

Subject Code: | MBA643 | ||
Subject Name: | Project Initiation, Planning and Execution | ||
Assessment Title: | Individual Report | ||
Assessment Type: | Report | ||
Word Count: | 1000 | Words | (+/-10%) |
Weighting: | 40 % | ||
Total Marks: | 40 | ||
Submission: | Via Turnitin, | ||
Due Date: | Monday, Week 13, 23:55pm AEDT |
Your Task
This assessment is made up of two parts:
In Part A you are asked to write a report based on one of the below companies: Infigenergy: https://www.infigenenergy.com/
Tilt Renewables: https://www.tiltrenewables.com/
The company you will analyse will depend on the LAST digit of your student number:
PART A (20 marks)
The report should begin with a short executive summary and conclude with several, short general recommendations. The content you include in the report should link the project management principles detailed below with the practices of the renewable energy company you have been allocated.
The topics on which students need to make recommendations in their report include:
Where possible, students should relate each section back to the renewable energy company they have been allocated. The executive summary should bring together general recommendations for the student’s chosen company relating to i)-iv).
Students should provide between 100-200 words per topic, together with approximately 200 words in total for the executive summary and final recommendations.
Consider the following three sources and answer the following questions directly. You do not need to write a lot for each question and for some you will need to use excel calculations. Submit you excel spreadsheet together with your report in the separate submission inbox on the assessment table.
https://www.tiltrenewables.com/assets-and-projects/Snowtown-North-Solar-Energy-Farm/
Source 2: Tilt Renewables (TLT.NZ) Yahoo Finance
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/TLT.NZ/
Source 3: Tilt Renewables Financials
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/quote/TLT.NZ/financials?p=TLT.NZ
You have been employed as a project manager by Tilt Renewables and asked to evaluate a solar farm project at Snowtown run by Tilt Energy (See Source 1).
You have been asked to evaluate whether Tilt Renewables should undertake the Snowtown North Solar Energy Farm based on the above sources. Assume this project has not yet been approved.
The following rubric will be used for Part A. Part B will be marked based on your responses to each question.
Integrate project management theory with real-world company practices to make actionable recommendations on below topics | ||
Criteria | Requirement | Marks Available |
i) Project Selection | Describe tools and practices used to select a project for the chosen company. Analyse an example of the practices used by your chosen to company to select between projects. 200-400 words | 3 marks |
ii) Cost Management | Describe the role and importance of a cost manager and strategies to manage project costs. Recommend cost management strategies that your company should undertake with reference to theory and real-world data 200-400 words | 4 marks |
iii) Funding | Describe the sources of funding for projects and the benefits or costs of that funding (see topic 8). Evaluate what funding options are available to your chosen company and determine the implications of these options. 200-400 words | 4 marks |
iv) Implementation and winding up | Outline the process and issues associated with starting and finishing a project. Evaluate resource, infrastructure and environmental issues to do with your company’s project implementations and make any relevant recommendations. 200-400 words | 4 marks |
Summarise recommendations for project risk management for your company with reference to the analysis conducted in the relevant topics | ||
Executive Summary, Conclusion and Recommendation | The summary should briefly describe the main issues you identified in each section BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY recommend to your chosen company the main things they MUST consider when managing/limiting risk in a project. This is about applying what you have learnt to ADVISE what key things they need to focus om | 3 marks |
Conduct relevant research of project management literature and market data and information relevant to your company. Acknowledge your sources. | ||
Appropriate in-text Harvard Referencing and reference list | You must reference in text and have a reference list at the end of your assignment. See Harvard referencing guide on Academic Success Centre portal page. | 2 marks |
KBS values academic integrity. All students must understand the meaning and consequences of cheating, plagiarism and other academic offences under the Academic Integrity and Conduct Policy.
What is academic integrity and misconduct? What are the penalties for academic misconduct? What are the late penalties?
How can I appeal my grade?
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Word Limits for Written Assessments
Submissions that exceed the word limit by more than 10% will cease to be marked from the point at which that limit is exceeded.
Study Assistance
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