ITECH7407 REAL TIME ANALYTICS

Semester 2019/17
TEAM ASSIGNMENTS

A. TASKS, DUE DATES AND WEIGHTINGS

Assessment Task 2: Research Report Presentation Task 3: Research Report

(Team) (Team)
Attribute

Due Date Week 8 (During tutorials/lab) 15 Sept 2019, 5pm

Learning outcomes K4, K5, S1, A1, A2, V1, V2 K1, K2, K3, K4, S1, A1, A2, V1,
assessed V2
Weighting 10% 15%
Details of the intended learning outcomes assessed can be found in the course description.

B. INSTRUCTIONS
Under the leadership of the lecturer or/and tutor, students are expected to work on this two-part
project or assignment (i.e. Task 2 and Task 3) in teams of 3 to 5 members. Each team shall choose one
of the topics listed in Section C of this document. Both the team presentation and the team research
report shall be based on the same topic. The following are the deliverables in this project:

1. Each team is expected to choose one of the topics listed in the next section,
research thoroughly on it and write a research report of about 3000 words.

2. Each report should reference a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed journal

articles and conference papers.

3. The report should be well researched and written in accordance with

APA referencing style.

4. Each team should clearly discuss different aspects of the chosen topic and
how these aspects collectively enhance the theoretical and practical
knowledge.

5. Final deliverable consists of a presentation and a research report following

the schedule above.

6. Presentation of your findings in this project would be of about 20-minute

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 duration.

7. Declaration of contributions: Each student must speak during the

presentation part of the assignment. Also, each team must clearly state on
the second page of the submission (after the cover page) the contributions
of each team member in the project in a tabular form according to the
format:

Student Student Contrib

ID Name utions
to
Project

Lecturers/tutors reserve the right to reduce a student’s mark if their contribution to

their team project is deemed insubstantial.

8. You are reminded to read the “Plagiarism” section of the course description.
Your submission should be a synthesis of ideas from a variety of sources
expressed in your own words.

9. All reports must use the APA referencing style. Federation University has
published a style guide to help students correctly reference and cite
information they use in assignments (American Psychological Association or
APA) citation style, which can be found at
http://www.ballarat.edu.au/aasp/student/learning_support/generalguide/
print/ch06s04.shtmlor Australian citation style.

10. Both power point slides for the team presentation and the team report must
be submitted on Moodle by the respective due dates. Reports should use
Arial Font with size 12pt and double spaced. Your report should include a list
of references used in the essay and a bibliography of the wider reading you
have done to familiarize yourself on the topic.

11. A passing grade will be awarded to assignments adequately addressing all

assessment criteria. Higher grades require better quality and more effort.
For example, a minimum is set on the wider reading required. A student
reading vastly more than this minimum will be better prepared to discuss
the issues in depth and consequently their report is likely to be of a higher
quality. So before submitting, please read through the assessment criteria
very carefully.

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 C. ASSIGNMENTS TOPICS
Each team is expected to choose ONLY one of the following topics for both parts
of the assignment:
1. A relevant industry application of real-time analytics
2. Challenges and potential solutions in real-time big data analytics
3. Real-time Big Data privacy
4. Real-time Big data governance
5. Strategic issues stemming from business intelligence, business analytics and big data
6. Change management issues stemming from business intelligence, business analytics and big
data

D. REFERENCES AND RELATED WORK

Each team is expected to source and cite appropriately at least 15 journal and
conference papers related to their chosen topic. Below are some references
which can be of help:

1. Tseng, F-H., Hsueh, J.-H., Tseng, C.-W., Yang, Y.-T., Chao, H.-C., & Chou, L.-
D. (2018). Congestion Prediction With Big Data for Real-Time Highway
Traffic. IEEE Access, 2018(6), 57311 – 57323.
2. Ranjitha, P. (2015). Streaming Analytics over Real-Time Big Data. Global
Journal of Computer Science and Technology: Software & Data
Engineering, 15(5), 26-30.
3. He, Y., Yu, F.R, Zhao, N., Yin, H., Yao, H., & Qiu, R.C. (2016). Data
Analytics in Mobile Cellular Networks. IEEE Access, 2016(4), 1985–1996.
4. Constantiou, I. D., & Kallinikos, J. (2015). New games, new rules: big data
and the changing context of strategy. Journal of Information Technology,
30(1), 44-57.
5. Chen, H., Chiang, R. H., & Storey, V. C. (2012). Business Intelligence and
Analytics: From Big Data to Big Impact. MIS quarterly, 36(4), 1165-1188.
6. Ketter, W., Peters, M., Collins, J., & Gupta, A. (2015). Competitive
Benchmarking: An IS Research Approach to Address Wicked Problems
with Big Data and Analytics. MIS Quarterly. (forthcoming)
7. McAfee, A., Brynjolfsson, E., Davenport, T. H., Patil, D. J., & Barton, D.
(2012). Big data. The management revolution. Harvard Business Review,
90(10), 61-67.
8. Manyika, J., Chui, M., Brown, B., Bughin, J., Dobbs, R., Roxburgh, C., and

