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<p>Through contemporary project management methodologies, you will be learning about project life cycles and key concepts in Project Management. You will be acquiring skills on how to run IT projects using project management tools and techniques. Contemporary issues in IT project management are discussed, and IT related project management skills are developed throughout the unit. This unit helps to provide a broad understanding of the IT industry, its research foundations and its place in servicing society.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p>
<p>1. Traditional and agile approaches and lifecycles;</p>
<p>2. Project phases and product lifecycles;</p>
<p>3. Planning, estimating and tracking status of project tasks</p>
<p>4. Project stakeholder analysis</p>
<p>5. Project management methodologies and standards e.g. PMBOK;</p>
<p>6. Core functions of project management e.g. integration, scope, cost, time and quality management;</p>
<p>7. Facilitating functions of project management e.g. communication, human resources, risk, procurement and stakeholder management;</p>
<p>8. Software and systems to support project management</p>
<p>9. Tailoring methodologies in IT project management;</p>
<p>10.Industry practices in IT Project Management related to ACS's CBOK, SFIA and becoming an IT professional</p>
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<p>Through contemporary project management methodologies, you will be learning about project life cycles and key concepts in Project Management. You will be acquiring skills on how to run IT projects using project management tools and techniques. Contemporary issues in IT project management are discussed, and IT related project management skills are developed throughout the unit. This unit helps to provide a broad understanding of the IT industry, its research foundations and its place in servicing society.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:</p> <p>1. Traditional and agile approaches and lifecycles;</p> <p>2. Project phases and product lifecycles;</p> <p>3. Planning, estimating and tracking status of project tasks</p> <p>4. Project stakeholder analysis</p> <p>5. Project management methodologies and standards e.g. PMBOK;</p> <p>6. Core functions of project management e.g. integration, scope, cost, time and quality management;</p> <p>7. Facilitating functions of project management e.g. communication, human resources, risk, procurement and stakeholder management;</p> <p>8. Software and systems to support project management</p> <p>9. Tailoring methodologies in IT project management;</p> <p>10.Industry practices in IT Project Management related to ACS's CBOK, SFIA and becoming an IT professional</p>
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Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Information Technology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/itech2250">029999 - Information Technology, n.e.c.</a>
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Melbourne City Campus (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning (Online)</p></p>
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Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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Prerequisite
<p> must have completed 7 of <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1001" target="_blank">ITECH1001</a>" target="_blank"><a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1001" target="_blank">ITECH1001</a></a>/ITECH1100/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1101" target="_blank">ITECH1101</a>/ITECH1102/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1103" target="_blank">ITECH1103</a>/ITECH1104/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1400" target="_blank">ITECH1400</a>/ITECH1500/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1501" target="_blank">ITECH1501</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1502" target="_blank">ITECH1502</a>/ITECH1503/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1504" target="_blank">ITECH1504</a>/ITECH2000/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2001" target="_blank">ITECH2001</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2002" target="_blank">ITECH2002</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2003" target="_blank">ITECH2003</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2004" target="_blank">ITECH2004</a>/ITECH2103/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2111" target="_blank">ITECH2111</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2250" target="_blank">ITECH2250</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2300" target="_blank">ITECH2300</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2301" target="_blank">ITECH2301</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2302" target="_blank">ITECH2302</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2303" target="_blank">ITECH2303</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2304" target="_blank">ITECH2304</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2305" target="_blank">ITECH2305</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2306" target="_blank">ITECH2306</a>/ITECH2307/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2308" target="_blank">ITECH2308</a>/ITECH2309/ITECH2310/ITECH2311/ITECH2312/ITECH2313/ITECH2314/ITECH2315/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2316" target="_blank">ITECH2316</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2500" target="_blank">ITECH2500</a>/ITECH2501/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2502" target="_blank">ITECH2502</a>/ITECH2505/ITECH2506/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2507" target="_blank">ITECH2507</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2508" target="_blank">ITECH2508</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH2509" target="_blank">ITECH2509</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3000" target="_blank">ITECH3000</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3001" target="_blank">ITECH3001</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3002" target="_blank">ITECH3002</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3003" target="_blank">ITECH3003</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3100" target="_blank">ITECH3100</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3101" target="_blank">ITECH3101</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3102" target="_blank">ITECH3102</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3103" target="_blank">ITECH3103</a>/ITECH3104/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3105" target="_blank">ITECH3105</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3106" target="_blank">ITECH3106</a>/ITECH3107/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3108" target="_blank">ITECH3108</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3109" target="_blank">ITECH3109</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3113" target="_blank">ITECH3113</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3208" target="_blank">ITECH3208</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3209" target="_blank">ITECH3209</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3215" target="_blank">ITECH3215</a>/ITECH3222/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3500" target="_blank">ITECH3500</