ASSESSMENT GUIDE
Group Assignment
INFS2603 Business Analysis and Agile
Product Management
Term 3, 2022
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Assessment Summary
Assessment Task Weighting Due Date* Learning Outcomes
Assessment 2: Group Assignment
Your group project involves real-world challenges proposed by
organisations. In this project, you will work with your team members
to elaborate a digitally-enable solution for an organisational problem.
30% Week 05, 09 CLO 1,2,3,4,5,6
* Due dates are set at Australian Eastern Standard/Daylight Time (AEST/AEDT). If you are located in a different time-zone, you can use the time and date converter.

Course Learning Outcomes (CLO
1. CLO1 [PLO 1]
2. CLO2 [PLO 1, 2, 5, 6, 7]
3. CLO3 [PLO 1, 2]
4. CLO4 [PLO 1, 2, 5]
5. 3CLO5 [PLO 1, 3, 5, 6]
6. CLO6 [PLO 3, 4, 6, 7]

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Assessment Details
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improve your academic writing skills before submitting your final version.
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Late Submissions
The parameters for late submissions are outlined in the UNSW Assessment Implementation Procedure. For INFS2603,
if you submit your assessments after the due date, you will incur penalties for late submission unless you have
Special Consideration (see below). Late submission is 5% per day (including weekends), calculated from the marks
allocated to that assessment (not your grade). Assessments will not be accepted more than 5 days late.
Extensions
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assessment, please make a request as early as possible before the due date via the special consideration portal on
myUNSW (My Student profile > Special Consideration). You can find more information on Special Consideration and
the application process below. Lecturers and tutors do not have the ability to grant extensions.
Special Consideration
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circumstances), on your performance in a specific assessment task.
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• Prevent you from completing a course requirement,
• Keep you from attending an assessment,
• Stop you from submitting an assessment,
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Assessment 2: Group Assignment

Week

30%

Written response

4000 words and/or 20 pages excluding Appendix AND an in-class presentation

Via Moodle course site


Description of assessment task
Your group project involves real-world challenges proposed by organisations. In this project, you will work with your
team members to elaborate a digitally-enable solution for an organisational problem.

Summary
• This assignment is to be undertaken as a group assignment
• Team size: 4-5 students (depending on the tutorial class size)
• Team formation method: Self-selection (students in the same tutorial)
• This assignment is graded upon 30 marks (i.e., 30% of the course total marks)

Important Dates
1. Team formation: Week 2, Monday 5pm
2. First Milestone Due: Beginning of Week 5
3. Second Milestone Due: Beginning of Week 9

*All dates are set in Australian Eastern Standard/Daylight Time (AEST/AEDT). If you are located in a different time-
zone, you can use a time and date converter.

Expected Learning
• Manage contemporary business analysis challenges
• Develop problem-solving skills and learner agency that will serve you in the long-term
• Work effectively in a collaborative environment
• Get exposed to professional practices with support from industry mentors
• Enrich your professional profile with industry-relevant experience
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Part 1: Project Background
This assessment requires you to:
• Apply Business analysis skills, tools and techniques to solve an organisational challenge
• Develop a Product Goal, Vision and Roadmap for the articulated challenge

Please review the following project brief carefully.

A large public sector organisation in Sydney is considering the implementation of a car-sharing application for its
employees. Several factors have driven the organisation to consider this solution, including:
• Limited availability of parking space on their campus
• Security concerns for employees, especially when they are leaving campus late at night
• Rising fuel costs
• Work on the major tram line
• Government subsidies for car sharing employees

The organisation wants a proof-of-concept of a car-sharing application that can help employees share rides to and
from their workplace. The organisation wants to explore existing car-sharing applications in the market and formulate
a product plan that can build on and extend existing features and functionalities to meet the organisation’s bespoke
requirements.
There are two deliverables and one presentation your team is required to submit (30%):
a) A Report documenting the journey from problem statement to product articulation
b) A Presentation providing an in-depth overview of the proposed product covering the product backlog and a low
fidelity prototype

Part 2: Team Formation
2.1 Relevance of teamwork skills
Effective collaboration and teamwork are often cited as one of the key factors for a project’s success. Today, they are
also one of the most sought-after skills companies are looking for. In the Information Technology (IT) industry, which
is broad and diverse, learning how to work in a team, to communicate, negotiate and solve problems, is particularly
important to ensure effective leveraging of different skill sets for greater outcomes. These skills can be as important
as your subject knowledge in enabling you to be an effective professional.
In this course, you will have the opportunity to work in a team of your choice to complete the project.

