Digital Wellbeing: Efficacy of Digital Products and Features on Health and Wellbeing

Aim  and Objective
This coursework is designed to demonstrate the broad understanding and knowledge of the module, assessing and evaluating the student’s strength and level of analysis; divided into four learning outcomes. The coursework should be submitted as one document in a report format.

Assignment Scenario:
The Pearson-set theme for use for managing successful computing project is;

Digital Wellbeing
Digital Wellbeing is about fashioning and sustaining a healthy relationship with technology. As technology plays a big part in our lives, we find ourselves spending an increasing amount of time online and on our devices. Our wellbeing is dependent upon our mental and physical health and thereby our digital wellbeing is influenced by our online interactions and the amount of time we spend on our devices.

Whilst technology and the internet can simplify and enhance our lives, they can also be distracting, be a cause of anxiety, and make us feel upset. Being in control of technology enables us to use its full potential and gain all the benefits of it. 

As an IT researcher, you are assigned with a project to research the efficacy of digital products and features specifically designed to improve health and wellbeing, answering the question, “Do digital technologies improve life or distract from it?” You are to submit a complete technical report, including project literature review to establish a solid background in defining, identifying, evaluating and establishing a coherent view of digital wellbeing. The project management plan, this involves, a completed logbook and performance review. The project management plan is designed to define how the project is to be planned, executed and monitored. The project management plan should give details of the actions required for the integration and coordination of various planning activities to carry out the project. The project logbook is designed to provide evidence of the project development process and ongoing reflection. It should provide evidence of thought, direction of project and in particular, what problems encountered and steps taken to address them. The performance review will provide evidence of reflection and evaluation of the project management process and individual performance.

Your findings may be evaluated and compared with existing reports published, synthesised with data gathered in producing a comprehensive conclusion and recommendation. Quality, Authenticity, Accuracy and Reliability of information sources used in the report is paramount and hence you should take all precaution in using outside sources especially that of statistical nature and/or open source nature. Wholesale use of text and diagrams from websites without crediting the source, is considered as plagiarism.

Assignment Scenario

What you must do
The project requirement may include a number of different documents, some of which are so essential that project deemed to be a failure without following a robust project management plan that covers aspects of cost, scope, time, quality, communication, risk and resources.

Every project is unique yet all project should adhere the three constraints (scope, time, and cost), and to meet these three requirements the project management should as well include work breakdown structure and Gantt chart that should include milestones providing timeframes and stages for completion It is one of most important steps in generating knowledge which will form the basis for analysis of the chosen research question; based on which a complete and coherent view of the topic is clarified. The literature review is a search and or a secondary research to evaluate the available literature in given topic area.

There are many methods that can be used to enquire and collect data, which in turns may be influenced by the underpinning methodology thus broadly studied and discussed as (qualitative, quantitative). You are to establish and evaluate the most suitable methodology/method for which data acquisition is conducted and analysed.

Raw data collected cannot by itself express reality and/or establish knowledge, the data is required to be analysed and evaluated. This analysis should then be used to form the basis to draw conclusions. The final part of the research is the conclusions, this naturally flows and is established from the above discussions of secondary and primary research conducted.

One of the unique characteristics of human beings is the ability to apprehend reality through a process of analysis and synthesis of observable phenomena. As a researcher you should evaluate and reflect on the success of the project, the decision-making process and its usefulness in supporting organisational performance, and hence the impact of your own performance.

Glossary:
Analyse: Break an issue or topic into smaller parts by looking in depth at each part. Support each part with arguments and evidence for and against (Pros and cons)

Critically Evaluate/Analyse: When you critically evaluate you look at the arguments for and against an issue. You look at the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments. This could be from an article you read in a journal or from a text book.  

Discuss: When you discuss you look at both sides of a discussion. You look at both sides of the arguments. Then you look at the reason why it is important (for) then you look at the reason why it is important (against).

Explain: When you explain you must say why it is important or not important.
Evaluate: When you evaluate you look at the arguments for and against an issue.
Describe: When you give an account or representation of in words.
Identify: When you identify you look at the most important points.
Define: State or describe the nature, scope or meaning.
Implement: Put into action/use/effect
Compare: Identify similarities and differences
Explore: To find out about