IFQ736-2 Industry Project (Phase 3)
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| Unit code: | IFQ736-2 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | IFQ736-1 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | This is a capstone project unit designed to integrate all of the discipline specific knowledge and skills that you have developed throughout your course and major/specialization. |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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Unit Outline: Session 2 2027, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | IFQ736-2 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | IFQ736-1 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | This is a capstone project unit designed to integrate all of the discipline specific knowledge and skills that you have developed throughout your course and major/specialization. |
Overview
The aim of this unit is to help you integrated and apply your advanced generalist and specialist knowledge and skills attained from your degree, to a challenging real-world team-based project conducted with a real industry client.
In this unit, you will continue work on the same project commenced IFQ735 and continued in IFQ736-1 in the previous semester, with the same team and industry client. The project will require you to address an industry problem or realise an industry opportunity through the application of professional and research skills, disciplinary theories, tools, and techniques. The unit provides you with the opportunity to develop your project management skills, to lead teams in complex and changing environments as well as to develop your social, sustainability, ethical awareness, professional skills and attitudes.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Integrate advanced specialist disciplinary knowledge and skills to conduct and deliver a project for an industry client.
- Critically analyse a complex industry problem or opportunity and use problem-solving skills to generate solutions.
- Apply well-developed research skills to locate and evaluate information, established theories, and techniques to solve an industry problem.
- Critically reflect on your professional values, attitudes and individual contribution to the project including a consideration of social, sustainability and ethical issues that occurred in the project.
- Manage a real world IT industry project using best practices, techniques and tools.
- Work collaboratively to sustain a high performance team environment to achieve project outcomes and demonstrating responsibility, autonomy and leadership of assigned sub-components of the project.
- Communicate orally, visually and in writing to specialist and non-specialist audiences in accordance with expected industry standards.
Content
You must pursue a complex project relevant to your major/specialization. In order to ensure the success of your project, you will follow a formal project management framework in order to deliver the project outcomes to stakeholders. In this third part of the project, you will continue from parts 1 and 2 to complete implementation, deploy and test your project. The project will be completed in the same team and industry client that you had in parts 1 and 2.
Learning Approaches
This unit is designed for asynchronous online study, with activities including numerous short videos, podcasts and exercises carefully chosen to reinforce key skills and concepts. Students will have the opportunity to participate in online discussions with peers and teaching staff.
There will be regular meetings with your project supervisor(s)(tutor / tutor + any industry supervisor). This is to ensure that you progress in an expected manner and to give you an opportunity to discuss any problems you may have encountered. Feedback and further actions and recommendations will be provided to you during these regular meetings. The optional virtual drop-in sessions are available to students for direct consultation with the unit coordinator by appointment.
Embedded support for learning has been integrated into this unit by providing continual opportunities for formative feedback in workshops, mentoring meetings and through assessment is an integral part of this learning experience. As a 12 CP unit you can expect to spend between 10 - 15 hours per week undertaking your industry project, conducting independent research, attending class and mentoring meetings.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
This unit provides you with multiple opportunities to receive feedback on your learning and assessment. This includes:
- Teaching team feedback: The teaching staff will provide advice and assistance during class and project meetings. Formal feedback in the form of a rubric and personalised written feedback will be provided on all assessment tasks.
- Academic mentor: Regular 1:1 or small group meetings with your academic mentor.
- Industry partner: You will be encouraged to seek formative feedback on your progress from your industry partner. Your industry partner will provide summative feedback on your project.
- Peers: During class, your peers will provide feedback on your project.
- Unit Coordinator: Consultations with the unit coordinator can be arranged at any time throughout the semester at a mutually convenient time.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit has been designed to provide you the opportunity to draw together your IT knowledge and research skills developed in the degree. The final two assessment tasks will be your final project artefact and a presentation where you will present the outcomes of your industry project to a variety of key stakeholders and invited guests.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings
Each fortnight your team will meet with your Online Learning Advisor to present an update on your progress and plan. In preparation for the meeting, your team will develop an agenda outlining the topics to be discussed and prepare a short presentation. This is an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss challenges and strategies going forward.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Industry Presentation with Viva component
You will deliver a presentation to your industry partner, academic mentor and other invited guests where you discuss your industry project and the outcomes achieved.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Industry Project Artefact
You will undertake an industry project and will produce a significant project artefact as an outcome of your project.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There are no out of the ordinary costs associated with the study of this unit. Students in the course of completing this project might opt to visit the industry partner's workplace for meeting. Costs associated with this optional activity, will be the responsibility of the student.