2.2 Instructions for team formation
1. Use the Team Formation link on Moodle (detailed instructions can be found via the link) to form your team
before the deadline: Week 2, Monday
2. Students who have not joined a team by the deadline will be randomly allocated to teams.
3. You can only form a team with students from the same tutorial. We will have many group assignment related
activities in the tutorials, and your team will get the best support when all of you get to work together in the
same tutorial session.
4. You are also encouraged to explore new working relationships with peers you have not worked with before.
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5. Finally, please make sure that all team members are happy with the team formation before submitting it on
Moodle. The team formation nomination cannot be modified after the deadline.


Part 3: Project Deliverables
3.1 Project expectations
Your group assessment is designed as a “Sandbox Industry Project” – which means the assessment involves an actual
problem in the industry and was proposed by professionals to support you in developing the most relevant and practical
knowledge and skillsets. Unlike textbook case studies, these accurate project specifications will not have step-by-step
guidance or a solution template. You will need your learning skills, critical thinking and problem-solving abilities,
creativity and proactiveness to do well.

To succeed in this project, you will need to carefully manage your learning process, including demonstrating agency in
performing self-directed learning, conducting research, taking the initiative, and more. These tasks are expected to take
12-15 hours (per week) of your time.

3.2 Project deliverables (30%)
By the deadline, all deliverables will need to be uploaded to Moodle course site. Submission instructions will be
provided on Moodle.

3.2.1 Milestone: Due beginning of Week 05

The purpose of the milestone submission is to get early formative feedback on the direction of your group assignment.
You will be provided with qualitative feedback on your assignment plan. You will not be given a grade for this
submission. The milestone submission is a 1500-word submission outlining your approach to the group assignment.
The request should cover the following details:

1. Team Project Plan – Your team is expected to function as an Agile Scrum Team, applying agile scrum
framework to manage your project. In your plan, you need to cover how you have and will work cohesively as
an agile scrum team to achieve the group assignment objectives. [Word Limit: 500 words]

2. Initial Enterprise Analysis – Your team is expected to conduct an initial enterprise analysis based on the
problem statement provided in this brief. The initial enterprise analysis requires you to demonstrate your
understanding of the problem statement, and the considerations that the team deems as relevant to explore
the problem statement in depth. You will adopt and apply relevant frameworks and techniques to understand
the problem domain (i.e., the organisation, the industry and the specific problem faced by the organisation) and
draw inferences for future course of action in the assignment. [Word limit: 1000 words]
On submission, the project team will share qualitative feedback on your understanding of adopting and applying the
This is a mandatory submission.

3.2.2 Final Submission: Due beginning of Week 09 (Report) and Week 10 (Presentation)

The group assignment is worth 30% of your overall course marks. There are two components to your group assignment.
The report component is worth 25% and the presentation is worth 5% of your overall course marks. The final group
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assignment is due beginning of Week 09 and the presentation is due for delivery in your respective tutorial classes in
Week 10. Both the components are graded, and a numerical mark will be provided. There will be no summative
qualitative feedback on your report or presentation.

The requirements for the report and the presentation are described below. The marking rubric for both the report and
the presentation is described in Section 4 of this document.

Group Assignment Report Requirements:
The audience of your report is the senior management of the public sector organisation. In your report, you will describe
the various business analysis tools, frameworks, and techniques that your group employed and applied to move from a
high-level problem statement to a well-articulated product vision.
1. Revised Enterprise Analysis: this section should showcase the team’s
a. understanding of the problem statement
b. understanding of the problem domain
c. understanding and application of business analysis tools, techniques and frameworks used to
conduct enterprise analysis
d. assumptions and justifications wherever necessary
2. Enterprise Modelling: this section should showcase the team’s
a. understanding of the organisation’s business process
b. understanding and application of relevant enterprise modelling techniques
c. assumptions and justifications wherever necessary
3. Product Visioning: this section should showcase the team’s
a. product vision/goal congruent with reference to the problem statement
b. understanding of the product’s high-level features, users and needs
c. assumptions and justifications wherever necessary
4. Project Management
a. understanding and application of the Agile Scrum Framework to implement the project

