The Bartlett School of Construction & Project Management ASSESSMENT BRIEF AND CRITERIA BCPM0091: Agile and Hybrid Project Management: Part B Assessment Brief This is an individual assignment, delivered through a case that will count for 80% of the final mark. The case should address the following: “In a fast-evolving business environment, project management becomes critical in delivering successful project outputs. Different methodologies, both traditional (Waterfall, Prince 2 or Critical Path Method) and modern (Agile, Scrum or hybrid), set the guiding principle to manage a project and help to ensure that the processes flow in a trouble-free manner while the project objectives are achieved. By analysing a project case, identify and justify what are the key factors that influence the adoption of a project management methodology. Critically discuss the effectiveness of these methodologies, using theoretical frameworks to support your assessment, and put forward recommendations based on this.” Drawing on project management theory and your learnings from the module, produce a 2000-word case addressing the statement above. You can write from first-hand experience or drawing on a real or hypothetical project case. The project case does not have to be exclusively operating in the construction industry; however, you need to be clear about the industry sector(s) it does belong to, and discuss accordingly. Then analyse the factors that determine the adoption of the project management methodology in your project case, and the effectiveness of the selected methodology to achieve project success. Make recommendations drawing on this analysis, and if needed, suggest and justify briefly a different choice of a project management methodology that the project case should adopt. You should draw upon the lectures, seminars and guest speakers to produce this case and use the feedback you received. You are expected to provide evidence of your understanding of the subject areas covered in the lectures, supported by extensive independent reading with and beyond the suggested reading list. For more information on structuring a case assignment go to: https://writingcenter.ashford.edu/writing-case- study-analysis. Your paper should show: – A critical reflection of the existing literature; – A soundly argued analysis of the problem; – Your insights into practical issues of particular relevance – A professional standard of presentation of your work, vis-à-vis English language, layout, visual language (tables and figures), citations, and referencing style. Summative assessment sequences and weighting1 Summative Assessment Weighting (%) Release date Submiss ion date Learning Outcomes L1 L2 L3 S2 Part B: 2000 words individual assignment, delivered as a case. Detailed above. 80% 7th January 19th April + + Presentation This assignment has a limit of 2000 words (excluding tables, figures and appendices). All sources and references should be acknowledged using the Harvard referencing system. Please read carefully your Course Guide regarding the structure, presentation and assessment criteria for Term Papers together with the sections indicating penalties for late submission, over-length coursework, and poor referencing/plagiarism. Assessment Criteria The following criteria will be used for assessment: Statement of the problem and outline of context – 30 % Analysis or investigation of the problem – 40 % Conclusions and recommendations – 20 % Presentation – 10 % Assessment Support On Academic Week 25, Session 10 of the module, there will be a workshop to discuss the assessment of this module, both Part A and Part B. This will be an opportunity to ask questions about the assessment All students will be asked to submit a short outline of their assignments (through a Moodle Quiz in the “Assessment and Feedback” section) before Session 18 (Academic Week 29) of the module. These outlines should be short (150-200 words, excluding any references) and verbal only without visuals aids (although you are encouraged to use visual information in the final submission). Session 18 of the module will focus on providing general and anonymous feedback on these short outlines and raise questions about the assignments, so that students can benefit from each other’s work. Specific feedback will be provided after the end of the module to each individual outline submitted by commenting on your quiz response. Any other questions about the assignment should be asked ideally at the end of lectures or via the BCPM0091 “Ask an Answer” forum on Moodle. Only one submission per student will be accepted. Draft versions will not be assessed before the final submission. 1 L1: Subject-specific knowledge; L2: Critical academic and research skills; L3: Practical and transferrable skills The Module Leader will endeavour to respond on Moodle to student queries within 24 hours of them being raised. Students should check their course book and the Moodle Forum and information given during the module thoroughly before raising queries via Moodle. Submission Details The final document (with a maximum word length of 2000 words) is to be submitted via Turnitin (see link in Moodle) by 3pm on 19th April 2021. File to be uploaded via Moodle in Word or PDF format.
