ASSIGNMENT BRIEF

QUALIFICATION UNIT NUMBER AND TITLE

PEARSON BTEC HND IN COMPUTING (RQF) 06. PLANNING A COMPUTING PROJECT (LEVEL 4)

INTERNAL VERIFIER UNIT TUTOR

MARIAM QASIM

DATE ISSUED SUBMISSION DATE RESUBMISSION DATE

MONDAY 3RD APRIL 2023

ASSIGNMENT TITLE MANAGING COMPUTING PROJECT AT ARFA KARIM TECHNOLOGY PARK

LEARNING OUTCOME AND ASSESSMENT CRITERIA

PASS MERIT DISTINCTION
LO1 CONDUCT SMALL-SCALE RESEARCH, INFORMATION GATHERING AND DATA COLLECTION TO
GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ON AN IDENTIFIED SUBJECT
P1 DEMONSTRATE QUALITATIVE AND
QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS TO
GENERATE RELEVANT PRIMARY DATA FOR AN M1 ANALYSE DATA AND INFORMATION FROM
IDENTIFIED THEME. PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SOURCES TO LO1 & LO2
P2 EXAMINE SECONDARY SOURCES TO COLLECT GENERATE KNOWLEDGE ON AN IDENTIFIED THEME D1 INTERPRET FINDINGS TO GENERATE
RELEVANT SECONDARY DATA AND INFORMATION KNOWLEDGE ON HOW THE RESEARCH THEME
FOR AN IDENTIFIED THEME. SUPPORTS BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS IN THE
LO2 EXPLORE THE FEATURES AND BUSINESS REQUIREMENTS OF ORGANISATIONS IN AN IDENTIFIED IDENTIFIED SECTOR.
SECTOR
P3 DISCUSS THE FEATURES AND OPERATIONAL
AREAS OF A BUSINESSES IN AN IDENTIFIED SECTOR. M2 ANALYSE THE CHALLENGES TO THE SUCCESS
P4 DISCUSS THE ROLE OF STAKEHOLDERS AND OF A BUSINESS IN AN IDENTIFIED SECTOR
THEIR IMPACT ON THE SUCCESS OF A BUSINESS.
LO3 PRODUCE PROJECT PLANS BASED ON RESEARCH OF THE CHOSEN THEME FOR AN IDENTIFIED
ORGANISATION.

P5 DEVISE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT PLANS FORM3 PRODUCE COMPREHENSIVE PROJECT PLANS

A CHOSEN SCENARIO, INCLUDING A WORK AND THAT EFFECTIVELY CONSIDER AIMS, OBJECTIVES
RESOURCE ALLOCATION BREAKDOWN USING AND RISKS/BENEFITS FOR AN IDENTIFIED
APPROPRIATE TOOLS. ORGANIZATION. LO3 & LO4
LO4 PRESENT YOUR PROJECT RECOMMENDATIONS AND JUSTIFICATIONS OF DECISIONS MADE, BASED D2 EVALUATE THE PROJECT PLANNING
ON RESEARCH OF THE IDENTIFIED THEME AND SECTOR RECOMMENDATIONS MADE IN RELATION TO THE
P6 COMMUNICATE APPROPRIATE PROJECT NEEDS OF THE IDENTIFIED ORGANISATION AND
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TECHNICAL AND THE ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THE RESEARCH
M4 ASSESS THE EXTENT TO WHICH THE PROJECT CARRIED OUT.
NONTECHNICAL AUDIENCES.
RECOMMENDATIONS MEET THE NEEDS OF THE
P7 PRESENT ARGUMENTS FOR THE PLANNING
IDENTIFIED ORGANISATION, INCLUDING FULLY
DECISIONS MADE WHEN DEVELOPING THE
SUPPORTED RATIONALES FOR PLANNING
PROJECT PLANS.
DECISIONS MADE.
P8 DISCUSS ACCURACY AND RELIABILITY OF THE
DIFFERENT RESEARCH METHODS APPLIED
SUBMISSION FORMAT

The submission is in the form of a detailed report and following evidences:

