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COIT 20253 Business Intelligence using Big Data
Assessment item 1—Assignment 1Specifications
Due date: Week 6 Monday (16 Apr XXXXXXXXXX:45 pm AEST.
All students are to submit electronically – max file size is
2Mb.
ASSESSMENT
Weighting:
Length:
35%
The length of the assignment is 3000 words. 1
Objectives
This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 as stated on the
unit profile.
Assessment 1 is an individual assessment. In assessment 1, you are assigned tasks which assess your
course knowledge gained between weeks 1 and 5 about different facets of Big Data solutions. All
students will have to write a report showing the answers to the tasks 1-3 below.
Please note that ALL submitted A1-reports are passed through a computerized copy detection system
and it is extremely easy for teaching staff to identify copied or otherwise plagiarised work.
• Copying (plagiarism) can incur penalties ranging from deduction of marks to failing
the course or even exclusion from the University.
• Please ensure you are familiar with the Academic Misconduct Procedures,
available from: http:
policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244
Assignment 1:
The assignment will be marked out of a total of 100 marks and forms 35% of the total assessment for the
course. ALL assignments will be checked for plagiarism by Turnitin.
The ability of Business Intelligence (BI) technologies to provide historical, cu
ent, and predictive views of
usiness operations based on the collection, extraction, and analysis of business data to improve decision has
een the basis of several studies. More recently, “Big Data” and “Big Data Analytics” have further sti
ed
the interest of researchers and practitioners alike. You have been requested to prepare a report focusing on
one of the following topics:
1. Big Data for Supply Chain and Operations Management
2. Sports Analytics
3. Agricultural Analytics
4. Fraud Detection in Banking Sector
5. Big Data for Sentiment Analysis
http:
policy.cqu.edu.au/Policy/policy_file.do?policyid=1244
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The report should be well researched and written in accordance with Harvard referencing style. The
assignment will be marked out of a total of 100 marks and forms 35% of the total assessment for the unit.
ALL assignments will be checked for plagiarism by Turnitin. You have been requested to prepare a report.
Your target audience is business executives, who have extensive business experience but limited ICT
knowledge. They would like to be informed as to how new Big Data technologies may be beneficial for their
usiness. Please note that standard report structure, including an executive summary, must be adhered to.
The main body of the report should include the following topics.
1. Data Collection and Storage
Data collection system (what kind of data should be collected and how)
Storage system (what are the requirements of the storage and how to achieve them)
2. Data in Action
Consumer-centric product design (what is it and how to do it)
Recommendation system (what is it and how to do it)
3. Business continuity
How online business can survive in case of power outage or other disasters?
The length of the assignment is 3000 words. You are required to do extensive reading of more than 10
appropriate and relevant chosen topics in Big Data application. Please do in-text referencing of all chosen
eadings. Newspaper and magazine reports should be limited to a maximum of 2. A comprehensive report
covering all key aspects of the topic selected is required. Report should be extremely well supported with
elevant case studies. Any assumptions made are clearly noted. DO NOT use Wikipedia as a reference. The
use of unqualified references will result in the deduction of marks.
The report structure should be clear, easy to read and logical, directly addressing the questions. Suitable
headers should be used throughout the report. Good use of graphics and charts should be made.
No spelling, punctuation or grammatical e
ors. The main body of the report should include the following
topics.
Executive Summary: You are required to provide
ief but comprehensive synopsis of your proposal,
which highlights its key points.
Introduction: You are required to introduce the topic of the report in an extremely engaging manner which
arouses the reader's interest. You are required to give a detailed general background that indicates the overall
“plan” of the report.
Discussion of topics: You are required to discuss the following topics in depth. Your discussion should
display deep analysis of issues with no i
elevant info.
Task 1. Data Collection and Storage
• Data collection system (what kind of data should be collected and how)
• Storage system (what are the requirements to the storage and how to achieve
them) Task 2. Data in Action
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• Consumer-centric product design (what is it and how to do it)
• Recommendation system (what is it and how to do
it) Task 3. Business continuity
• How online business can survive in case of power outage or other disasters?
Conclusion and Recommendations: You are required to provide a well written summary of the main
points and excellent final comment on the subject, provide recommendations based on the information
provided.
Do not write report in essay form.
Submission of Assessments
Reports are to be written in size 12 Arial Font and double spaced. The assignment is to be submitted as
one-word file (.doc) using the electronic assignment submission system that can be accessed from the
link on the course website. Do not submit pdf or any other format.
Assessment Criteria
Assessment Marking Criteria: Weighted out of 35%
1. Report formatting (font, header and footer, table of content, numbering, referencing) 5 Marks
2. Professional communication (co
ect spelling, grammar, formal business language used) 5 Marks
3. Executive summary 10 Marks
4. Report introduction 10 Marks
5. Data Collection and Storage 20 Marks
6. Data in Action 30 Marks
7. Business continuity 10 Marks
8. Conclusion and Recommendations 10 Marks
Total = 100.00
Assessment item 1—Assignment 1Specifications
This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 as stated on the unit profile.
Submission of Assessments
Assessment Criteria
Assessment Marking Criteria: Weighted out of 35%