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Assessment 1 Information Subject Code: DATA4600 Subject Name: Business Analytics Project Management Assessment Title: Group Project Simulation: Project Management Methods Assessment Type: In-Class Activity and presentation Word Count: 500 Words (+/-10%) Weighting: 30 Total Marks: 30 Submission: In Class Due Date: Week 6 in class Assessment Description Business Problem: The University of Alabama wants to collect and use student data to challenge the "one size fits all" approach to education and personalise its courses and student career services. Big Data in Education Industry It wants to use student data for career prediction based on their interests, strengths and weaknesses as well as their grades Source: https://intellipast.com/blog/7-big-data-examples-application-of-big-data-in-real-life/ A project management team has been organised to undertake this project. They need to develop a scope for the project and present it to a range of stakeholders. Page 1 Kaplan Business School Assessment Outline K Assessment Task You will create groups of 4-5 You are going to participate in a simulation of a "Stakeholder Management Meeting" where a team of project managers undertaking the above project need to set out a scope for the project and present it to the below stakeholders: o University Management: Who want to guarantee its graduates career satisfaction at the end of their degree o Job recruiters: Who wants to be able to give employers a high level of certainty that the students will fit into their company structures Part A: Identifying Issues (20 Marks) In your group of five (5) you will be given 1 hour and 20 minutes to discuss and write dot points on the below issues with a. two of your group members representing the two stakeholders, and b. the other two-three group members representing the project management team. You will write dot points on the below with brief justifications: 1. Chose a project management style (e.g. Waterfall, Scrum, Kanban, Github or other) apply the style to this project and justify why you think this is the optimal project management method for this project. 2. Explain the limitations in management style you have chosen 3. The expectations and requirements of the two stakeholders 4. The scope of the project: . Definition, business need and expected outcome Assumptions about project The way in which the project will be run (phases, sprints, collaboration, etc.) How you will keep track of the project's progress (reports, dashboards) . How you will measure success (examples of key performance indicators) Internal and External Stakeholders As a group make a dot point list of issues for the above points in Microsoft Word and submit to Turnitin on My KBS by the end of the time It does not need to be longer than 400-500 words One group member needs to submit and write the other group member's names on the submission Page 2 Kaplan Business School Assessment Outline