Higher Nationals

Internal verification of assessment decisions – BTEC (RQF)

INTERNAL VERIFICATION – ASSESSMENT DECISIONS
Programme title BTEC Higher National Diploma in Computing

Assessor Internal Verifier

Unit 6 Managing a Successful Computing Project
Unit(s)
Artificial Intelligence (AI)- Management Information System Project
Assignment title

Student’s name
List which assessment Pass Merit Distinction
criteria the Assessor has
awarded.
INTERNAL VERIFIER CHECKLIST

Do the assessment criteria awarded match

those shown in the assignment brief? Y/N

Is the Pass/Merit/Distinction grade awarded

justified by the assessor’s comments on the Y/N
student work?
Has the work been assessed
Y/N
accurately?
Is the feedback to the student:
Give details:

• Constructive?
Y/N
• Linked to relevant assessment
criteria? Y/N

• Identifying opportunities for

improved performance? Y/N

• Agreeing actions? Y/N

Does the assessment decision need

Y/N
amending?
Assessor signature Date

Internal Verifier signature Date

Programme Leader signature(if
Date
required)
 Confirm action completed
Remedial action taken

Give details:

Assessor signature Date

Internal Verifier
Date
signature
Programme Leader
Date
signature (if required)
Higher Nationals - Summative Assignment Feedback Form
Student Name/ID
Unit Title Unit 6 Managing a Successful Computing Project

Assignment Number 1 Assessor

Date Received 1st
Submission Date
submission
Date Received 2nd
Re-submission Date
submission
Assessor Feedback:

LO1. Assess risks to IT security

Pass, Merit & Distinction P1 P2 M1 D1

Descripts
LO2. Describe IT security solutions.

Pass, Merit & Distinction P3 P4 M2 D1

Descripts

LO3. Review mechanisms to control organisational IT security.

Pass, Merit & Distinction P5 P6 M3 M4 D2
Descripts

LO4. Create and use a Test Plan to review the performance and design of a multipage website.
Pass, Merit & Distinction P7 P8 M5 D3
Descripts

Grade: Assessor Signature: Date:

Resubmission Feedback:

Grade: Assessor Signature: Date:

Internal Verifier’s Comments:

Signature & Date:

* Please note that grade decisions are provisional. They are only confirmed once internal and external moderation has taken place and grades decisions have
been agreed at the assessment board.
Pearson
Higher Nationals in
Computing
Unit 6: Managing a Successful Computing Project
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Assignment Brief
Student Name /ID Number

Unit Number and Title Unit 6: Managing a Successful Computing Project

Academic Year 2017/2018

Unit Tutor

Assignment Title Artificial Intelligence (AI)- Management Information System Project

Issue Date

Submission Date

IV Name & Date

Submission Format:

The submission is in the form of an individual written report. This should be written in a concise, formal
business style using single spacing and font size 12. You are required to make use of headings,
paragraphs and subsections as appropriate, and all work must be supported with research and
referenced using the Harvard referencing system. Please also provide an end list of references using the
Harvard referencing system.

Unit Learning Outcomes:

LO1 Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on the chosen theme.

LO2 Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and data collection to generate knowledge to
support the project.

LO3 Present the project and communicate appropriate recommendations based on meaningful
conclusions drawn from the evidence findings and/or analysis.

LO4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and its usefulness to support sustainable
organizational performance.

Assignment Brief and Guidance:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) Elements in a Management Information System (MIS) Project

Management Information Systems (MIS) plays a very important role in today’s organizations; it creates
an impact on the organization’s functions, performance and productivity. A Management Information
System (MIS) ensures that an appropriate data is collected from the various sources, processed and send
further to all the needy destinations. A system is expected to fulfill the information needs of an
individual, a group of individuals, management functionaries, managers and top management to
improve efficiency and productivity.

