Assignment 2: Novice Meets Expert
Semester 1, 2013
Assessment Weighting: 20%
Due Date:
Assessments
Due Date
Interview Preparation
Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 5pm
Written Report
Tuesday, 21 May 2013, 5 pm
Presentation
Friday, 24 May 2013, 5 pm
Submission: All assessments must be submitted via Moodle.
Assignment Objectives
The purpose of the assignment is to:-
improve your interpersonal and group skills, along with communication and presentation skills
network and collaborate with students from a partner institution
understand some of the important security, privacy and ethical issues encountered in IT organisations
appreciate the context of business decision-making and the issues of managing people to perform the required task(s) effectively and efficiently
evaluate the relevance of the ACS ethical framework in the IT business environment
Assessment Details
This assessment comprises 20% of the total assessment in ITECH3203/7203 Professional Development
This assessment is assessed in 3 parts as outlined below.
Part 1: 5% Interview preparation (Individual mark)
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Part 2: 10% Written report and interview record (Group mark)
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Part 3: 5% Joint presentation (Individual mark) = 20 % total.
Details of the assessment criteria are given in more detail in the Marking Guides.
Group Composition
Group sizes will be limited to 4 to 5 students per group.
It is your responsibility to make contact and organise meetings (electronic or in person) with other group members. It is a good idea to keep track of, and document, your group meetings. You will need to submit evidence of your meetings as part of your assessment.
Assignment Tasks
With your group, you will need to:
identify a business person or manager within an IT organisation/department that is willing to be interviewed by your group;
prepare a set of suitable interview questions;
organise and conduct the interview;
submit an audio recording of interview, preferably as an mp3 file…