Project Management Methodologies; Prince2

Review of Previous lesson

http://qtp.blogspot.com/2009/12/testing-multiple-choice-questions-10.html

Objectives;

By end of the lesson, we should be able;

• Evaluate Prince2 project Management methodologies
• Discuss the application areas of Prince2 methodology by the different stakeholders.

Task A

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz4o-kR87ls

http://www.slideshare.net/altaee/project-management-methodology-1735142?next_slideshow=1

https://www.slideshare.net/ashwinprince/different-project-management-methodologies?next_slideshow=2

Ethics of driverless cars

https://arxiv.org/pdf/1802.04103.pdf

Task B

Prince 2 Project Management Methodology

Post the following on your one note page.
- What is Prince2 in full?
- What are the key features that distinguish Prince2 project management methodology?
- What are the advantages  and disadvantages of using Prince2 methodology in project management?

http://www.tutorialspoint.com/management_concepts/prince2_project_methodology.htm

https://www.slideshare.net/CTESolutions/prince2-pmbok-comparison-demystified-29846454

Revision Quizzes
Prince2 Quiz

http://www.brighthubpm.com/methods-strategies/126526-are-you-a-king-or-queen-of-prince2-take-this-quiz-and-find-out/

Preparation for ITGS Paper 1 Examination

May 2018 examiners report

Please find in the link below the May 2018 examiners report 

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZzqCEzNA0p43emv-aOEr6xV2M_T4ValB/view?usp=sharing

Answering Extended Response Part (c)

Use the link below to obtain see how to respond to extended response question

Strategy for extended response

Case Study; Driverless Cars Resources

Google Sheets Shared Page

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1GNmWOvymP8MFFU4k5-bo9LnJtCKTLlUVJxuQKvOiTtw/edit?usp=sharing


https://www.slideshare.net/Funk98/autonomous-vehicles-60845449


https://www.atkearney.com/automotive/article?/a/how-automakers-can-survive-the-self-driving-era

https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-03-21/self-driving-autonomous-cars-five-ethical-questions/9567986


Activity for 23rd Nov 2018

Use the article posted in the link and any other source to answer the following questions on your OneNote page

https://innovation-destination.com/2018/02/16/7-factors-critical-success-self-driving-cars/

Alya, Hussein  & Sahil
a) Explain the different reasons why sensors are crucial for the success of self driving cars?

Riya, Amin & Gurjog
b) With examples, describe the different software developments that essential for the success of driver-less cars.

Esther , Carlos & Alameen
c)  Describe some processors future improvements that self driver cars will need to have.

Naeem &; William
d)  What are the current and future communication technologies that will be used by driver-less cars?

Dhruv, Wahaab & Ali-Mo
e)  Crucial to driver-less cars is the infotainment. Evaluate the different current and future infotainment system for driver-less cars.

Devesh & Krishan
f) Policies and legal procedures have to been considered with the implementation of the driver-less cars. Describe some legal hurdles that the makers of driver-less needs to overcome now and in the future.

Kirunda & Preet, Mohammed
g) Evaluate the different tools and strategies that the markers of driver-less will use to market and overcome the challenges of the uptake of the technology.

Smart Roads

What is smart roads;

What technologies are associated with smart roads?

Which companies are involved in the design of smart roads?

Why are smart roads important in the development of Driverless cars?

18/01/2019
Make some important notes from the articles below
https://www.bbvaopenmind.com/en/the-social-implications-of-driverless-cars/

https://mashable.com/2012/02/19/driverless-cars-infographic/#MmO5O6ABrGqk

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/401562/pathway-driverless-cars-summary.pdf

Application to Specific Scenarios; Environment

The environmental theme covers a wide range of topics. The increasing processing capability of mobile devices has enabled almost universal access to information, but the increased number of devices has impacted on the environment.

Modelling and Simulation
Prepare a presentation on the technological developments in the assigned areas of environment. Your presentation should;
i)   Show the different IT systems and concepts related to the area assigned
ii)  Show a video and/or a diagram that simplify the description of how the technology functions.
iii) Examine the impact of the different related technologies on the environment
iv) Share any future developments of the technology or related technologies.

