NAIDOC Week - Assignment (Doc)

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1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND
NAIDOC Week is celebrated in Australia every July. The Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people celebrate history, culture and achievements. The July weeks are
celebrated in indigenous communities as well as local councils, schools, workplaces and
government agencies. There are several ways of celebrating the NAIDOC Week. They
are – display of national NAIDOC Poster in the classrooms and workplace, starting of
hall of fame that features indigenous role models, the study of Aboriginal or Torres Strait
Islander crafts and arts, the invitation of the indigenous artist or indigenous
sportspersons, holding a flag raising a ceremony and lastly organising a smoking
ceremony. Ms Natalie Ewin is the Chair of CQUniversity SET Indigenisation Committee.
She has given the responsibility to the project manager to prepare a project plan
regarding NAIDOC Week. The sponsor the VIP guests will offer speech on indigenous
Australia culture, on improving standard of CQU staff and students. They will offer
speech on improving living standard of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
1.2 JUSTIFICATION
Output Outcome Benefits
The project manager will
prepare the project plan,
and the plan will contain all
the event details that are
celebrated in the NAIDOC
Week
Ms Natalie Ewin, the Chair
of CQUniversity SET
Indigenisation Committee
will come to know about
the events that take place
at the time of NAIDOC
Week celebration. The
speech will be delivered on
how to improve the
standard of CQU staffs and
the students. Aboriginal
and Torres Strait Islander
people will be given
respect.
The project charter
submitted by the project
manager will contain the
project description,
stakeholders associated
with the project, the
requirements
management, scope,
project schedule, project
budget, project risks. In
this way, the chairman will
have a detailed overview of
the all the events that will
be carried out during the
NAIDOC Week and the
stakeholders who are
responsible for all those
events
2 STAKEHOLDERS
2.1 Key Stakeholder List
Stakeholder Category
(i.e.
Sponsor /
Supplier /
Description of Interest Description of Influence

User)
1 Chairman Sponsor The Chairman will provide
funding for the project
Chairman will provide the
funding and will take the
critical decisions for the
project
2
Supplier
Supplier The supplier will supply
the resource materials
required for the project
The suppliers will provide
the resources to run the
project
3
CQU Staff,
Student and
Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander people
User The CQU staff and the
student will be provided
with the service; they will
provide feedback
CQU staff, students and the
Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people will enjoy
the service and will provide
feedback; their feedback
will
4
Project
Coordinator
Managem
ent
The coordinator will
prepare the project plan;
he will organise the events
for the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
people, he will organise
programs for CQU staff
and students
The project coordinator will
organise the events and the
programs that will improve
the quality of life and the
status of the Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander
people. The programs will
enhance standard of CQU
staff and students. The
programs will be helpful to
know the indigenous
Australian perspectives and
cultures
5 Event Manager Manager The event manager will
work under a project
manager and will assist
the project manager in
successfully conducting
the event and the
programs
The event manager will
manage the programs and
the events. He will direct
the stakeholders
6
VIP Guests Guests The VIP Guests will
explain the indigenous
Australia culture and will
provide lectures on CQU
staff and student
awareness
The VIP guests have the
desired knowledge about
the indigenous Australia
culture; they have the
expertise so that they can
be able to provide lectures
for improving standards of
CQU staff and the students
2.2 Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
Stakeholders Engagement Assessment Matrix
Stakeholder Unaware Resistant Neutral Supportive Leading
1. Chairman c d
2. Supplier c d
3. CQU Staff,
students and
islander
c d

people
4. Project
Coordinator
c d
5. Event
Manager
c d
6. VIP Guests c d
c=current level of engagement; d=desired level;
2.3 Stakeholder Communication
Communication method PULL or PUSH Justification
Conducting meeting
PUSH The project coordinator will hand over the
project plan to the event manager. The
project manager and the project coordinator
will appoint the stakeholders of the project.
The event manager must conduct a meeting
and must explain all the project
deliverables, schedule of the program to the
subordinates. The project manager must
monitor whether all the stakeholders are
working on time maintaining the project
schedule or not and must PUSH whenever
required, in this way the stakeholders will
work hard and provide the best outcome.
Thus the event and programs can be
arranged and can be completed within the
scheduled period. The project will not get
delayed and hence this approach will save
a lot of money. The PUSH approach thus
can provide cost-effective solutions

3 REQUIREMENTS MANAGEMENT
3.1.1 Traditional Owner/s of the land on which CQ University campuses are located (1
mark).
The Project Executive approach is right. There must be more than one key stakeholder who will
represent the Traditional Owners of the land on which Central Queensland campuses are situated.
The owner or the sponsor of the project must be present there and must offer a speech on
indigenous Australia culture. VIP guests knowing indigenous Australia culture must be present over
there as well. The VIP guests will offer a speech on indigenous Australia culture and CQU staff and
students’ standard enhancement.
3.1.2 Opening statement style
The project board must choose the opening statement style ‘Welcome to Country’. ‘Welcome to
Country’ is the statement through which the islanders welcome the people. The project board must
welcome Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people by the statement ‘Welcome to Country’. The
Islanders will be pleased. Moreover, the events and the programs have been planned for them.
The sponsor and the VIP guests will offer a speech on indigenous Australia culture.
3.1.3 Requirements gathering for each event
NAIDOC week events are different from Vietnamese events. The culture is different, the language
is different, and their likes are different and thus the events and the programs will be different. The
events’ project plan must be planned by a project manager who has experience of organising
NAIDOC events earlier. He can direct the project Coordinator, event manager in the best way
possible. The project board by appointing experienced project manager can mitigate the chance of
project mishaps or project failure.
3.1.4 Requirements traceability
The project requirements must be stored in the form of a ‘project charter’. The project charter will
consist of the project lifecycle processes. Thus the project charter will contain the project proposal,
project planning, project execution and project closeout.
3.1.5 Requirements prioritisation process
The four components of the MoSCoW technique applying which the project board can manage the
competing requirements. The requirement prioritisation process will be shared with the
stakeholders.
MUST (M) - Defines the project requirements or the project deliverables that need to be satisfied to
complete the project successfully
SHOULD (S) – This involves high-priority project requirements that must be met by the scheduled
deadline
COULD (C) – This involves desirable project requirement. However, the project solution will still be

accepted even if the functionality is not included.
WOULD (W) – This involves the requirements that stakeholders want to have, but those will not be
implemented in the current system.

4 REFERENCES
Hamilton, A., 2017. NAIDOC: Languages matter because people matter. Eureka Street, 27(13),
p.67.
Brennan, F., 2014. Hearts in the right place during NAIDOC Week. Eureka Street, 24(13), p.51.
Exhibition, A., Free, S.P.G., Primary, P.E. and Harbor, V., 2015. Alexandrina NAIDOC Week 5-12
July 2015. Signal, 5, p.12.
Devlin, P. and Warner, P., 2017. Building Relationships: Facilitating Cultural Inclusivity Through
Christian Service-Learning Immersion Programs. In Service-Learning: Enhancing Inclusive
Education (pp. 175-191). Emerald Publishing Limited.