Resources
Lecture slides as they are published throughout the unit and the recommended texts.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Scrum Guide Version July 2013 by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland - available for free online at Scrum.org
The DSDM Agile Project Management Framework (available for free) a
A Leaders Framework for Decision Making by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone - available for free online at Harvard Business Review
Risk Assessment Statement
Project work can sometimes involve site visits to commercial or industrial premises. When you visit such premises, you are responsible for acquainting yourself with any Health and Safety policies and procedures applicable to visitors (e.g. wearing of protective clothing such as hard hats, safety glasses, etc), and for observing those procedures. You are also responsible for notifying workplace supervisors of any health condition you have (e.g. asthma) which may place you at risk in some commercial or industrial situations.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.IQ20 Master of Information Technology
- Demonstrate advanced specialist IT knowledge in at least one information technology discipline
Relates to: ULO1, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Presentation with Viva component, Industry Project Artefact - Critically analyse complex IT problems and opportunities and use creativity and problem-solving skills to generate innovative and novel solutions that are convincingly justified.
Relates to: ULO2, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Project Artefact - Integrate advanced, industry-best practice, IT methods, tools and techniques to develop and implement complex IT systems, processes and/or software.
Relates to: ULO1, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Project Artefact - Demonstrate knowledge of IT research principles and methods and their application to IT focused, real-world scholarly or professional projects.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Employ leadership and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts to create value for others
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Communicate effectively in IT professional and scholarly contexts to specialist and non-specialist audiences using written, visual and oral formats.
Relates to: ULO3, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Presentation with Viva component - Demonstrate business acumen and well-developed values, attitudes, behaviours and judgements in professional contexts.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Create positive change through critically reflecting upon and actioning responses to the social, cultural, ethical, sustainability, legal and accessibility issues in the IT field, including how they relate to First Nations Australians and diverse populations.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings
Unit Outline: Session 4 2027, QUT Online, Online
| Unit code: | IFQ736-2 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | IFQ736-1 |
| Assumed Knowledge: | This is a capstone project unit designed to integrate all of the discipline specific knowledge and skills that you have developed throughout your course and major/specialization. |
Overview
The aim of this unit is to help you integrated and apply your advanced generalist and specialist knowledge and skills attained from your degree, to a challenging real-world team-based project conducted with a real industry client.
In this unit, you will continue work on the same project commenced IFQ735 and continued in IFQ736-1 in the previous semester, with the same team and industry client. The project will require you to address an industry problem or realise an industry opportunity through the application of professional and research skills, disciplinary theories, tools, and techniques. The unit provides you with the opportunity to develop your project management skills, to lead teams in complex and changing environments as well as to develop your social, sustainability, ethical awareness, professional skills and attitudes.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Integrate advanced specialist disciplinary knowledge and skills to conduct and deliver a project for an industry client.
- Critically analyse a complex industry problem or opportunity and use problem-solving skills to generate solutions.
- Apply well-developed research skills to locate and evaluate information, established theories, and techniques to solve an industry problem.
- Critically reflect on your professional values, attitudes and individual contribution to the project including a consideration of social, sustainability and ethical issues that occurred in the project.
- Manage a real world IT industry project using best practices, techniques and tools.
- Work collaboratively to sustain a high performance team environment to achieve project outcomes and demonstrating responsibility, autonomy and leadership of assigned sub-components of the project.
- Communicate orally, visually and in writing to specialist and non-specialist audiences in accordance with expected industry standards.
Content
You must pursue a complex project relevant to your major/specialization. In order to ensure the success of your project, you will follow a formal project management framework in order to deliver the project outcomes to stakeholders. In this third part of the project, you will continue from parts 1 and 2 to complete implementation, deploy and test your project. The project will be completed in the same team and industry client that you had in parts 1 and 2.
Learning Approaches
This unit is designed for asynchronous online study, with activities including numerous short videos, podcasts and exercises carefully chosen to reinforce key skills and concepts. Students will have the opportunity to participate in online discussions with peers and teaching staff.
