Overview
In this unit, you will learn key concepts of Information and Communication Technology project management from both a traditional and Agile perspective. You will apply project management principles and use project management software with the aim of delivering successful projects. Industry standards, quality assurance, professional ethics, social, cultural and legal issues relevant to the theories and principles of project management will also be covered.
Details
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites
Pre-requisite: COIT11226 Systems Analysis. Anti-requisite: If you have successfully completed COIS13064 ICT Project Management, then you should not take this unit.
Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).
Offerings For Term 1 - 2019
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes – in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Class Timetable
Assessment Overview
Assessment Grading
This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%). Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades.
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You may wish to view these policies:
- Grades and Results Policy
- Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework)
- Review of Grade Procedure
- Student Academic Integrity Policy and Procedure
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – Domestic Students
- Monitoring Academic Progress (MAP) Policy and Procedure – International Students
- Student Refund and Credit Balance Policy and Procedure
- Student Feedback – Compliments and Complaints Policy and Procedure
- Information and Communications Technology Acceptable Use Policy and Procedure
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of University policies are available on the CQUniversity Policy site.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Feedback from Student Evaluation report feedback
Students found the Microsoft Project tutorials practical.
Maintain the Microsoft Project tutorials.
Feedback from Student Evaluation report feedback
Students felt the learning resources are inadequate.
Recorded lectures will be provided.
Feedback from Student Evaluation report feedback
Students felt the topics were repeated from other units and not examined in enough depth.
The unit is being redeveloped to include Agile Project Management. We will also consider the inclusion of additional learning objectives related to management soft skills.
Feedback from Student Evaluation report feedback
Students did not appreciate the assignment being changed after it was published.
The assignment will be proofread prior to publication. The case study will be made more concrete to minimise ambiguity. Sample solutions will be developed prior to publication.
- Describe the activities and importance of both traditional and agile project management
- Apply common project planning, scheduling, budgeting and resource management tools and procedures
- Evaluate project status and recommend appropriate corrective action where necessary
- Assess the ethical, social, cultural and legal impacts of projects on diverse stakeholders.
Australian Computer Society (ACS) recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles.
ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills as defined by SFIA. The SFIA code is included:
- Business Analysis (BUAN)
- Project Management (PRMG)
- Change Management (CHMG)
- Requirements Definition and Management (REQM)
- Information Systems Co-ordination (ISCO)
- Business Process Improvement (BPRE)
- Methods and Tools (METL)
- Programming/software development (PROG)
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 15% | ||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1 - Communication | ||||
| 2 - Problem Solving | ||||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | ||||
| 4 - Information Literacy | ||||
| 5 - Team Work | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | ||||
| 10 - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Cultures | ||||
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| 1 - Presentation - 15% | ||||||||||
| 2 - Written Assessment - 35% | ||||||||||
| 3 - Examination - 50% | ||||||||||
Textbooks
SUCCESSFUL PROJECT MANAGEMENT 7TH EDN
Edition: 7th (2018)
Authors: Gido, J & Clements, JP
Cengage Learning
Boston Boston , MA , USA
ISBN: 9781337095471
Binding: Hardcover
Additional Textbook Information
Copies are available to purchase at the CQUni Bookshop here: http://bookshop.cqu.edu.au (search on the Unit code)
IT Resources
- CQUniversity Student Email
- Internet
- Unit Website (Moodle)
- Access to Microsoft Visio
- Access to Microsoft Office
- Access to Microsoft Project 2016.
All submissions for this unit must use the referencing style: Harvard (author-date)
For further information, see the Assessment Tasks.
s.crawford1@cqu.edu.au
Module/Topic
Project Management Concepts
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 1
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Identifying and Selecting Projects
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 2
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Developing Project Proposals
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 3
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Defining Scope, Quality, Responsibility, and Activity Sequence
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 4
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Developing the Schedule
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 5
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 commences.
All Students to submit online presentation materials (Due: Monday 11:00 am
AEST) and first in class presentations commence.
Presentation Due: Week 5 Monday (8 Apr 2019) 11:00 am AEST
Module/Topic
Chapter
No reading this week
Stay Safe in the Surf!
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Resource Utilization
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 6
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 continues.
Module/Topic
Determining Costs, Budget, and Earned Value
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 7
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 continues.
Module/Topic
Managing Risk; Closing the Project
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter's 8 and 9
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 continues.
