PROJECT MANAGEMENT
CSE5PM
2020
Credit points: 15
Subject outline
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. Students learn to design Information Technology projects covering network management or software development or data science for efficiency, portability and re-use, as well as to take advantage of different standards and system utilities, data and information management techniques.
School: Engineering and Mathematical Sciences (Pre 2022)
Credit points: 15
Subject Co-ordinator: Rajalakshmi Rajasekaran
Available to Study Abroad/Exchange Students: No
Subject year level: Year Level 5 - Masters
Available as Elective: No
Learning Activities: N/A
Capstone subject: No
Subject particulars
Subject rules
Prerequisites: 90 credit points and 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 SMIOT or SMAI or SMDM.
Co-requisites: (CSE4WNE AND CSE5INE) OR CSE5BDC OR CSE5DES
Incompatible subjects: CSE5PRA OR CSE5ITP OR CSE5PRB
Equivalent subjects: CYB5PM
Quota Management Strategy: N/A
Quota-conditions or rules: N/A
Special conditions: N/A
Minimum credit point requirement: N/A
Assumed knowledge: N/A
Learning resources
Industry Project Guidelines
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Torabi, T
Year: N/A
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: LMS
ISBN: N/A
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Chapter/issue: N/A
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Software Engineering
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Sommerville I
Year: 2016
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Pearson
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Top-Down Network Design
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Priscilla Oppenheimer
Year: 2010
Edition/Volume: N/A
Publisher: Cisco Press
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Information Technology Project Management
Resource Type: Book
Resource Requirement: Prescribed
Author: Schwalbe, Kathy
Year: 2019
Edition/Volume: 7E
Publisher: Cengage
ISBN: N/A
Chapter/article title: N/A
Chapter/issue: N/A
URL: N/A
Other description: N/A
Source location: N/A
Career Ready
Career-focused: Yes
Work-based learning: No
Self sourced or Uni sourced: N/A
Entire subject or partial subject: N/A
Total hours/days required: N/A
Location of WBL activity (region): N/A
WBL addtional requirements: N/A
Graduate capabilities & intended learning outcomes
Graduate Capabilities
Intended Learning Outcomes
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 1, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Rajalakshmi Rajasekaran
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 10 - 22
Two 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 10 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
WorkShopWeek: 11 - 22
One 2.00 hours workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 11 to week 22 and delivered via face-to-face.
Workshop start from Week 2
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 project management reports based on a hypothetical project. (1250 words per report)The students are assessed as if they were in charge of the real project using principles described in lectures and workshops. Individual assessment ratio is 80(individual):20(team) split to recognise the team objectives and individual contributions. | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
2 group progress reflections. (500 words per student x 2 reports)This peer review exercise mirrors the industry practice of continual progress reviews. Assessment equally split between individual and group contributions. | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO2 |
End-of-semester management presentation applied to future project (5 minutes per student)Group assessment | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO4, SILO5 |
One hour end-of-semester examinationHurdle requirement: To pass the subject, a pass in the examination is mandatory. | N/A | N/A | Yes | 20 | SILO1, SILO4, SILO5 |
Melbourne (Bundoora), 2020, Semester 2, Day
Overview
Online enrolment: Yes
Maximum enrolment size: N/A
Subject Instance Co-ordinator: Rajalakshmi Rajasekaran
Class requirements
LectureWeek: 32 - 43
Two 1.00 hour lecture per week on weekdays during the day from week 32 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Lecture/WorkshopWeek: 33 - 43
Two 1.00 hour lecture/workshop per week on weekdays during the day from week 33 to week 43 and delivered via face-to-face.
Workshop start from Week 2
Assessments
| Assessment element | Category | Contribution | Hurdle | % | ILO* |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2 project management reports based on a hypothetical project. (1250 words per report)The students are assessed as if they were in charge of the real project using principles described in lectures and workshops. Individual assessment ratio is 80(individual):20(team) split to recognise the team objectives and individual contributions. | N/A | N/A | No | 50 | SILO1, SILO3, SILO4, SILO5 |
2 group progress reflections. (500 words per student x 2 reports)This peer review exercise mirrors the industry practice of continual progress reviews. Assessment equally split between individual and group contributions. | N/A | N/A | No | 20 | SILO2 |
End-of-semester management presentation applied to future project (5 minutes per student)Group assessment | N/A | N/A | No | 10 | SILO1, SILO4, SILO5 |
One hour end-of-semester examinationHurdle requirement: To pass the subject, a pass in the examination is mandatory. | N/A | N/A | Yes | 20 | SILO1, SILO4, SILO5 |