There will be regular meetings with your project supervisor(s)(tutor / tutor + any industry supervisor). This is to ensure that you progress in an expected manner and to give you an opportunity to discuss any problems you may have encountered. Feedback and further actions and recommendations will be provided to you during these regular meetings. The optional virtual drop-in sessions are available to students for direct consultation with the unit coordinator by appointment.
Embedded support for learning has been integrated into this unit by providing continual opportunities for formative feedback in workshops, mentoring meetings and through assessment is an integral part of this learning experience. As a 12 CP unit you can expect to spend between 10 - 15 hours per week undertaking your industry project, conducting independent research, attending class and mentoring meetings.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
This unit provides you with multiple opportunities to receive feedback on your learning and assessment. This includes:
- Teaching team feedback: The teaching staff will provide advice and assistance during class and project meetings. Formal feedback in the form of a rubric and personalised written feedback will be provided on all assessment tasks.
- Academic mentor: Regular 1:1 or small group meetings with your academic mentor.
- Industry partner: You will be encouraged to seek formative feedback on your progress from your industry partner. Your industry partner will provide summative feedback on your project.
- Peers: During class, your peers will provide feedback on your project.
- Unit Coordinator: Consultations with the unit coordinator can be arranged at any time throughout the semester at a mutually convenient time.
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit has been designed to provide you the opportunity to draw together your IT knowledge and research skills developed in the degree. The final two assessment tasks will be your final project artefact and a presentation where you will present the outcomes of your industry project to a variety of key stakeholders and invited guests.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings
Each fortnight your team will meet with your Online Learning Advisor to present an update on your progress and plan. In preparation for the meeting, your team will develop an agenda outlining the topics to be discussed and prepare a short presentation. This is an opportunity to receive feedback and discuss challenges and strategies going forward.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Industry Presentation with Viva component
You will deliver a presentation to your industry partner, academic mentor and other invited guests where you discuss your industry project and the outcomes achieved.
The use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is prohibited during this assessment.
Assessment: Industry Project Artefact
You will undertake an industry project and will produce a significant project artefact as an outcome of your project.
The ethical and responsible use of generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) tools is authorised in this assessment. See the relevant assessment details in Canvas for specific guidelines.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Costs
There are no out of the ordinary costs associated with the study of this unit. Students in the course of completing this project might opt to visit the industry partner's workplace for meeting. Costs associated with this optional activity, will be the responsibility of the student.
Resources
Lecture slides as they are published throughout the unit and the recommended texts.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Scrum Guide Version July 2013 by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland - available for free online at Scrum.org
The DSDM Agile Project Management Framework (available for free) a
A Leaders Framework for Decision Making by David J. Snowden and Mary E. Boone - available for free online at Harvard Business Review
Risk Assessment Statement
Project work can sometimes involve site visits to commercial or industrial premises. When you visit such premises, you are responsible for acquainting yourself with any Health and Safety policies and procedures applicable to visitors (e.g. wearing of protective clothing such as hard hats, safety glasses, etc), and for observing those procedures. You are also responsible for notifying workplace supervisors of any health condition you have (e.g. asthma) which may place you at risk in some commercial or industrial situations.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.IQ20 Master of Information Technology
- Demonstrate advanced specialist IT knowledge in at least one information technology discipline
Relates to: ULO1, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Presentation with Viva component, Industry Project Artefact - Critically analyse complex IT problems and opportunities and use creativity and problem-solving skills to generate innovative and novel solutions that are convincingly justified.
Relates to: ULO2, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Project Artefact - Integrate advanced, industry-best practice, IT methods, tools and techniques to develop and implement complex IT systems, processes and/or software.
Relates to: ULO1, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Project Artefact - Demonstrate knowledge of IT research principles and methods and their application to IT focused, real-world scholarly or professional projects.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Employ leadership and initiative in both self-directed and collaborative contexts to create value for others
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Communicate effectively in IT professional and scholarly contexts to specialist and non-specialist audiences using written, visual and oral formats.
Relates to: ULO3, Fortnightly Check-in Meetings, Industry Presentation with Viva component - Demonstrate business acumen and well-developed values, attitudes, behaviours and judgements in professional contexts.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings - Create positive change through critically reflecting upon and actioning responses to the social, cultural, ethical, sustainability, legal and accessibility issues in the IT field, including how they relate to First Nations Australians and diverse populations.
Relates to: Fortnightly Check-in Meetings