Module Descriptors
PROJECT AND CHANGE MANAGEMENT
COIS70926
Key Facts
Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Sciences
Level 7
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Nicholas Decourt
Email: N.Decourt@staffs.ac.uk
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 36
Independent Study Hours: 114
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
  • AUDIT REPORT weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Texts
Software Engineering, A Practitioner's approach, Roger Pressman, 2004, McGraw-Hill, ISBN: 0071238409

Methods of IT Project Management, Jeffrey Brewer & Kevin Dittman, 2009, Prentice Hall; 1 edition, ISBN-10: 0132367254

Project Management and Project Network Techniques, 7/e, Lockyer & Gordon, 2005, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0273693786
Module Special Admissions Requirements
None
Module Resources
None
Module Learning Strategies
Mixture of research seminars, enquiry based learning and group work. There will be an emphasis on independent learning

9 lectures (1 per week), 27 tutorial/practicals (3 per week) over 9 weeks.
Module Additional Assessment Details
Including:
A Group ASSIGNMENT length 3000 WORDS weighted at 70% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 to 4 - This will involve the analysis, design and implementation of a required information system based on a given case study.

An Individual ASSIGNMENT length 1000 WORDS weighted at 30% assessing Learning Outcomes 1 and 4 providing the student's individual critical reflection on the group work.
Module Indicative Content
- Project life cycle
- Project stakeholders
- Management skills
- Project planning
- Software cost estimation
- Work module design, assignment and version control
- Role of repository, project library and version control
- Contingency planning
- Reporting and controls
- Testing and testing plans: alpha and Beta