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IT Project and Change Management (ISYS90050)
Graduate courseworkPoints: 12.5On Campus (Parkville)
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Semester 1
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AIMS
This subject covers management of information technology projects and leading project teams and associated change management roles, tasks and processes. Topics include the project life cycle, project tasks and deliverables, project scheduling, critical path analysis, resource levelling, risk management, quality assurance and project delivery including post implementation reviews. The limits of projects as change agents will also be covered.
INDICATIVE CONTENT
The Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK).
Intended learning outcomes
On completing this subject, it is expected that the student be able to:
- Identify requirements, functional and non-functional, for a project
- Develop detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets, estimate project resources, allocate/coordinate resources, and describe interface with management
- Apply tools and techniques of project planning and management, possibly including the use of project management software
- Identify and evaluate risks associated with projects
- Describe the human and organisational implications of change and explain the organisational change process and the limitations of projects as change agents
- Describe ways of overcoming resistance and handling politics
Generic skills
On completion of this subject, students should have developed the following generic skills:
- Have in-depth knowledge of a specialist area through exposure and study of project management areas of knowledge
- Reach a high level of achievement in writing, research or project activities problem-solving and communication through the writing of project analyses
- Teamwork, through working on a group project
- Report-writing skills
- Presentation skills
Last updated: 8 November 2024