Amin, Karan, Shahil
Modelling and simulations systems for climate change and demographic changes
Use the following resource where possible in your presentation.

https://climate.nasa.gov/interactives/climate-time-machine

https://www.echalk.co.uk/Science/physics/solarSystem/InteractiveEarth/interactiveEarth.html

Esther, Naeem, Hussein,
Data logging system used in environment research for data collection. Sensors, probes, real-time data collection.

Alya, Kirunda, Carlos, Krishan
Satellite communication system and it related technologies such as remote sensing devices, satellite imagery, tagging.

Devesh, Mohammed, Ali-Mo
Mapping, virtual globes; This include impacts of the following technologies on the environment: Geographic information systems (GIS), global positioning systems (GPS),
cell/mobile phone tracking, online journey planning, online maps.

Virtual globes; 
https://cesiumjs.org/
http://www.meteoearth.com/

Riya, William, Alameen
E-waste; What are the issues with E-waste?, What policies have been put in place? What is the role of Basel Action Network? 


Gurjog, Dhruv, Preet
Resource depletion; What does Information technology have to do with resources depletion? What measures have been put in place to manage resources depletion as a results of information technology system?

https://econation.co.nz/resource-depletion/

http://www.digitalresponsibility.org/technology-depleting-resources-and-pollution/

https://www.doityourself.com/stry/is-technology-depleting-energy-resources

HL Content; Project Management Issues

Objectives;

By end of the topic, we should be able;

• Explain the need for project management
• Evaluate the different project Developmental methodologies
• Evaluate the different project Management methodologies
• Describe the different tools and activities undertaken when managing projects

Project Management

Part A

-What is a Project?

-What is Project Management?

https://www.slideshare.net/satishyadavalli/project-management-24470138 : Slide 1-9

-What is a Methodology?

-Why is project management important?

https://www.slideshare.net/ashwinprince/different-project-management-methodologies?next_slideshow=2 Slide 1-9

Project Developmental Methodologies
PowerPoint Development Methodologies Summary Notes

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbUWI3d3E1S3paQk0/view?usp=sharing

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8VAiXCgqIIbSnZGU3FMX1AtN0E/view?usp=sharing

https://www.workamajig.com/blog/project-management-methodologies

CMM Model notes
https://www.guru99.com/capability-maturity-model-cmm-cmm-levels-a-fool-s-guide.html

Incremental Model Notes
https://www.guru99.com/what-is-incremental-model-in-sdlc-advantages-disadvantages.html

Waterfall model Notes
https://www.guru99.com/what-is-sdlc-or-waterfall-model.html

Activity;
Group of 3 students will be assigned a methodology to;
- Describe the developmental methodology
- Explain the benefits of the developmental methodology
- Explain challenges r limitations of the developmental methodology

Revision Questions;

https://www.wisdomjobs.com/e-university/software-development-lifecycle-sdlc-interview-questions.html

Youtube Video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rz4o-kR87ls

Case Study Sample Questions for Driverless cars

 Category 1

•       Distinguish between Smart Roads and Ubiquitous Computing.
•       Define Consequentialism as used in driver-less cars technologies.

 Category 2

•      Explain the benefits of using driver-less vehicle ecosystem.
•      Explained the risks of having level 5 (Full self driving) driver-less cars in our roads.

 Category 3

•        To what extent will the use of cloud based system impact on Tesla driver-less car company? 

 Category 4

Your response to the question below must include evidence of independent research linked to the On the road to driverless cars case study.

line 38-42; "The precision of the interaction of the driverless vehicle with the elements in the ecosystem will be dependent on the quality of the hardware and, critically, on the processing power available in the driverless vehicle’s “brain”.

Discuss with examples of how different hardware have been improved to improve the processing power of driverless cars.

