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This module addresses topics of:
- Project life cycle
- Project stakeholders
- Management skills
- Project planning
- Software cost estimation and commercial risk
- 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

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.

CLASS TEST duration 45 minutes weighted at 30% assessment Learning Outcomes 1 to 4.

The style of the module is based on a series of on-line worksheets that present material, refer you to internal and external references and guide you in further study. You will be expected to follow these references and others of your own to build on the body of knowledge presented in the worksheets.
You will work as a virtual team with other students enrolled on the module and build up an on-line project plan as you proceed.
Electronic learning strategies will be used extensively.

The 3 hours contact time will typically include provision of On-line, telephone and email support as necessary.

1. CRITICALLY RESEARCH AND ANALYSE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES WITHIN A PROJECT ENVIRONMENT TO SATISFY THE STAKEHOLDERS' REQUIREMENTS AND EXPECTATIONS.
Analysis
Enquiry
Knowledge & Understanding

2. BE ABLE TO MANAGE COSTS ESTIMATING, THE ESTIMATION OF TIME AND ESTIMATION OF RESOURCES, PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING IN THE CONTEXT OF A PROJECT AND THE COMMERCIAL RISKS INVOLVED.
Learning
Problem Solving

3. MANAGE COMPUTING RESOURCES, HUMAN RESOURCES AND THE METHODS AND TOOLS, DEVELOPMENT TEAMS, STRUCTURE AND SIZE, TEAM BUILDING AND SKILLS ASSESSMENT, AND PROJECT CONTROL, EVALUATION AND REVIEWS INCLUDING THE CONSIDERATION OF RELEVANT ETHICAL AND SOCIAL IMPACT OF ANY CHANGE PROCESS.
Application
Communication
Enquiry

4. CRITICALLY COMPARE AND APPLY TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES FOR SCHEDULING, NETWORK ANALYSIS AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS.
Analysis
Knowledge & Understanding

IS Projects have a reputation for being difficult to manage, and instances of IT projects that have ended disastrously late and/or over budget are often reported. However, surveys show that managers working on many of these projects have not received adequate training in basic project management, however good they may be technically. This module is intended to overcome this problem, to give you a 'running start' in a project team and to allow you to use your technical skills to maximum effect within the project environment.