Project On Incorporating Indigenous Language In Campus Signs

Concept: Incorporating Indigenous language in campus signs

The theme for NAIDOC 2017 is ‘Our Language is Important’.

NAIDOC Committee Co-Chair Benjamin Mitchell stated that:

"The preservation and revitalisation of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages - the original languages of this nation - is the preservation of priceless treasure, not just for Indigenous peoples, but for everyone."

You can see this quote and further information about the theme from the NAIDOC website at:

http://www.naidoc.org.au/2017-national-naidoc-theme

The School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Indigenisation Committee is interested in projects that promote the inclusion of indigenous perspectives into SET unit curriculums and cultural awareness. They like the idea of aligning a project with the 2017 NAIDOC theme of ‘Our Language is Important’.

You have been tasked to provide the Chair of the SET Indigenisation Committee with further information in relation to the project. The Chair will act as the Project Executive for the project.

Project Description

Project Description and Background

The World is changing and so the psychology of the people is also changing as people are moving towards the new trends and are focusing more on their future rather than thinking of the past. Due to this reason, the aboriginal culture of the people is getting lost in the new world. There are very few people available who understand the importance of the old culture and values which were being followed in the past time. People are focusing more on their earning and no one has the time to learn and gain knowledge about their past (Wiley, 2013). In present time very few schools are left which are providing information about the Aboriginal culture and values. No one is taking the initiative to ensure that the legacy could remain maintained and people should keep their own language on priority. Rather than focusing on the language of the nation people are relying more upon the other languages and prefer to learn the same because they want growth and want to sustain in their life by moving forward rather than understanding the past and moving to the ancient time.  NAIODOC is one of the organizations which are helping the people in learning their own language and explaining them why it is necessary to learn about it. Therefore, School of Engineering and Technology (SET) Indigestion Committee is taking interest in developing a project which can help in maintaining the aboriginality and spread the information of why our language is a necessary aspect in present scenario (Rozenes and Kukliansky, 2013).

To fulfill the requirements of SET a project charter is being developed which will include all set of aspects which will indulge in the project (Bent, 2015). The charter will work as an initial checklist of the project which will help in explaining the importance of evaluating the project plans well in advance form. The charter will help in delivering appropriate set of knowledge related to the activities of the actual project and will help in providing a blueprint for the company. The charter developed will help in enhancing the chances of progress and will ensure that the project which will be initiated in near future could get completed within the time and framed budget provided by the company. A summary format of the actual project will be presented in the charter which will help in developing an effective set of understanding with the aspects which will incur in the real project (Browning, 2014).

(Creswell, 2013)

Justification could be provided that the project which is being initiated by the project developed will help them in spreading the information in a most effective way (Joslin and Müller, 2016). The project which is developed by the project developed will ensure that the people as well as people living in the country could gain proper knowledge related with aboriginality and could understand what the things which are lacking are in their day to day life.

The project developed by the project management team will include an information system in which students studying in the school will be able to learn new things about the old culture. This system will also be provided to the parents of these children so that they could also gain proper as well as relevant set of information related with aboriginality of the country and could gain the information that why it is necessary that people should know and apply their own language in their day to day life (Wiley, 2013).

Project Background

Risk 1

Schedule For The Key Deliverables

(Browning, 2014)

The agile method of project development is being selected in which various stages of the project are being taken into consideration. The project initiated by the project team is required that the project should get completed with quality. The quality project will help in providing a better set of solution and will help in managing the things in a better as well as an effective way (Creswell, 2013).

Developing a proper budget for the project helps in giving a set direction for its growth. It is required that a proper set of the budget should be developed in which expenses should be taken into consideration which will indulge in the project management aspects.

The contract type which is being decided by the owner of the project and the contractor is set on the fixed basis and all the prices which will indulge in whole project life cycle will remain fixed.

Structure of Project Board

(Joslin and Müller, 2016)

Rick is a project manager of The Project Developers Company who has managed many of the projects and has a great experience in providing quality to the companies asked for the project development. Rick ensures that quality should be provided in the project and proper planning should be done (Wiley, 2013). These plans and procedures help in reducing the risk of uncertainties and helps in initiating a project with quality. It is required that proper as well as a relevant set of the plan should be developed by the project manager so as to ensure that the project could get completed within the time and budget decided by the contractor and the company.

(Rozenes and Kukliansky, 2013)

The above table has the information of all the key deliverables and the approvals required to be taken for each approval. A Proper set of approvals is being taken at every stage of the project. This will help in managing the things in a better way and helps in completing the project within the timeframe decided. Approval of Government and NAIDOC is equally important for the progress of the project as it will help the project manager in formulating the same in a proper way. All the right ways and practices will be applied in the project with the help of the government and NAIDOC (Bent, 2015).

References

Bent, J. (2015). Project Management for Engineering and Construction. New Jersy: Prentice Hall.

Browning, T. (2014). Managing complex project process models with a process architecture framework. International Journal of Project Management, 32(2), 229-241.

Creswell, W. J. (2013). Planning and Implementation. Upper Side of Business, 8-12.

Gunawan, I. (2015). Analysis of education and practical relevance of project management topics in New Zealand. International Journal of Project Organization and Management, 7(2), 174

John, P. (2016). Critical Evaluation of Prince2 and Agile Project Management Methodologies for a complex project. International Journal of Engineering and Computer Science, 2(1), 182-189.

Joslin, R. and Müller, R. (2016). The impact of project methodologies on project success in different project environments. International Journal of Managing Projects in Business, 9(2), 364-388.

Rozenes, S. and Kukliansky, I. (2013). An Embedded Approach for Project Management Learning Process. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management, 4(3), 38-49.

Wiley, J. (2013). Agile Project Management. 1st ed. [Place of publication not identified]: J. Wiley & Sons.