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