MIS398 - Project Management

Unit details

Year:

2024 unit information

Enrolment modes:Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waterfront (Geelong), Online
Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Graeme Pye
Prerequisite:Must have passed 3 credit points at levels 2 and/or 3
Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: SIT374
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour on-campus (livestreamed) lecture (recordings provided) and 1 x 1 hour on-campus seminar in weeks 1 to 9 and 1 x 2 hour Practical Experience (laboratory) in weeks 4 to 10.

Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment:

1 x 1 hour recorded lecture each week, 1 x 1 hour online seminar (recordings provided) in weeks 1 to 9 and 1 x 2 hour Practical Experience (laboratory) in weeks 4 to 10.

Content

Project management has become a standard way of doing business, whether that's in creative humanistic projects, providing or upgrading business process services or launching a new product. Organisations have recognised that the powerful set of tools this result-oriented management style offers has the capacity to improve their ability to plan, implement and manage activities. This is a requirement to successfully compete in the global markets. Conversely, competing in global markets influenced by change, innovation and time to market, requires organisations to manage multiple projects. To be able to select and manage projects that contribute positively to an organisation's strategic direction, an integrative approach is needed. This unit provides students with an insight into Agile project management (e.g. Scrum Model) and its application in organisations. It offers students an opportunity to gain knowledge in specific tools and techniques of project management and analyse the process of integrating projects into organisations so as to contribute positively to strategic directions. In this unit, students will also examine some of the current issues in project management and consider project management career paths.

 

 

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1 Evaluate and justify the application of various project management methodologies.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities

ULO2

Collaborate with peers to achieve business outcomes using relevant project management tools and techniques.

GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork
ULO3

Demonstrate professional evidence of contribution to teamwork.

GLO2: Communication
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO4 Analyse and synthesise current issues in project management.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO5: Problem solving

 

Assessment

Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week

Assessment 1: Project
Part A: (Group of 6) Report and Presentation
Part B: (Individual) Presentation (Video Recording)

Part A: Report 5000 words Presentation (Video recording) 15 minutes
Part B: Presentation (Video Recording) 5 minutes

Part A:
Report 30% Presentation (Video Recording) 10%
Part B: Presentation (Video Recording)10%

Part A: Week 10

Part B: Week 11

End-of-unit assessment task: Written 2 hours 50% End-of-unit assessment period

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

Hurdle requirement: Achieve at least 50% of the marks available on the end-of-unit assessment to evidence a minimum proficiency in the aligned discipline learning outcomes included in this unit.

Learning Resource

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: MIS398 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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