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Pressman, R. (2014), Software Engineering: A Practitioner's Approach (Int'l Ed), McGraw-Hill, ISBN 978-0-07-802212-8

Brewer, J. and Dittman, K. (2009), Methods of IT Project Management, Prentice Hall; 1 edition, ISBN-10: 0132367254

Lockyer, K. G. and Gordon, J. (2005), Project Management and Project Network Techniques, 7/e, Prentice Hall, ISBN-10: 0273693786

Chavan, V. (2017) Project Management: A Beginner's Guide for the first time Project Manager, start hassle-free career to project management, Independent Publishing, ISBN-10: 1522023690

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.

Mixture of research seminars, enquiry based learning and group work. There will be an emphasis on independent learning

12 lectures (1 per week), 24 tutorial/practicals (2 per week)

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 THE 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. 

"Mixture of research seminars, enquiry based learning and group work. There will be an emphasis on independent learning

13 lectures (1 per week), 26 tutorial/practicals (2 per week)
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