Understanding SDLC for IT systems in Organizations

SDLC Life Cycle

Use the following resource for the topic;

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OMCVjH_2goHkFXaUpBZHqZ8pIWTnGbx_yNHgA62m_MA/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1

https://www.innovativearchitects.com/KnowledgeCenter/basic-IT-systems/system-development-life-cycle.aspx

https://www.tes.com/lessons/tivF-fxJMF9SnQ/week-1-system-development-life-cycle-sdlc

The following are the key stages in the SDLC;

1. Defining the Problem (Assessing the Needs)

    - What are the key activities that take place at this stage? and what is the main aim of this stage?
    - Who is involved in the process?
    - What are the different tools used to ensure successful work of this stage? (data collection)
   
2.  System's  Analysis and Requirements Specification
  a)
 - Define a feasibility study;
 - What are the different types of feasibility study?
 - What are the benefits of conducting a feasibility study? https://www.simplilearn.com/feasibility-study-article

  b) Identification of possible solutions; Why is this important to a systems analyst?

  c) Requirements specification; What are the functional and non- functional requirements specifications? http://rationalizedthoughts.blogspot.co.ke/2005/11/what-are-requirements-sdlc.html

  d) Justification of preferred solution; How do you arrive that what solution is to be developed?
      - Who is involved and what tools are used to make such decisions?

  e) Project Plan
     - Why a project plans essential in SDLC?
     -  What is a project goal?
     -  What are scope and constraints? Give examples http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/constraint-project-constraint

   f) Project Initiation Document
      - What is the purpose of the document?
      - What is contained in the document?

Revision activities

https://quizizz.com/admin/quiz/56b99df16a9b86912e44d310/system-development-life-cycle-12compsci

http://www.siteforinfotech.com/2016/01/multiple-choice-questions-on-sdlc-set-4.html

https://quizlet.com/11312924/match

https://coursedev.umuc.edu/IFSM405/2152/Week_3/MatchingSDLCPhases.html

ITGS Paper 2 News Articles

Read the news articles and suggested the following;
a) Main issue
b) Main stakeholder
c) Name and describe how the main technology works
d) List two advantages and disadvantages to any of stakeholders of the technology
e) Suggest any solution to one of the main problem of the technology

1. Biometrics  https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/biometric-failure-is-not-related-to-age-says-uidai/article23427685.ece
2. Drones https://mashable.com/2016/08/24/drone-accidents-technology-operators/#N_3IXfO2P5q3
3. IOT;  https://www.iotforall.com/5-worst-iot-hacking-vulnerabilities
4. GPS; https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2018/07/30/installing-a-gps-tracker-could-save-your-bike-from-theft/
5. Tracking Innovations; http://info.rastrac.com/blog/5-latest-innovations-in-gps-tracking-equipment
6. TVWS; https://www.businessghana.com/site/news/technology/172392/How-TVWS-is-helping-bridge-the-digital-divide-in-Africa
7. 5G: https://www.cnet.com/news/how-5g-could-widen-the-digital-divide/

Education and Training

The task below should be complete during the Monday lesson Period 3

Conduct an independent research, make notes and post  them on your in OneNote page under Education and Training

a) Define the terms 
b) Provide examples where possible
c) Outline the positives and the negative impacts of the tools in education
d) Suggests some common related social / ethical issues to the technologies

•   Virtual learning environments (VLE), 
•   e-books, 
•   Web 2.0 educational networks
•   game-based learning,
•  fully immersive learning environments,
•  software for filtering and monitoring of students’ internet use, 
•  m-learning.

http://blog.neolms.com/challenges-mobile-learning-classroom/

•  Robots in education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfzd6fDSvMA

http://www.edudemic.com/robots-education-whats-coming/

•  Drones in education

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MAOT18AKb1U

https://elearningindustry.com/drones-in-the-classroom-5-ways-cherishing-students-passion-technology

https://www.coptrz.com/ways-use-drone-classroom/

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/vala-afshar/10-uses-of-drones-in-high_b_5988758.html

http://edu4.me/en/five-ways-in-which-teachers-are-using-drones-in-the-classroom/

•  Cloud computing in education 

https://cloudtweaks.com/2014/12/cloud-computing-education-2/

Hardware and latest innovations system used in education

• List the different hardware and systems used in education
• List the hardware devices developed for people with special needs
• Where as information technology being used in schools and Universities?

Business & Employment; IT in Transportation

The next assignment will be completed in pairs addressing the assigned task; You will research, post the brief results of your research on your OneNote page and prepare a  5 mins presentation addressing the following; (Mode of presentation will be your choice.)

a) Name an example of an IT transportation system assigned

b) Describe using appropriate diagrams or videos or illustration, how the IT system functions/works.

c) Discuss the TWO common known problems/concerns associated with the assigned technology

d) Suggest TWO practical solutions from research that institutions / companies have used to address any of the concerns / problems identified above.