Presentation Requirements:
The audience of your presentation is the senior management of the public sector organisation. In your report, you will
describe the various business analysis tools, frameworks, and techniques that your group employed and applied to
move from a product vision to a low fidelity product prototype. The presentation should contain no more than 12
slides. Any content beyond 12 slides (for the presentation deck) and the 10-minute mark (for the presentation) will
NOT be assessed. A detailed marking rubric can be found in Part 4. The presentation must cover the following areas:

1. Summary of the Problem Statement
2. Summarized version of the Product Goal
3. Product Backlog Creation Process
a. Product backlog creation process
b. Finalized product’s features and features’ priority
4. Low fidelity Prototype Creation Process and Demo
a. Prototype creation process
b. Demo of the low-fidelity prototype
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5. Agile Project Management Reflection
a. Meta-retrospective on the team’s application of the Agile Scrum
framework

Not all team members have to present in this pitch, but team members who are not presenting should still help in the
preparation. Note: all team members must be present during the Week 10 tutorial to participate in Q&A.


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Part 4: Marking Rubrics
4.1 REPORT (25% of Course Marks)

Criteria High Distinction (HD) Distinction (D) Credit (C) Pass (P) Fail (F)
Knowledge (25%)

Demonstrates
understanding of
disciplinary
knowledge
Exhibits accurate and
elaborated breadth and depth of
understanding concepts. Knows
how particular facts developed.
Demonstrates an appreciation of
the limitations and temporary
nature of conceptual knowledge
in the discipline or field.
Exhibits breadth and depth
of understanding concepts.
Can use terminology
accurately in new contexts
and has transformed the
ideas and can express them
appropriately in own words.
Demonstrates an
understanding of the
limitations of knowledge in
the field.
Exhibits breadth of
knowledge and some
depth of
understanding
concepts.
Demonstrates an
appreciation of the
limits of the own
understanding.
Encyclopaedic
knowledge and can
reproduce accurately
required facts and
definitions. Has
adequate breadth, but
limited depth of
understanding basic
concepts.
Limited understanding of
required concepts and
knowledge. Inaccurate
reproduction of text and
lectures. Cannot discuss
concepts in own words.
Analysis (25%)

Quality of analysis,
depth of reflection,
evidence of your
thinking about the
Project brief and its
relation to the
conceptual material
covered in the course
Nuanced and engaging use of
course concepts with
unanticipated extensions,
develops abstract/theoretical
points of view in analysis.
Conveys a multidimensional
understanding of the context of
the issue. Shows ingenuity,
pointed critical analysis,
excellent interpretation of
systems thinking and course
material, engages with
assumptions, imperfect
information and contested
meanings.
A very good analysis that
demonstrates strong,
multidimensional
understanding of course
concepts, forms convincing
arguments that demonstrate
a sophisticated
understanding of context.
Demonstrates wider thinking
about the issue, deeper
engagement with the course
material and its implications.
A competent analysis
that makes clear
connections between
course concepts and
the ethics/
sustainability themes
in the article.
Argumentation could
be stronger e.g. use
of logic and evidence.
An attempt made to
forge links between
course concepts and
the subject of the article.
However, analysis is
weak due to being
highly descriptive.
Logical inconsistencies
or concepts
misunderstood
Failure to analyse the
article using course
concepts. No engagement
with course concepts or
themes relating to the
article beyond a
descriptive summary.
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Application (25%)

Applies business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies
introduced in the
course
Introduces and explains BA
concepts, tools, techniques and
methodologies
comprehensively, demonstrating
a breadth and depth of
understanding. Accurately and
insightfully applies BA tools,
techniques and methodoloiges
to own situation.
Introduces and explains
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies
comprehensively. Accurately
and insightfully applies
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies to own
situation.
Introduces and
explains business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies.
Accurately applies
business analysis
tools, techniques and
methodologies to own
situation.
Introduces business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies but does
not explain them
adequately. Applies
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies to own
situation appropriately
but may include minor
errors or omissions.
Does not explain any
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies. Does not
apply business analysis
tools, techniques and
methodologies to own
situation, or application is
inaccurate.
Communication
(15%)

Written
communication:
Organisation, clarity
and grammar
Shows a polished and insightful
approach to the report
organisation, with compelling
clarity of expression.
Careful attention to detail
with organisation and written
clarity.
Logical organisation,
coherent and mostly
written clearly.
Some attempt to
organise in a logical
manner, and reasonable
clarity of expression.
Disorganised and
incoherent, such as no
linking between
sections/arguments, or
there is no introduction/
conclusion to the report.
Research (10%)

