Offered
Gippsland Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Singapore Second semester 2008 (Off-campus)
Synopsis
The unit provides both a theoretical and practical overview of processes involved in managing large projects, with particular emphasis on projects common to the information technology industry. Topics include the project life cycle, problem definition, project evaluation, high and low level planning, team building and people management, monitoring and control, reporting and communication, termination and assessment and researching advance topic.
Objectives
- Understand the fundamentals of projects
- Know the range of roles of people involved in a development
- Know the different phases of project planning, scheduling and controlling
- Understand network techniques for managing projects
- Understand and apply estimation techniques
- Understand the quality aspects of an IT project.
- Appreciate the need for structure and organisation in project management
- Apply network techniques for managing projects
- Apply estimation techniques to practical cases
- Use a range of commercial software tools to implement software project management techniques
- Evaluate software project management tools
- Undertake research into topics and techniques associated with project management
- Understand the importance of team work in managing projects
- Recognise the importance of leadership and problem solving skills
Assessment
Assignment: 40%
Examination (3 hours): 60%
Prohibitions
BUS5150, Translation set GCO5807
