Task You are required to prepare for this Assessment Item by: READING the Subject outline, COMPLETING Topic 2 Project Planning BUILDING your PLAN up from the   Project Title      and Abstract in Assessment Task 1 WHAT TO DO: Follow the Study Schedule and work with the Topics in      Interact as they provide a "scaffold" for your learning in this      subject. Develop a detailed Capstone Project Proposal      and Plan using project management software (as listed in the      Study Schedule) and the skills you have acquired from IT Project Management      to develop a project plan with a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS),      milestones and Gantt chart . These tools may help. MicrosoftProject Pro ( http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/project/ ); Open source tools like GanttProject ( http://www.ganttproject.biz/ ); OpenProj( http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/ ) OpenProject ( https://www.openproject.org/about) . ProjectLibre ( http://www.projectlibre.org/ ) Begin using the ' project blog ' as a tool beyond      the weekly progress reports for your chosen emerging technology      topic: The blog helps you to "think by writing" and       also store your notes, project files and links in a cloud-based service. Consider sharing the site with your peers as a way to       tell a story and harness each other’s knowledge. The blog is ideally updated each week with      3 or 4 entries for documenting your project notes and as the foundation      for editing and writing the Capstone Project Report. An ideal blog entry      will have around 50-150 words (150-600 words a week). Presentation Project Plan Sample Format (subject to change or modified to include systems development projects) Title :      Emerging Technology and Innovation Topic Project Blog ( Web address provided) Weekly Progress Reports Plan (In class, Discussion       Board or Project Blog entries) Rationale Problem domain Purpose and justification Supervisor Approval Research Questions Conceptual or Theoretical Framework Methodology Analysis of sources of information (EndNote, APA       Referencing Style) Research method(s) Data collection or systems design methods Ethical Issues Compliance Requirements (Workplace, Industry or       Government regulations) Project Plan Deliverables ( Annotated Bibliography, Journal       Paper, Report, Seminar ) Work breakdown structure (WBS) Risk Analysis Duration Gantt chart References Appendix (if      required) .

1. Task
You are required to prepare for this Assessment Item by:
READING the
Subject outline,
COMPLETING
Topic 2 Project Planning
BUILDING your PLAN up from the
Project
Title and Abstract
in Assessment Task 1
WHAT TO DO:
Follow the Study Schedule and work with the Topics in
Interact as they provide a "scaffold" for your learning in this
subject.
Develop a detailed Capstone
Project Proposal and Plan
using project management software (as listed in the Study
Schedule) and the skills you have acquired from IT Project
Management to develop a project plan with a
Work Breakdown Structure
(WBS), milestones and
Gantt chart

2. . These tools may help.
MicrosoftProject Pro (
http://office.microsoft.com/en-au/project/
);
Open source tools like GanttProject (
http://www.ganttproject.biz/
);
OpenProj(
http://sourceforge.net/projects/openproj/
)
OpenProject (
https://www.openproject.org/about)
.
ProjectLibre (
http://www.projectlibre.org/
)
Begin using the '
project blog
' as a tool beyond the
weekly progress reports
for your chosen emerging technology topic:
The blog helps you to "think by writing" and also store your
notes, project files and links in a cloud-based service.
Consider sharing the site with your peers as a way to tell a

3. story and harness each other’s knowledge.
The blog is ideally
updated each week
with 3 or 4 entries for documenting your project notes and
as the foundation for editing and writing the Capstone
Project Report. An ideal blog entry will have around 50-150
words (150-600 words a week).
Presentation
Project Plan Sample Format
(subject to change or modified to include systems development
projects)
Title
: Emerging Technology and Innovation Topic
Project Blog ( Web address provided)
Weekly Progress Reports Plan (In class, Discussion Board
or Project Blog entries)
Rationale
Problem domain

4. Purpose and justification
Supervisor Approval
Research Questions
Conceptual or Theoretical Framework
Methodology
Analysis of sources of information (EndNote, APA
Referencing Style)
Research method(s)
Data collection or systems design methods
Ethical Issues
Compliance Requirements (Workplace, Industry or
Government regulations)
Project Plan
Deliverables (
Annotated Bibliography, Journal Paper, Report, Seminar
)
Work breakdown structure (WBS)

5. Risk Analysis
Duration
Gantt chart
References
Appendix
(if required)