IT Portfolio and Program Management
HIT8431
Overview
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Level of study: What does Postgraduate mean?
Postgraduate
EFTSL: What does EFTSL mean?
0.125
Delivery Method: What does delivery method mean?
Fully Online
Prerequisites: What are the prerequisites?
Duration:
13 weeks
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Domestic student fee:
$2,200.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,425.00 (AUD)
Description
This unit aims to develop a sound understanding of the differences between IT projects, IT programs and IT portfolios and the relationship between these. It will focus on organisational projects and their characteristics, IT programs in organisations and effective governance and reporting, and the selection of IT projects, IT portfolio balancing and IT portfolio governance and reporting in organisations. The causes of project failure will be identified, and an understanding gained of the role of a Project Management Office (PMO) in avoiding failure and in contributing to sound governance of IT projects, programs and portfolios. The role, responsibilities, establishment and management of the PMO will also be considered.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Recommended prerequisites
You are recommended to have completed the following unit(s) or have equivalent knowledge before starting this unit:
- HIT7407 — Information Systems Project Management
- HIT8434 — Global ICT Practice
Assessment
- Assignment — Individual assignment (25%)
- Group Project — Presentation & report (35%)
- Invigilated Exam (40%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
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define and clearly understand the concepts of IT projects, IT programs and IT
portfolios -
understand the role, establishment, responsibilities and management of Project
Management Offices in organisations -
appreciate the relationship between business processes and enterprise project
management -
demonstrate an understanding of governance of IT projects, programs and
portfolios -
identify causes of failure in IT projects and programs, the role of the PMO in
avoiding failure, and the contribution of sound governance to the prevention of failure - distinguish between project risk and operational risk, and understand the bases of IT project, IT program and IT portfolio risk management.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Distinguishing and defining IT projects, IT programs and IT portfolios |
| 2 | IT project structures in organisations |
| 3 | The relationship between IT project characteristics and industry sector |
| 4 | Project roles, including stakeholder roles |
| 5 | IT project, program and portfolio governance and reporting |
| 6 | Evaluation of IT projects, programs and portfolios |
| 7 | The project management office: its role, creation, management and contribution |
| 8 | Enterprise project management |
| 9 | Managing people in IT projects, including teams and stakeholders |
| 10 | Managing risk in IT projects, programs and portfolios |
| 11 | Delivering benefits from IT projects |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Streaming Multimedia
- Web links
Textbooks are subject to change within the academic year. Students are advised to purchase their books no earlier than one to two months before the start of a unit.
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Required textbooks
Recommended textbooks
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
This unit may be eligible for credit towards other courses:
- Many undergraduate courses on offer through OUA include 'open elective' where any OUA unit can be credited to the course. You need to check the Award Requirements on the course page for the number of allowed open electives and any level limitations.
- In other cases, the content of this unit might be relevant to a course on offer through OUA or elsewhere. In order to receive credit for this unit in the course you will need to supply the provider institution with a copy of the Unit Profile in the approved format, which you can download here. Note that the Unit Profile is set at the start of the year, and if textbooks change this may not match the Unibooks textbook list.