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 Byers, A. H. 2011. “Big Data: The Next Frontier for Innovation,
Competition, and Productivity,” McKinsey Global Institute.
http://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/business-
technology/ourinsights/big-data-the-next-frontier-for-innovation; access
on 4 March 2016.
9. Kallinikos, J., & Constantiou, I. D. (2015). Big data revisited: a rejoinder.
Journal of Information Technology, 30(1), 70-74.
10. McAfee, A., Brynjolfsson, E., Davenport, T. H., Patil, D. J., & Barton, D. (2012). Big data. The
management revolution. Harvard Business Review, 90(10), 61-67.
11. Kallinikos, J., & Constantiou, I. D. (2015). Big data revisited: a rejoinder. Journal of
Information Technology, 30(1), 70-74.
12. Sharma, R., Mithas, S., & Kankanhalli, A. (2014). Transforming decision-making processes: a
research agenda for understanding the impact of business analytics on organisations.
European Journal of Information Systems, 23(4), 433-441.

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 Assessment Criteria for
Team Report – 100 Marks (15%
Student IDs:
Score Very Good
Presentation Information is well
/Layout organized, well written,
and proper grammar
and punctuation are
used throughout.
/05 marks Correct layout used.
Structure Structure guidelines
Enhanced
/10 marks
Introduction Introduces the topic of
the report in an
extremely engaging
manner which arouses
the reader's interest.
Gives a detailed general
background and
indicates the overall
/10 marks "plan" of the paper.
Discussion of All topics discussed in
Topics depth. Displays deep
analysis of issues with
no irrelevant info.
/50 marks
Conclusion An interesting, well
written summary of the
main points.
An excellent final
comment on the
subject, based on the
/15 marks information provided.
Referencing Correct referencing
(APA). All quoted
material in quotes and
acknowledged. All
paraphrased material
acknowledged.
Correctly set out
/10 marks reference list.
SubTotal-/100
marks
Total out of 15
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Good Satisfactory Unsatisfactory (0)
Information is Information is somewhat Information is
organized, well written, organized, proper organized,
somewhat but proper
with proper grammar grammar and grammar and
and punctuation. punctuation mostly punctuation not always
Correct layout used. used. Correct layout used. Some elements
used. of
layout incorrect.
Structure guidelines Structure guidelines Some elements of
followed exactly mostly followed. structure omitted
Introduces the topic of Satisfactorily introduces Introduces the topic of
the report in an the topic of the report. the report, but omits a
engaging manner which Gives a general general background of
arouses the reader's background. the topic and/or the
interest. Indicates the overall overall "plan" of the
Gives some general "plan" of the paper. paper.
background and
indicates the overall
"plan" of the paper.
Consistently detailed Most topics are Inadequate discussion
discussion. Displays adequately discussed. of issues Little/no
sound understanding Displays some demonstrated
with some analysis of understanding and understanding or
issues and no irrelevant analysis of issues. analysis of most issues
Information and/or some irrelevant
information.
A good summary of the Satisfactory summary of Poor/no summary of the
main points. the main points. main points.
A good final comment A final comment on the A poor final comment
on the subject, based subject, but introduced on subject and/or new
the
on the information new material. material introduced.
provided.
Mostly correct Mostly correct Not all material correctly
referencing (APA). All referencing (APA ) acknowledged.
quoted material in Some problems with Some problems with
Quotes & acknowledged. quoted material and the
reference list.
All paraphrased material paraphrased material
acknowledged. Some problems with the
Mostly correct setting reference list.
out reference list.
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 Assessment Criteria for
Team Report Presentation – 100 Marks (10%
Weighting)

Student IDs:

Each team report presentation shall last 10-20 minutes. The following shall be used to assess
and grade the presentations.

Criteria Marks
Introduction /10

Content /40

Conclusion /10

Presentation Style e.g. clarity, engagement /20

Team participation /10

Timing (10-15 minutes) /10

SubTotal-2 /100
General Comments:

Team assignment Total = SubTotal-1 + SubTotal-2.

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