FIT3016 Industrial Project 1 , Unit Information Guide (Semester 1, 2006)

ASCED Discipline Group Classification: 020103 Programming.

Students will have the opportunity to experience working in a small project team of approximately four students and, under the direction of a supervisor, develop a distributed information system or network solution in response to a client's requirements. During the project lifecycle students will plan, monitor and control the course of the project throughout all the phases, including implementation. This will require students to use the skills gained during their course, such as, written and oral communication, research, critical thought and analysis, problem solving and teamwork.

Each team is expected to follow well-defined guidelines in regard to ethical work practices, project management and quality assurance techniques with defined roles for each team member.

On the successful completion of this unit students should gain some practical experience on an IT project for an industrial client and should be able to:

1. Control system development through suitable project management tools. This will involve the identification of necessary tasks in the development, and the estimation of task duration and scheduling of these tasks.

2. Show managerial judgement over the development process.

3. Perform all technical tasks in a professional and competent manner.

4. Work effectively, ethically and co-operatively within a team environment.

Upon the successful completion of this unit, students should be able to work effectively and co-operatively in a team environment throughout the initial phases of an IT project.

Students commencing this unit will be required to have completed 36 points of 1st year computing units, 12 points of 2nd year computing units, including FIT2002 IT Project Management or CPE2006 Project Management.

You may not study this unit and CPE3100, CSE3200, CFR2500, CFR3500, CFR7722, COT3500, COT6640, CSC3010, CSE3300, CSE3301, GCO2819, GCO3819, GCO7839, SFT3500, SYS3030, SYS3500, SYS3550, CSE3200V2, CSE3222, LAR3002, IMS3000, SYS2500, GCO3800, GCO3700, GCO3900 in your degree.

Required text(s)

Text books are available from the Monash University Book Shops. Availability from other suppliers cannot be assured. The Bookshop orders texts in specifically for this unit. You are advised to purchase your text book early.

Hardware requirements:

On-campus students may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook. An Industry Project lab is also available for students in G Building, Level 3 at the Peninsula Campus.

Schwalbe, K. (2000), Information Technology Project Management, Thomson Learning, Cambridge

Study resources for FIT3016 are:

an FIT3016 website, where the relevant information about the subject can be obtained.

The timetable for on-campus classes for this unit can be viewed in Allocate+

All major deliverables are assigned a grade as follows:

• Project Management, 20%
• Presentation, 10%
• Project Plan Document, 10%
• Analysis Document, 30%
• Design Prototype, 30%

In additon, supervisor and client feedback is also reviewed as part of the assessment on teamwork and communication skills.

To pass this unit you must:

Your score for the unit will be calculated by:

Assessment Requirements

Assignment specifications will be made available FIT3016/3017 Web Site. Information about assignments will be published on the Unit's Notices Newsgroup.

Documents will be submitted by paper submission to the FIT3016 assessment box on Level 4, G Building at the Peninsula campus

Late submission of assignments

Assessment documents received after the due date will be subject to a penalty of 20 marks per day. Assessment documents received later than one week after the due date will not normally be accepted.

This policy is strict because comments or guidance will be given on assignments as they are returned, and sample solutions may also be published and distributed, after assignment marking or with the returned assignment. 

Extensions

It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are seldom regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions. 

Requests for extensions must be made by email to the unit lecturer at least two days before the due date. You will be asked to forward original medical certificates in cases of illness, and may be asked to provide other forms of documentation where necessary. A copy of the email or other written communication of an extension must be attached to the assessment submission.

Grading of assessment

Assignments, and the unit, will be marked and allocated a grade according to the following scale:

We will aim to have assessment results made available to you within two weeks after assessment receipt.

You will receive feedback on your work and progress in this unit. This feedback may be provided through your participation in tutorials and class discussions, as well as through your assignment submissions. It may come in the form of individual advice, marks and comments, or it may be provided as comment or reflection targeted at the group. It may be provided through personal interactions, such as interviews and on-line forums, or through other mechanisms such as on-line self-tests and publication of grade distributions.

You will be asked to provide feedback to the Faculty through a Unit Evaluation survey at the end of the semester. You may also be asked to complete surveys to help teaching staff improve the unit and unit delivery. Your input to such surveys is very important to the faculty and the teaching staff in maintaining relevant and high quality learning experiences for our students.

It is essential that you take action immediately if you realise that you have a problem with your study. The semester is short, so we can help you best if you let us know as soon as problems arise. Regardless of whether the problem is related directly to your progress in the unit, if it is likely to interfere with your progress you should discuss it with your lecturer or a Community Service counsellor as soon as possible.

Plagiarism and cheating are regarded as very serious offences. In cases where cheating  has been confirmed, students have been severely penalised, from losing all marks for an assignment, to facing disciplinary action at the Faculty level. While we would wish that all our students adhere to sound ethical conduct and honesty, I will ask you to acquaint yourself with Student Rights and Responsibilities and the Faculty regulations that apply to students detected cheating as these will be applied in all detected cases.

In this University, cheating means seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in any examination or any other written or practical work to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. It includes the use, or attempted use, of any means to gain an unfair advantage for any assessable work in the unit, where the means is contrary to the instructions for such work. 

When you submit an individual assessment item, such as a program, a report, an essay, assignment or other piece of work, under your name you are understood to be stating that this is your own work. If a submission is identical with, or similar to, someone else's work, an assumption of cheating may arise. If you are planning on working with another student, it is acceptable to undertake research together, and discuss problems, but it is not acceptable to jointly develop or share solutions unless this is specified by your lecturer. 

Intentionally providing students with your solutions to assignments is classified as "assisting to cheat" and students who do this may be subject to disciplinary action. You should take reasonable care that your solution is not accidentally or deliberately obtained by other students. For example, do not leave copies of your work in progress on the hard drives of shared computers, and do not show your work to other students. If you believe this may have happened, please be sure to contact your lecturer as soon as possible.

Cheating also includes taking into an examination any material contrary to the regulations, including any bilingual dictionary, whether or not with the intention of using it to obtain an advantage.

Plagiarism involves the false representation of another person's ideas, or findings, as your own by either copying material or paraphrasing without citing sources. It is both professional and ethical to reference clearly the ideas and information that you have used from another writer. If the source is not identified, then you have plagiarised work of the other author. Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty that is insulting to the reader and grossly unfair to your student colleagues.

Notices related to the unit during the semester will be placed on the FIT3016/3017 Unit Website. Check this regularly. Failure to read the Notices is not regarded as grounds for special consideration.

Consultation Times

If direct communication with your unit adviser/lecturer or tutor outside of consultation periods is needed you may contact the lecturer and/or tutors at:

Ms Christine Clemence
Assistant Lecturer
Phone +61 3 990 44665
Fax +61 3 990 44124

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