BEG3640

Electronic commerce project management

(BUS)

6 points + Two 1-hour lectures and one 1-hour tutorial per week + Distance, approximately 12 hours per week + First semester + Gippsland + Prerequisite: BEG1601, GCO2601

Synopsis: The nature of projects, their management, and an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the projects. Fundamentals of change management practices. Other issues include the tools of project management including Pert charts, critical path analysis, computation of the float, contingency factors, Gantt charts, and task monitoring; software management; cost benefit analysis including rate of return and risk analysis; implementation of projects; the nature, sociology and psychology of change; change management and radical business process reengineering.

Assessment: Assignment 1 (case study - 2000 words): 20% + Assignment 2 (essay - 2500 words) 30% + Examination (open book - 3 hours): 50%