In order to uplift the operations efficiency and performance of a management information system, any
system can be enhanced using artificial intelligence. Artificial Intelligence covers computer systems that
are able to perform tasks normally requiring human intelligence. These tasks might include visual
perception, speech recognition, decision-making, and translation between languages and many more. AI
impacts on every aspect of society and has the potential to be fully integrated into daily work and social
lives in the very near future.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is important in today’s organizations in order to succeed in competitive

business environments because AI automates repetitive learning and discovery through data -
automating manual tasks which is more frequent, high-volume with human inquiry that is essential to
set up the system and ask the right questions. AI adds intelligence to existing software products - smart
machines can be combined with large amounts of data to improve many technologies at the workplace,
on business intelligence and forecasting analysis. AI adapts through progressive learning algorithms -
finds structure and regularities in data so that the algorithm acquires a skill: This algorithm can teach
itself for example what product to recommend next online and the AI model adapt when given new
data. Back propagation is an AI technique that allows the model to adjust, through training and added
data, when the first answer is not quite right. AI analyzes more and deeper data using neural networks
that have many hidden layers with incredible computer power and big data. There is a need of lots of
data to train deep learning models because they learn directly from the data. The more data you can
feed them, the more accurate they become. When algorithms are self-learning, the data itself can
become intellectual property. AI achieves accuracy through deep neural networks where AI gets the
most out of data. The answers are in the data in the management information system. It is all about just
apply AI to get them out. Since the role of the data is now more important than ever before, it can
create a competitive advantage through including AI elements in to the existing system.

Your role as a student researcher should focus on how AI elements can be included into an existing
system, to improve efficiency or performance. You are required to provide a full report on AI elements
that can be included into an existing system in order to improve efficiency or performance.
TASK – 01

• Describe aims and objectives for project which you’re introducing. Your explanation should include
a brief introduction about the company, the MIS and other relevant information to the assessment
project.
• Produce a comprehensive project management plan, the plan should include milestone schedule
and project schedule for monitoring and completing the aims and objectives of the project that
includes cost, scope, time, quality, communication, and risk and resources management.
• Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt chart to provide timeframes and stages for
completion.

TASK – 02

• Explain qualitative and quantitative research methods appropriate for meeting project aims and
objectives .
• Evaluate the project’s management process and appropriate research methodologies applied, the
accuracy and reliability of different research methods applied for the small scale research

TASK – 03
• Analyze research data using appropriate tools and techniques.
• Describe appropriate recommendations as a result of research and data analysis to draw valid and
meaningful conclusions.
• Evaluate the selection of appropriate tools and techniques for accuracy and authenticity to support
and justify recommendations.

TASK – 04
• Provide a reflection on the value of undertaking the research to meet stated objectives with your
own learning and performance which includes a discussion of the project outcomes, its usefulness
to support sustainability of the given organization and its’ performance, the decision-making
process and changes or developments of the initial project management plan to support
justification of recommendations and learning during the project.

• Evaluate the value of the project management process and use of quality research to meet stated
objectives and support own learning and performance
Grading Rubric
Grading Criteria Achieved Feedback

LO1 Establish project aims, objectives and timeframes based on

the chosen theme

P1 Devise project aims and objectives for a chosen scenario.

P2 Produce a project management plan that covers aspects of

cost, scope, time, quality, communication, risk and resources.
P3 Produce a work breakdown structure and a Gantt Chart to
provide timeframes and stages for completion.
M1 Produce a comprehensive project management plan,
milestone schedule and project schedule for monitoring and
completing the aims and objectives of the project.
LO2 Conduct small-scale research, information gathering and
data collection to generate knowledge to support the project

P4 Carry out small-scale research by applying qualitative and

quantitative research methods appropriate for meeting project
aims and objectives.

M2 Evaluate the accuracy and reliability of different research

methods applied.

D1 Critically evaluate the project management process and

appropriate research methodologies applied.
LO3 Present the project and communicate appropriate
recommendations based on meaningful conclusions drawn from
the evidence findings and/or analysis

P5 Analyse research and data using appropriate

tools and techniques.
P6 Communicate appropriate recommendations as a
result of research and data analysis to draw valid and meaningful
conclusions.
M3 Evaluate the selection of appropriate tools and techniques for
accuracy and authenticity to support and justify recommendations.
LO4 Reflect on the value gained from conducting the project and
its usefulness to support sustainable organisational performance

P7 Reflect on the value of undertaking the research to meet

stated objectives and own learning and performance.

M4 Evaluate the value of the project management process and use

of quality research to meet stated objectives and support own
learning and performance.
D2 Critically evaluate and reflect on the project outcomes, the
decision making process and changes or developments of the initial
project management plan to support justification of
recommendations and learning during the project.