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Overview

This subject provides necessary skills and techniques to manage large-scale information technology projects, with strong focus on the analytical side of project management, referring to scheduling, cost, and resource management, as well as the 'people' and client management issues that must be dealt with in order to ensure successful projects. … For more content click the Read more button below.

Portfolio

Office of the Provost

Subject coordinator

Rajalakshmi Rajasekaran

Subject type

Postgraduate

Year level

Year Level 5 - Masters

AQF level

Level 9 - Masters Degree

Available as elective

No

Available to study abroad / exchange students

No

Capstone subject

No

Academic progress review - Schedule A subject

No

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Learning resources

Prescribed - Book - Top-Down Network Design

Prescribed - Book - Information Technology Project Management

Prescribed - Book - Software Engineering

Prescribed - Book - Industry Project Guidelines

Career ready

Career focused:This subject contains career development learning or professional engagement opportunities
Work based learning (placement):No

Subject intended learning outcomes

On successful completion you will be able to:
1.
Critique and apply principles of project management from various stakeholder viewpoints
2.
Conduct effective and collaborative project team meetings through application of team dynamics knowledge.
3.
Create a project management framework for application to Computer Science & Information Technology projects.
4.
Critically analyse the security aspects of project development and embed risk mitigation in project management processes.
5.
Formulate comprehensive strategies based on best practice, for modelling, capturing and storing design information in technology projects.

Enrolment rules

Minimum credit point requirement

Requisite rules

Prerequisites :Completed CSE5NEF or CSE4001 or must be admitted in one of the courses SGCS or SMCSC or SMDS or SMIT or SMICT or SMITCN or SMITB or SMINCT or SMICTB or SMBB or SMIOTB or TM003