• Airline reservation systems, (Karan, Riya)
• Navigation Systems, (Amin, Kirunda)
• Package trackings, (Shahil, Esther)
• Traffic control systems, (Devesh, Preet)
• IT systems in cars.(Alameen, Ali)
• Airline reservation systems, (Gurjog, Wahaab, Alya)
• IT systems in cars (Dhruv, Carlos)
• Package tracking, (Krishan, Mohammed)
• Traffic control systems, (William, Naeem)

Assessment Rubric

0-2 The presentation is fairly prepared and partially informative. The technology is described partially with limited links to transportation. The impacts of the technology is superficial and the concerns are stated with limited evidence from research. The solutions suggested are fairly viable and basic.

3-4 The presentation is properly prepared and somewhat informative. The technology is described well with some clear links to transportation. The impacts of the technology is good and the concerns are described with some evidence from research. The solutions suggested viable and partially appropriate.

5-6 The presentation is thoughtfully prepared and informative. The technology is described very well and with detailed links to transportation. The impacts of the technology is clear and the concerns are explained with some evidence from research. The solutions suggested are practical and appropriate.

7 The presentation is thoroughly prepared and very informative. The technology is described thoroughly with clear links to transportation. The impacts of the technology is thorough and the concerns are evaluated with extensive evidence from research. The solutions suggested are laudable and creative.

Case Study Driverless Cars Activities

Read the Articles in the link below and make brief summary notes;

https://hbr.org/2017/04/hard-questions-on-our-transition-to-driverless-cars


https://auto.howstuffworks.com/under-the-hood/trends-innovations/driverless-car.htm

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/mar/05/self-driving-cars-may-soon-be-able-to-see-around-corners

Supporting Technologies to Driverless Cars

Describe the different supportive technologies to driverless cars.


Tasks for 19th Sept 2018
a)Use the link below to write brief notes on the listed key terms.
https://itgskit.com/paper3.html

For each key term provide and example and/or a diagrammatic explanation where possible.

b) Discuss the driver-less cars ethical questions in the link below;

http://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2018-03-21/self-driving-autonomous-cars-five-ethical-questions/9567986

c) Draft one 12 mark question for the case study and post on the shared Driver-less cars page.

Paper 2 News article Practice

Read the new article in the link below and respond to the sections assigned in the Paper 2 answer sheet posted on the OneNote Page;

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1tDlSzVr5NFHkHge-1GdCMChbSvIiyJRt/view?usp=sharing

Markscheme
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1DExL78YUQoJBVOQbGcyaJZB8WCgspG11/view

Past Student's Responses for different articles

http://akamitgs.blogspot.com/2016/08/sample-past-papers-structure.html

Read the article and write a response in the spaces provided. Your response should be approximately 750 words in total. Write under the criteria headings A, B, C and D. Use clear and precise language. Use appropriate ITGS terminology. Develop answers that demonstrate understanding beyond what is explicitly stated in the article. 

  

Criterion A — The issue and stakeholder(s) [4 marks] (Krishan & Esther) 

Describe one social/ethical concern related to the IT system. 

   

Describe the relationship of one primary stakeholder to the IT system. (Carlos & Mohammed) 

   

Criterion B — The IT concepts and processes [6 marks] 

Describe, step by step, how the IT system works. 

Input (Naeem & Amin) 

Processing (Karan & Mirza) 

Output & Networking (William & Riya) 

  

Explain the relationship between the IT system and the social/ethical concern described in Criterion A. (Davesh & Wahaab) 

  

  

Criterion C — The impact of the social/ethical issue(s) on stakeholders [8 marks] 

Evaluate the impact of the social/ethical issues on the relevant stakeholders. 

Explicit stakeholder 1 Shahil 

Explicit stakeholder 2 Preet 

Explicit stakeholder 3 Dhruv 

Implicit stakeholder 1 Alya 

  

Criterion D — A solution to a problem arising from the article [8 marks] 

Evaluate one solution that addresses at least one problem identified in Criterion C. (KK, Alameen & Ali) 

 Main problem  

Describe how the solution will function in detail  

Evaluate solution  

Describe the Future recommendation and development suggested for the solution.