FORMATIVE ASSESSMENT $2[100$ MARKS$]$

PROJECT

Read the scenario below and answer all the questions that follow.

You have been appointed as a project manager at SITA $($State Information Technology Agency$).$ SITA is a state$-$owned entity

that is committed to leveraging Information Technology $($IT$)$ as a strategic resource for government, managing the IT

procurement and delivery process to ensure that the South African government receives value for money, increased

productivity; qualitative solutions, services and products; and uses best practice IT approaches in its modernisation and the

delivery of services to all citizens. You manage a variety of IT $($Information Technology$)$ projects as part of the programme

under your control. The important project to rollout the vaccines related to the COVID$-19$ pandemic has become a project of

great importance. Your job is to manage the IT portion of the project which entails that a proper record of the immunization

of each inhabitant of South Africa is kept. The state president is expecting regular, accurate reports from your department.

You will have to engage with suppliers and other stakeholders to ensure that a robust IT system is designed to facilitate

record keeping. There is no room for error and the system needs to be accurate and provide live data.

General comments

Marks in the project assessment are primarily awarded for the application of the relevant theory to the requirements of the

assessment. Merely reproducing theory is deemed inadequate. The ability to undertake and reflect on research is a key

component to the assessment. The assessment will be assessed in accordance with the following general criteria:

$1.$ Presentation

$2.$ Organisation

$3.$ Analysis and application of theory

$4.$ Relevance

$5.$ Coherence

$6.$ References

The expected response to the assessment is outlined above. However, the depth of the theory is such that students may

provide answers that may vary. The assessment is therefore assessed by the marker in terms of the relevant theory and

marked accordingly. The responses provided by students may not in their entirety be reflected in the marking guide, but

could be a satisfactory response to the question. Students are given full recognition for this.

Question $1$

$(20$ Marks$)$

To ensure the optimal utilisation of scarce departmental resources, projects should be aligned with programmes, existing

organisational structures and arrangements. It is$,$ therefore, necessary to establish and improve the interface between the

programme, individual projects and organisational arrangements. This interface generally falls into one of three categories.

Appraise these three categories in the context of your project. Question $1$ To ensure the optimal utilisation of

scarce departmental resources,

projects should be aligned with

programmes, existing organisational

structures and arrangements. It is$,$

therefore, necessary to establish and

improve the interface between the

programme, individual projects and

organisational arrangements. This

interface generally falls into one of

three categories. Appraise these three

categories in the context of your

project.

$$ Appraise the $3$ categories

$$ Appraise them in the context of the

project