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Week 20

In this week's content we will be looking at it project methodologies: choosing a way of working through a realistic Level 3 IT context. You will be required to compare project-management approaches and recommend an appropriate methodology for different IT project contexts.

Steps to complete:
1. Match project scenarios to possible methodologies and explain the first instinct.
2. Read concise profiles of predictive, iterative/agile and rapid-prototyping approaches.
3. Apply each approach to three fictional projects with different certainty, risk and stakeholder availability.
4. Compare change handling, documentation, testing, stakeholder contact and predictability.
5. Write a 350-word recommendation for one scenario, acknowledging limitations and conditions.
6. Respond to a peer who argues for a different approach.

By the end of the session you should have a methodology comparison grid and a justified project-method recommendation.

Week 20 Student Resource Pack


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2026-09-14 09:25:45

English and Maths

English

comparison; evaluation; conditional reasoning; argument; counterargument; formal recommendation.


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Stretch and Challenge


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AQA AO3, AO4, AO5, AO6: compare approaches, evaluate suitability and communicate a supported recommendation.

Unit 9: IT Project Management — A: investigate project-management principles and methodologies, including approaches, constraints, roles and communication.

 


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