individual progress reports (IPR)  Possible grades:  1 = good work  0.5 = poor work  0 = no progress report or no work done  Average of the IPR grades = the individual factor with which the group project grade is being multiplied  Example:  Group project grade: 57 out of 100,  individual progress report grades: 1, 1, 0.5, 0.5, 1, 0, 0.5, 0.5  individual average: 5/8 or 0.625  Individual portion of the group grade: 57x0.625= 35.625 out of 100

6. Learning Materials  On OASISplus/MyLearning  Lecture slides (including these ones)  Seminar slides  Other materials  Assessment instructions and submission links  Handbooks and other module information  Textbooks  Use, if possible:  Dalcher, D. and L. Brodie, Successful IT Projects. FastTrack Series, Cengage Learning EMEA, 2007

7. Any questions?

8. Success!