PROM05 Research Project Management – Assignment 2   The following learning outcomes will be assessed:   Demonstrate an understanding and critical awareness of research project management concepts, techniques and tools   Independently plan and manage a research project on a topic which relates to the forefront of the academic area under study, assessing and developing plans to mitigate risk   Develop research project monitoring and approaches to assessing and evaluating research Projects including the plan and protocols for assessing your project   Construct a project plan demonstrating an understanding and critical awareness of the social, ethical, legal and professional issues for research projects     Important Information   You are required to submit your work within the bounds of the University Infringement of Assessment Regulations (see Programme Guide)

PROM05 Research Project Management – Assignment 2

The following learning outcomes will be assessed:

Demonstrate an understanding and critical awareness of research project management concepts, techniques and tools

Independently plan and manage a research project on a topic which relates to the forefront of the academic area under study, assessing and developing plans to mitigate risk

Develop research project monitoring and approaches to assessing and evaluating research

Projects including the plan and protocols for assessing your project

Construct a project plan demonstrating an understanding and critical awareness of the social, ethical, legal and professional issues for research projects

Important Information

You are required to submit your work within the bounds of the University Infringement of Assessment Regulations (see Programme Guide).  Plagiarism, paraphrasing and downloading large amounts of information from external sources, will not be tolerated and will be dealt with severely.  Although you should make full use of any source material, which would normally be an occasional sentence and/or paragraph (referenced) followed by your own critical analysis/evaluation.  You will receive no marks for work that is not your own. Your work may be subject to checks for originality which can include use of an electronic plagiarism detection service.

Where you are asked to submit an individual piece of work, the work must be entirely your own.  The safety of your assessments is your responsibility.  You must not permit another student access to your work.

Where referencing is required, unless otherwise stated, the Harvard referencing system must be used (see your Programme Guide).

Please ensure that you retain a duplicate of your assignment.  We are required to send samples of student work to the external examiners for moderation purposes.  It will also safeguard in the unlikely event of your work going astray.

Submission Date and Time     As advised on Canvas

Submission Location   Via Canvas

Your Task

You are required to submit a well-structured implementation and delivery plan for your proposed research project.

Student Information

Throughout the module you have been undertaking a series of activities which have helped build the content required for this assignment and the necessary components required for your research project plan. The balance between sections may vary according to the specifics of your individual project but a guideline length of 3000 (+/- 10%) words overall is provided. Your research plan should include the following sections:

Introduction

A short introduction to your project, including your research aim, methodology and proposed outcome. This section is to provide context for your plan and should be no more than 300 words.

Project Schedule

You should consider the time frames for the project as well as number of hours, start/end dates for individual tasks and any deliverables. Your plan should be aligned to your chosen research methodology.

Requirements Documentation

You should detail suitable requirements documentation for project outcomes. Whilst this will be specific for the project, it should contain elements such as functional/non-functional requirements and user-centred elements such as user stories and/or PACT analysis.

Risk Mitigation

You should consider any risks associated with the project and discuss risk mitigation strategies you will employ to minimise their impact.

Proposed Evaluation

You should include details of how you propose to evaluate your project outcomes, including details of any proposed statistical analysis to be carried out. You should identify whether ethical approval will be required for your project and include the number of participants who will be required, together with details of who, how and where you will recruit them. 

Project Monitoring Approach

You should include details of your proposed approach to project monitoring, together with any tools, templates and/or forms you will use for this purpose.

Submission Guidelines

Your submission should be spell checked and contain references where appropriate.  You must use the Harvard style of referencing.

It is important that you read thoroughly the information on the cover sheet regarding the university assessment regulations, including those regarding plagiarism and collusion.

Assignment hand-in requirements are specified on the front cover sheet.  The approximate time you should spend on this assignment is 30-50 hours.  Your assignment must be handed in before the time specified.

You are required to submit your assignment as a PDF file, through the Turn-it-in submission system via the assignment link in the module Canvas space.

Your assessment will be assessed according to the University’s Postgraduate Generic Assessment Criteria, which are provided on the following pages.

Marking Rubric

The marks breakdown is as follows:

Introduction    (5 marks)

Project schedule          (30 marks)

Requirements Documentation (20 marks)

Risk Mitigation           (10 marks)

Proposed Evaluation   (20 marks)

Project Monitoring Approach (15 marks)