Project Management Assignment
BBA222 Project Management Mid-Term Assignment brief & rubrics
Task
This is an individual task in which students should apply learning from the module to business cases in scenarios in which:
The need for a project-based approach should be identified and justified as discussed in Lesson 1
Project management can be assessed as a strategic element inside organizations as discussed in Lessons 2-4
Relevant case studies may be found at https://www.pmi.org/business-solutions/case-studies and can be complemented using own research via EBSCO and
Google Scholar. You may also make assumptions as relevant as long as these are clearly indicated in the assignment.
Some ideas for possible topics include IT projects in the private and/or public sectors, construction projects, product/service development projects and start-up
projects inside organisations. The assignment should include a title page (indicating the total word-count) and a clear introduction on the chosen
organisation/project. The assignment should include references from peer-reviewed sources (i.e. books and academic Journals) formatted using the Harvard
referencing style.
Expected table of contents: Introduction on the organization, project identification, strategic elements of the project identified for the chosen organization,
justification of the project approach, conclusions, references
Formalities:
Wordcount: 2,000 words
Cover, Table of Contents, References and Appendix are excluded of the total wordcount.
Font: Arial 12,5 pts.
Text alignment: Justified.
The in-text References and the Bibliography have to be in Harvards citation style.
Submission: Week (4) Via Moodle (Turnitin). by the 23rd August at 23:59
Weight: This task is a 40% of your total grade for this subject.
It assesses the following learning outcomes:
Outcome 1: describe the need for a project- based approach inside organizations
Outcome 2: understand the role of project management as a strategic element inside organizations
Outcome 3: critically assess the roles and responsibilities of a project manager
Outcome 4: evaluate how to select, develop, plan, schedule and measure its outcomes and risks.
Rubrics
Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69
Knowledge &
Understanding
(20%)
Student demonstrates
excellent understanding of
key concepts and uses
vocabulary in an entirely
appropriate manner.
Student demonstrates
good understanding of the
task and mentions some
relevant concepts and
demonstrates use of the
relevant vocabulary.
Student understands the
task and provides minimum
theory and/or some use of
vocabulary.
Student understands the task
and attempts to answer the
question but does not
mention key concepts or uses
minimum amount of relevant
vocabulary.
Application (30%) Student applies fully
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class.
Student applies mostly
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class.
Student applies some
relevant knowledge from
the topics delivered in
class. Misunderstanding
may be evident.
Student applies little relevant
knowledge from the topics
delivered in class.
Misunderstands are evident.
Critical Thinking
(30%)
Student critically assesses
in excellent ways, drawing
outstanding conclusions
from relevant authors.
Student critically assesses
in good ways, drawing
conclusions from relevant
authors and references.
Student provides some
insights but stays on the
surface of the topic.
References may not be
relevant.
Student makes little or none
critical thinking insights, does
not quote appropriate
authors, and does not
provide valid sources.
Communication
(20%)
Student communicates
their ideas extremely
clearly and concisely,
respecting word count,
grammar and spellcheck
Student communicates
their ideas clearly and
concisely, respecting word
count, grammar and
spellcheck
Student communicates
their ideas with some
clarity and concision. It
may be slightly over or
under the wordcount limit.
Some misspelling errors
may be evident.
Student communicates their
ideas in a somewhat unclear
and unconcise way. Does not
reach or does exceed
wordcount excessively and
misspelling errors are
evident.