 Project aims and objectives
 Project team, roles and responsibilities
 Project Scope Statements and WBS
 Detailed Project Plan in descriptive form
 Requirement Gathering Instruments developed for research duly filled from all the participants.
 Requirement Analysis Report
 Project Presentation
 Project Output
 Log Book
 Self-reflective note
The report should be written in a concise, formal business style using single spacing and font style times new roman and size
12. You are required to use headings, paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with
research and referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide a bibliography using the Harvard
referencing system. The recommended word limit is 4,000. However you will not be penalised for exceeding the word limit.
Your PowerPoint Presentation should be of 15 min. length and should have proper explanation given in the speaker notes
section.
Note: You are required to submit your work for plagiarism checking. No work will be considered if it contains plagiarism more
than the acceptable level defined as per ICMS’s plagiarism policy.

ASSIGNMENT SCENARIO AND GUIDANCE

SCENARIO
Arfa Karim Technology Park (AKTP) is Pakistan’s largest technology software park; the first purpose built creative space in Pakistan
buzzing with innovators, mentors, change-makers and passionate leaders, focusing on cloud-based technologies.
Arfa Karim Technology Park will be collaborating with a number of software companies to create new software solutions. Arfa
Karim Technology Park wishes to create research opportunities for new researchers in education sector and software engineers
have been given a chance to work as junior researchers for AKTP. The aim of AKTP is actively looking to minimize its carbon
footprint and reduce environmental damage.
You are also titled as a Software Project Manager and assigned with a computing project related to the theme of “The
Environmental Impact of Digital Transformation”. You are required to participate in the event and complete the required tasks.
You have to select the following topic:
 Trade-offs and synergies of cloud data centres in minimising the environmental footprint.

PROJECT ACTIVITIES AND GUIDANCE

Your team has to evaluate the environmental impact of cloud data centres, relating to trade-offs and synergies. This will be a
formal project and you will be submitting it for panel review at multiple stages hence, you must ensure that you keep a complete
project trail along with all the required documentation and planning schedules.
You have 16 weeks to complete this project and submit your report to the department for review.
While following the project planning approach, you will identify the aims and objectives for your project and will develop a formal
project plan dealing with environmental impact of data centres using an appropriate project management tool. Your plan must
cover the aspects like scope, cost, time, quality, risk, and resources required for the trade-offs of cloud data centres with formal
identification of main achievement points. You will follow the proper project management lifecycle approach while developing
your project plan as well as throughout your project.
You must understand the importance of collecting data from a variety of sources. During your requirement gathering or system
evaluation activity, you will use both qualitative and quantitative research methods to identify requirements for meeting the aims
and objectives of the project, and based on your gathered information, you will evaluate the accuracy and reliability of the project
management and research methodologies used. Moreover, you must consider was in which secondary data can be used.
After completing this part, you will start working on your project.
Once your project is completed, you will be required to analyse the outcomes and present your recommendations to the panel
in the form of a report and presentation. Make sure that your recommendations are based on valid, accurate and meaningful
conclusions. You should also include an evaluation of tools and techniques used at project development stages.
Once you have analysed and closed the project, you are required to give a self-reflection of the whole project as to how the
project management processes and research skills facilitated you in meeting aims and objectives, towards your own learning and
how it valued towards the organizational performance.
Furthermore, you will maintain a Logbook for all the activities that you have performed during the life span of this project and
will include it in your evidence for submission. You must also undertake a critical evaluation of the project outcomes and the
decision-making processes. This reflection will allow you to compare the initial project plan with the end results.

PROJECT EVALUATION

Your project will be evaluated in three stages:

Stage 1: Proposal Defence
Selection of Project Topic from the provided list and identification of Aims and Objectives: - You will appear in-front of the panel
for your project selection by the 3rd week of your Project.
Stage 2: Post-Project Report, Project Output
You will appear in front of the panel for your Post-project report by the 16th Week of your research.
Stage 3: Final Evaluation
You will submit your complete evidence at the end of the semester and it will be evaluated for final grading.

EVIDENCE CHECKLIST SUMMARY OF EVIDENCE REQUIRED BY STUDENT

LO1 Project report, Project plan and schedule, WBS, Gantt Chart

Requirement Gathering Instrument dully filed by all the participants, Research analysis, outcome and
LO2 AND LO3
recommendations

LO4 Self-reflective note