Module/Topic
The Project Manager; Quality Management
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 10
Chapter 14 of the Systems Analysis and Design text by John Satzinger et al.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 continues.
Module/Topic
The Project Team
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 11
See Moodle for details on Agile PM readings for this Week.
Events and Submissions/Topic
Assessment item 1 continues.
Module/Topic
Project Communication and Documentation
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 12
Events and Submissions/Topic
Practical Case Study and Written Assessment Due: Week 11 Monday (27 May 2019) 11:00 pm AEST
Module/Topic
Project Management Organisational Structures; Project Management Career Paths
Chapter
Successful Project Management 7th edn (2018) Chapter 13
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
Module/Topic
Chapter
Events and Submissions/Topic
1 Presentation
This is a group assignment for all students. Each group of three students is to give a presentation to promote the Business Case and Project Charter (Gido, J et al, 2018, Successful Project Management ed 7, pp.42 -47. ) for the project outlined in Assignment 2. Each group must research and present persuasively on each of the Project Charters headings listed here;
Purpose
Description
Objectives
Success Criteria
Funding/ budget headings
Major Deliverables
Acceptance Criteria
Milestones Schedule
Project Constraints
Major risks
Most of these headings are not directly addressed in assignment 2 and it will be necessary for each group to make reasonable assumptions and carry out the necessary research to present a convincing presentation for would-be investors.
Students must read the assignment 1 specification document on the Moodle unit website for more details about the assignment requirements and marking criteria.
Objectives
This assessment item will relate to item 2 and 4 of the units learning outcomes. In addition, this assignment develops skills in Project Management communication.
Week 5 Monday (8 Apr 2019) 11:00 am AEST
The presentation materials are due on Monday of week 5. See the detailed specification on the unit website for details of the submission requirements. Class presentations commence in the week 5 tutorials and continue until the end of week 11. Presentations will be scheduled by the local lecturer. On-campus students must have their presentations prepared ready for delivery on the allocated day for their presentation but all students must submit their presentation and accompanying materials via the unit web site assignment submission system by 11:00 am (AEST) on Monday of the week 5.
Results will be published after all presentations are complete.
1. Speaker/presentation appearance and other first impressions (1 Mark)
2. Presentation structure and content (8 Marks) (Introduction (2marks), Body - Coverage of each project Charter item (5 marks), Conclusion (2 marks). Missing elements receive 0)
3. Coping with questions/facilitating discussion during and at the end of the presentation. (2 Marks)
Off-campus students should demonstrate facilitation of discussion by making sure their PowerPoint script include questions designed to facilitate discussion and summarising responses for each question. Also include at least two questions that could be posed by the audience at the end of the presentation. Answers must also be provided for these final questions.
4. Delivery. (1 Mark)
Off-campus students will not be marked against this criterion.
5. Visual aids, handouts, script. (2 Marks)
Off-campus students will be eligible for 3 marks for this criterion.
6. Target and audience (1 Mark)
Total of 15 Marks
These criteria are described in more detail in the assignment specification on the unit website.
- Describe the activities and importance of both traditional and agile project management
- Assess the ethical, social, cultural and legal impacts of projects on diverse stakeholders.
- Communication
- Information Literacy
- Team Work
2 Written Assessment
Individual Case Study
This assessment item is to be completed individually.
The case study simulates a project management scenario where the student takes on the role of project manager. Students are required to use project management software as part of this assessment task. The case information is not complete so where necessary students will have to make assumptions and argue the pros and cons for any recommendations they make.
To assist students in their assessment solution development the following information is provided (on the Moodle unit website):
- Product development case description.
- Specific assessment questions that must be answered.
- Information regarding the submission of the assessment.
- Marking criteria.
Further information is available on the Moodle unit website. Students must read the detailed assignment specification document on the unit website.
Week 11 Monday (27 May 2019) 11:00 pm AEST
Review/Exam Week Monday (10 June 2019)
| Description | Marks Available | |
| Initial project schedule development in Microsoft Project. | 7 | |
| Analysis of initial schedule, updates to schedule, analysis after changes. | 28 | |
| TOTAL | 35 |
- Apply common project planning, scheduling, budgeting and resource management tools and procedures
- Evaluate project status and recommend appropriate corrective action where necessary
- Communication
- Problem Solving
- Critical Thinking
- Information Literacy
- Information Technology Competence
Examination
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