NAIDOC Week Celebration Project Plan - CQUniversity

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PROJECT PLAN
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HARSIMRAN JEET SINGH 12050140
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1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION
1.1 PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND BACKGROUND
NAIDOC (and celebrate National Aborigines and Islanders Day Observance Committee) Week
Celebrations are going to organise at the CQUniversity campus during the week of 8 July to 15
July this year. This celebration is done in perspective to enhance the awareness of Aboriginal and
Torres Strait Islander community. During this event, several opportunities were created for the
staff and students of the CQU so that they can actively participate in it. The theme of the
NAIDOC Week Celebration is ‘Because of her we can’. This theme is specified in order to
celebrate the role that she played and will continue to play for an active and significant role in the
community, local, state and national level of work. School of Engineering and Technology (SET)
Indigenisation Committee proposed the project of hosting the week of NAIDOC. With this
project, students and staff are able to engage and collaborate with the Aboriginal and Torres Strait
Islander people in the events. Also, the students and staff get awareness about their culture and
protocols of the community.
1.2 JUSTIFICATION
Project output is the expected output of the project that been developed for the NAIDOC week
celebration. This project is going to manage all the events and activities under appropriate cost
and time limitations so that it will provide growth to both university and the managers of
NAIDOC committee. In addition to this, there will be advantages of gaining an understanding
about the people of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander. Despite of this, outcomes and
benefits can be evaluated only after the project has been executed.
Output Outcome Benefits
 Students and staff get
opportunities during
events at NAIDOC
week celebration
 Easy completion of
different events of
NAIDOC week at the
main campus of the
CQU
 Students and staff are
able to get awareness
and understanding of
the culture and
protocols of Aboriginal
and Torres Strait
Islander people
 School of Engineering
and Technology (SET)
Indigenisation
Committee completes
the academic project
work in addition to
NAIDOC week
celebration
 Staff and student starts
collaborating with the
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people
and gathers
knowledge about their
cultures
 Advantage of
improving project
quality and interest
among students
 It saves time by
implementing together
both week celebration
and project schedule
 It saves cost of
volunteers that would
be required for week
celebrations
 Students and staff got
engage towards the
indigenous Australian
 Beyond academic
knowledge student and
staffs are getting
 Enhance the
knowledge of the staff
and students
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perspective and culture knowledge about the
culture of the local
community
 Project management of
different events of
NAIDOC week
celebration
 The events organised
at the main campus for
the NAIDOC week
celebration going to
properly implement
 Students got real
practice in project
management as they
will actively participate
in the events
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2 STAKEHOLDERS
2.1Key Stakeholder List
Stakeholder Category
(i.e.
Sponsor /
Supplier /
User)
Description of Interest Description of Influence
1 Students and
staff
Supplier,
user
Level of interest- high
 Responsibility to
conduct properly all
the events and
activities of NAIDOC
week celebration
 Actively participate in
the understanding of
the culture of
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
Level of influence- high
 Gain knowledge about
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
community
 Understand the culture
and protocols of the
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
community
2 CQUniversity Sponsor Level of interest- high
 Responsibility to
provide resources for
supporting the
conduction of
NAIDOC week
celebration
 Provide an area to
conduct the NAIDOC
week celebration
Level of influence- high
 Help in enhancing the
knowledge and
understanding
regarding the
indigenous Australian
community of
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
3 Aboriginal and
Torres Strait
Islander people
User Level of interest-
moderate
 Engage in list of
activities to provide
information and data
related to their own
culture and protocols
 Actively participate in
celebration to make
the week more
productive in a
knowledgeable
manner
Level of influence-
moderate
 Provide more data
related to own
community
 Helps the students in
collaborate work with
them
4 NAIDOC
committee
members
Supplier Level of interest- high
 Responsible for
deciding events and
activities for NAIDOC
week celebrations
 Support the staff and
students in
conducting the events
and activities
Level of influence-
moderate
 Growth of NAIDOC
committee
 Helps in preserving the
culture of indigenous
Australian community
Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander
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