Question 1

As a software developer, you are required to develop programs that can be readily accessed by a wide range of clients.

Discuss ways in which you can design your software and applications for 2 of the following:

• Blind or visually impaired clients

• Clients with limited or poor hand coordination

• Learning programs for children recovering from trauma

• Clients who are colour blind

• Clients who are hearing impaired

Compare and discuss your answer with at least 1 other classmate.

Question 2.

We have been looking at concepts of Green ICT this week.

Discuss 3 ways in which you (or your organisation), can use ICT to reduce your carbon footprint, and contribute to Green ICT.

Compare your response to at least 1 other classmate.

Question 3

Which of the following are projects, and which are processes? Explain your answer

• Building a computer, on a production line of identical computers
• Building a house, as one of a series of identical houses all over Australia
• Upgrading a computer from Windows 7 to Windows 10
• Upgrading all 120 computers from Windows 7 to Windows 10

Compare them with those of at least 2 other classmates.

Question 4

Reflect on this week’s Professional Environments, Internship activities and learning. Remember that this is your document to help you recall new and significant things from your week and plan for your future. Only you and your tutor can read this journal.

You should write at least 200 words on something you have learned this week that may include:

• what you have learned
• what is happening in your internship or workplace
• how you are relating what you have learned to what is happening in your workplace
• other aspects of your professional development
  • an article you have read
  • an event that you have attended
  • something that may have happened in the workplace that has resulted in your learning about our different workplace culture
  • an interview you had, or a presentation you may have given.

Your reflection may cover more than one of these categories.

Use the Reflective Journal Reading article as a guide to possible career development activities.

Project Scope

Question 5:
Part 5:

Work with your supervisor at your Host Company, to identify a project that you can work on, i.e. a defined piece of work that you can plan, investigate, develop and deliver during your time at your internship.

Your project does not have to be big, but it cannot be routine, everyday work, such as working on help desk, assembling PC’s, fixing bugs in programs, and so on. You will use this project to produce an RMP (Risk Management Plan) in weeks 7 and 8 of the course

Now create a Scope Statement for your project, using the template provided and the separate instruction document for completing it. Please take care to enter information in ALL required fields. The information you write in your Scope Statement should be 200 – 300 words:

You should have at least 3 constraints, 3 assumptions and 3 risks. Write at least a paragraph (several sentences) for the Project Description and the Business Benefit.

Part 2:

Upload your completed Scope Statement to the forum for the others to read and comment on.

Question 6

Download the RMP (Risk Management Plan) template.

Complete Part 1: Project Context, using the information from your Scope Statement.

Upload the template to the forum.

Question 7

Risk Treatment Methods

• The project team is developing an app for iOs, Android, and Windows phones. The development team lead identifies a risk with the Windows phones. She says that the team has little experience with the Windows mobile operating system; additionally Windows is not capable of performing many of the required functions without using commercial plugins and APIs. As Windows phones occupy just a tiny portion of the world market (0.7%), and are being deprecated by Microsoft, you recommend to the client that “Windows” compatibility be removed from the project. The client agrees. Which risk treatment method is this? Explain your answer.
• Which risk treatment method should be used when a section of the project is too difficult for the company to perform? Explain your answer.
• You are managing a project which uses subroutines and libraries from a number of different sources. You are concerned that the project might accidentally contravene the law. So you ask the HR department to employ someone with specialist knowledge in the area. Is this an example of “Transference”? Explain your answer.
• What is the difference between “Avoidance” and “Acceptance”?

Question 8 (one more like question 4)

Reflect on this week’s Professional Environments, Internship activities and learning. Remember that this is your document to help you recall new and significant things from your week and plan for your future. Only you and your tutor can read this journal.

You should write at least 200 words on something you have learned this week that may include:

• what you have learned
• what is happening in your internship or workplace
• how you are relating what you have learned to what is happening in your workplace
• other aspects of your professional development
  • an article you have read
  • an event that you have attended
  • something that may have happened in the workplace that has resulted in your learning about our different workplace culture
  • an interview you had, or a presentation you may have given.

NOTE: If you are not currently in an internship, or have completed your internship, you should consider reflecting on some of these other related activities.

Your reflection may cover more than one of these categories.

Use the Reflective Journal Reading article as a guide to possible career development activities.