FEC 4/04 The change is mainly in terms of adding Personal Software Process and also detailed discussion on Capability Maturity Model that are very relevant to the present day industry. Thus, this unit has additional content in relation to the undergraduate unit GCO3807.

As well as this the unit is to be offered in Summer A 2005. This unit is replaced by FIT5022 and this unit will be disestablished.

The role of this unit is to supplement the students' skills in design, coding etc with the project management skills so that students can effectively participate in projects when they start working in an industry. In case of Business students, opportunities are created for them to obtain IT project management skills so that they can apply the same when they start on a career.

GCO5807 is a prohibited combination with project management units taught by the School of Business Systems and the School of Multimedia Systems.

One of the objectives of the Master of Information Technology/Master of Business Systems is "to provide students with an understanding of techniques for planning and managing the implementation of IT solutions to organisational problems, as well as the ability to use these techniques". Project Management directly addresses aspects of this objective for all students in the program.

1. Understand the fundamentals of projects
2. Know the range of roles of people involved in a development
3. Know the different phases of project planning, scheduling and controlling
4. Distinguish between the characteristics of service and product based industries
5. Understand network techniques for managing projects
6. Understand and apply estimation techniques
7. Understand the quality aspects of an IT project.

Prescribed Text:Information Technology Project Management By Kathy Schwalbe, Third Edition, 2003, Course Technology, Canada.

Recommended Reading:

Project Management - A Managerial Approach By Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel. Jr, John Wiley and Sons, 2000, Fourth Edition, ISBN 0-471-29829-8.

Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering By Stephen H. Kan, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63339-6.

Software Inspection By Tom Gilb and Dorothy Graham, Addison Wesley, 1993, ISBN 0-201-63181-4.

Introduction to Personal Software Process By Watts S. Humphrey, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1997.

Assignment: 40% - Examination (3 hours): 60%

The final mark will be calculated using a weighting formula which ensures that a student must perform reasonably on the examination and the assignments overall in order to achieve a passing grade: final grade = (R*A*E)/((R-1)*A+E) where A = overall assignment percentage E = examination percentage R = 100/assignment weighting

• Software Title:
• Vendor:
• Version:
• OS: MS Windows XP ( ) and/or LINUX ( )
• License Details: (A valid software license certificate/s or Vendor permission must be available upon request if the software is to be installed for teaching)
• Are we currently licensed: Yes ( ) or No ( ) (If unsure, please check with your local IT support )
• If (Yes), who is the contact person for this software?:
• If (No), will the software license be arranged by: Staff member requesting the software ( ) or Technical Services* ( ) ? *If the latter is selected, please discuss your requirement/s with myself ASAP, prior to finalising your request, as there could be financial or resourcing implications.
• Is the software to be installed and accessed from a: Client/Workstation ( ), or Server ( ) ?
• Type of license: Site License ( ), Freeware ( ), FOSS (Free and Open Source Software) ( ), Shareware ( ), Lab based ( ) # of Licenses needed ____
• In what week will you commence using the software in class? Semester 1 (Week ___ ) and/or Semester 2 (Week ___ ):
• Nominated Staff For Acceptance Testing Software: (Name) (Phone) (Email)
• Additional Information: Special Requirements, Software Configuration/Installation Requirements, etc:

Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Project.

GCO9806 or equivalent