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COMP593 Software Project Management

Updated: 15 February 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 2 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 2 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions COMP393
Notes None
Combined Units COMP393 - Software Project Management
Coordinator(s) Abudulkadir Sajeev (asajeev@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

Software projects are often not completed in time and within budget. This unit studies the characteristics of software systems that make project management challenging, and teaches the principles of software project management, in particular, requirements elicitation, software effort estimation, professional ethics, quality control, planning and scheduling in software life cycle processes, team effort and risk management. COMP593 is based on the undergraduate unit COMP393 with additional load consisting of extra questions on assignments and examinations and candidates for COMP593 will be expected to show a greater level of understanding of the unit material than that required for COMP393. Students who complete COMP393 are not permitted to enrol for COMP593.
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Further information
Materials Textbook information will be displayed approximately 8 weeks prior to the commencement of the teaching period. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment Assessment information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. demonstrate an understanding of challenges and issues in software project management;
  2. demonstrate a sound knowledge of software effort estimation, project planning, life cycle processes, professional ethics, risk management, systems acquisition and change management;
  3. apply the techniques in software projects;
  4. demonstrate a deeper understanding of professional ethics and project risks by research and analysing cases involving IT project delays/failures and/or ethical issues; and
  5. demonstrate a sound knowledge of IT governance, services management, security and privacy issues and other societal issues.

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
The discipline knowledge is taught in the lectures. Students work through exercises in weekly tutorials based on the lecture material. The discipline knowledge is also assessed using assignments and the final examination. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Communication skills required in project management will be discussed in lectures. Written communication will be assessed in assignments. Students work in groups in the tutorial where they will practice team communication skills. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Development and use of Information Technology projects will be discussed in lectures and tutorials. For assignments, students will need to gather information from various sources, both printed and online. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
The need to be up-to-date with rapid changes in the field, requiring life-long learning, will be discussed in the lectures. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Students will be taught and assessed in the skills required in solving problems in software project management. Problems related to project management will be given as exercises in weekly tutorials for students to solve. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Professional ethics is a topic in the unit. This will be discussed in the lectures, students will practice addressing ethical issues in tutorials and the topic will be examined in the final examination. 		True True True
8 Team Work
A major part of the assessment is through a group project where students, both internal and external, will be divided into teams who need to work together. The role of effective team work in project management will be discussed in the lectures 		True True True
   

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