IT Project Management Research Project
HIT8433
Overview
To enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into a course from the provider.
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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 is a project unit and is the capstone unit in the Master of IT Project Management. Students will be required to undertake a research project in any area relating to IT Project Management, and are encouraged to adopt a reflective practitioner stance and utilise their own professional experiences to gain greater insights into an aspect of IT Project Management.
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:
- HIT8410 — Systems Acquisition & Implementation Management
- HIT8430 — IT Project Resource Management
- HIT8434 — Global ICT Practice
Assessment
- Presentation — Individual or group project (20%)
- Report — Individual or group project (80%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- develop a professional standard research proposal
- deliver a professional standard presentation outlining the nature of their research
- undertake research into a topic related to IT project management of interest to them.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | IT project structures in organisations |
| 2 | The relationship between IT project characteristics and industry sector |
| 3 | Project roles, including stakeholder roles |
| 4 | IT project, program and portfolio governance and reporting |
| 5 | Evaluation of IT projects, programs and portfolios |
| 6 | The project management office: its role, creation, management and contribution |
| 7 | Enterprise project management |
| 8 | Managing people in IT projects, including teams and stakeholders |
| 9 | Managing risk in IT projects, programs and portfolios |
| 10 | Delivering benefits from IT projects |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Web links
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.