Evidence of reading
and referencing
Fully supported by relevant and
up-to-date material which goes
beyond the key texts. Excellent
integration of quoted material
into sentences. Accurate use of
Harvard referencing system.
Clear evidence of relevant
reading. Examples support
points and quotes are well
integrated into sentences.
Accurate use of Harvard
referencing system.
Informed by key texts.
Examples support
points. Accurate use
of Harvard referencing
system. Quotes
integrated into
sentences.
Some use of key
readings and accurate
use of Harvard
referencing system.
Statements are mainly
supported.
Limited and/or inaccurate
use of key texts, which is
fairly superficial. Poor or
incorrect use of Harvard
referencing system.














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4.2 PRESENTATION (5% of Course Marks)

Criteria High Distinction (HD) Distinction (D) Credit (C) Pass (P) Fail (F)
Analysis (25%)

Quality of analysis,
depth of reflection,
evidence of your
thinking about the
Project brief and its
relation to the
conceptual material
covered in the course
Nuanced and engaging use of
course concepts with
unanticipated extensions,
develops abstract/theoretical
points of view in analysis.
Conveys a multidimensional
understanding of the context of
the issue. Shows ingenuity,
pointed critical analysis,
excellent interpretation of
systems thinking and course
material, engages with
assumptions, imperfect
information and contested
meanings.
A very good analysis that
demonstrates strong,
multidimensional
understanding of course
concepts, forms convincing
arguments that demonstrate
a sophisticated
understanding of context.
Demonstrates wider thinking
about the issue, deeper
engagement with the course
material and its implications.
A competent analysis
that makes clear
connections between
course concepts and
the ethics/
sustainability themes
in the article.
Argumentation could
be stronger e.g. use of
logic and evidence.
An attempt made to
forge links between
course concepts and the
subject of the article.
However, analysis is
weak due to being highly
descriptive. Logical
inconsistencies or
concepts misunderstood
Failure to analyse the
article using course
concepts. No
engagement with
course concepts or
themes relating to the
article beyond a
descriptive summary.
Application (25%)

Applies business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies
introduced in the
course
Introduces and explains BA
concepts, tools, techniques and
methodologies comprehensively,
demonstrating a breadth and
depth of understanding.
Accurately and insightfully
applies BA tools, techniques and
methodoloiges to own situation.
Introduces and explains
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies
comprehensively. Accurately
and insightfully applies
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies to own
situation.
Introduces and
explains business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies.
Accurately applies
business analysis
tools, techniques and
methodologies to own
situation.
Introduces business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies but does
not explain them
adequately. Applies
business analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies to own
situation appropriately
but may include minor
errors or omissions.
Does not explain any
business analysis
tools, techniques and
methodologies. Does
not apply business
analysis tools,
techniques and
methodologies to own
situation, or application
is inaccurate.
Delivery (25%)
Excellent delivery techniques
such as gestures, eye contact,
and vocal expressiveness.
Speaker appears confident and
presentation is compelling.
Good delivery techniques
such as gestures, eye
contact, and vocal
expressiveness. Speaker is
comfortable and the
presentation is interesting.
Appropriate delivery
techniques such as
gestures, eye contact,
and vocal
expressiveness make
the presentation.
Speaker at times may
appear tentative.
Delivery techniques
support the content of
the presentation.
Speaker appears
uncomfortable.
Delivery techniques
are inappropriate.
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Effectiveness (25%)

Effectiveness of
presentation for the
intended audience and
purpose: verbal
communication
(projection,
modulation, clarity),
non-verbal
communication (eye
contact,
paralanguage), visual
aids.
A well-developed and highly
effective professional
presentation delivered in an
engaging manner. High level of
understanding of the intended
audience.
A well-developed and highly
effective presentation
delivered in a
comprehensively
professional manner, with a
high level of understanding
of the intended audience.
Presentation is well
structured, effective,
and clearly meets
intended audience
needs in terms of
verbal and non-verbal
communication,
Presentation is basic in
its effectiveness with
some problems with
verbal and non-verbal
communication.
Ineffective
presentation
demonstrating limited
verbal and non-verbal
communication.