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3502" target="_blank">ITECH3502</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3504" target="_blank">ITECH3504</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3505" target="_blank">ITECH3505</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3506" target="_blank">ITECH3506</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH3507" target="_blank">ITECH3507</a>/ITECH3508/ITECH5007/ITECH5100/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5102" target="_blank">ITECH5102</a>/ITECH5103/ITECH5104/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5207" target="_blank">ITECH5207</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5402" target="_blank">ITECH5402</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5403" target="_blank">ITECH5403</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5404" target="_blank">ITECH5404</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH5500" target="_blank">ITECH5500</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7000" target="_blank">ITECH7000</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7001" target="_blank">ITECH7001</a>/ITECH7003/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7201" target="_blank">ITECH7201</a>/ITECH7301/ITECH7302/ITECH7303/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7400" target="_blank">ITECH7400</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7401" target="_blank">ITECH7401</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7406" target="_blank">ITECH7406</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7407" target="_blank">ITECH7407</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7409" target="_blank">ITECH7409</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7410" target="_blank">ITECH7410</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7413" target="_blank">ITECH7413</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7415" target="_blank">ITECH7415</a>/ITECH7416/ITECH7417/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7607" target="_blank">ITECH7607</a>/ITECH7611/ITECH7614/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7615" target="_blank">ITECH7615</a>/<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH7620" target="_blank">ITECH7620</a>/ITECH7624/ITECH8001/ITECH8002/ITECH9001/ITECH9002 AND ( must have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=<a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1001" target="_blank">ITECH1001</a>" target="_blank"><a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=ITECH1001" target="_blank">ITECH1001</a></a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=COOPC1024" target="_blank">COOPC1024</a> OR must have completed <a href="/ords/r/dev/fed_occ/course?p6_code=COOPI1001" target="_blank">COOPI1001</a>)</p>
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Exclusion
<p> must not have completed 1 of ITECH5213, ITECH3213</p>
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Compare traditional and agile approaches and lifecycles for managing information technology projects;</p>
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<p>Select and adapt project management methodologies, based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge;</p>
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<p>Establish a theoretical knowledge of the concepts key to Agile and Predictive Project Management in IT;</p>
K4
<p>Create project management documentation/artifacts based on the context of a situation;</p>
K5
<p>Analyse various complexities and diversity between information technology projects and how this impacts on the life cycle of a project</p>
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<p>Select appropriate methodologies to manage information technology projects of various complexities and scales;</p>
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<p>Analyse real world information technology problems and apply project management principles and techniques to address these problems;</p>
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<p>Apply a systems thinking approach to identify critical roles and categorize stakeholders in information technology projects;</p>
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<p>Utilise a range of organisational and self-management skills, emulating real world practice of information technology project managers;</p>
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<p>Evaluate industry standards relating to IT Project Management and how these present guiding values and practices for contemporary IT professionals</p>
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<p>Adopt a project management framework to develop project management artifacts for a simulated real world information technology project;</p>
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<p>Select and justify project management approaches to solve unpredictable and complex Information Technology problems;</p>
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<p>Demonstrate competence in using various software systems to support Project Management</p>
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<p>Engage in individual and group activities and exercises to build skills and knowledge</p>
<p>Journal or portfolio of tasks</p>
<p>15%-50%</p>
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<p>Develop project management related artifacts for a real world IT project</p>
<p>Individual project/s and report/presentation</p>
<p>30%-60%</p>
K4, K5, S1, S2, S5, A1, A2
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<p>Review and demonstration of skills and knowledge</p>
<p>Quizzes during semester</p>
<p>0%-30%</p>
K1, K3, S1, S2, S3
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplimentary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FedTASKs (<strong>T</strong>ransferable <strong>A</strong>ttributes <strong>S</strong>kills and <strong>K</strong>nowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key, transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and co-operative learning opportunities.</p>
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FedTASK 1: Interpersonal
The ability to effectively communicate, interact and work with others both individually and in groups.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 2: Leadership
The ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others.
FedTASK 3: Critical Thinking and Creativity
The ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using imagination to create new ideas.
<p>Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor</p>
FedTASK 4: Digital Literacy
The ability to work fluently across a range of tools and applications to achieve a range of skills.
<p>Level 2 - Student demonstrates some independence within provided guidelines</p>
FedTASK 5: Sustainable and Ethical Mindset
The ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions.
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability
Discipline:
Information Technology
Study level:
Undergraduate
Credit points:
15
EFTSL:
0.125
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/itech2250">029999 - Information Technology, n.e.c.</a>
Offering:
<p><strong>Semester 2</strong><p>Ballarat - Mt Helen (On Campus)</p><p>Berwick (On Campus)</p><p>Melbourne City Campus (On Campus)</p><p>On-line Learning (Online)</p></p>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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