GCO3807

Project management ( 6 points, SCA Band 2, 0.125 EFTSL)

Leader: A Srini

Offered:
Gippsland First semester 2005 (Day)
Gippsland First semester 2005 (OCL)
Hong Kong First semester 2005 (OCL)
OS-HKG-CID First semester 2005 (OCL)
Singapore First semester 2005 (OCL)
Gippsland SA-02 2005 (Day)
Gippsland SA-02 2005 (OCL)
Hong Kong SA-02 2005 (OCL)
Singapore SA-02 2005 (OCL)
Gippsland Summer 2005 (Day)
Gippsland Summer 2005 (OCL)
Hong Kong Summer 2005 (OCL)
Singapore Summer 2005 (OCL)

Synopsis: Nature of projects: IT projects, other projects; Defining the project; Project phases: planning, scheduling, controlling projects; Risk identification and analysis; Project cost estimation techniques ; Time analysis and scheduling; Resource allocation, scheduling, constraining and levelling; Monitoring quality of projects; Applications with a good emphasis on IT related projects; Review of commercially available software for project management; Evaluating project management software.

Assessment: 2 Assignments: 40% + Examination (2 hours): 60%

Prerequisites: Bachelor of Computing students: GCO2813 or GCO2802. Bachelor of IT students: GCO1813, GCO1810 or GCO1811 and completion of 24 points of level 2 study. Business students: GCO2851 and GCO2852 or equivalent or GCO9806. Knowledge of using Microsoft Excel is essential.

Prohibitions: MMS2203, BUS2174