IT Project Resource Management
HIT8430
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
Complex IT projects involve successful management of the many resources (human, capital and technological) involved, and this unit aims to focus specifically on the management of the full gamut of resources in successful IT project management. Students will develop an understanding of articulating strategies for the acquisition, deployment and management of resources throughout the IT project life cycle. In addition, the unit will focus on the need to understand how to allocate resources in order to achieve the best possible outcomes and deliver business value from the IT project. The issue of how changes in the project impact on resource allocation will also be considered. Students will develop skills in using appropriate project management software to allocate and assign resources.
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
You should complete a university level unit covering accounting or finance before commencing this unit.
Assessment
- Assignment — Individual assignment (25%)
- Group Project — Presentation & report (30%)
- Invigilated Exam (45%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- understand, identify and describe the resources involved in IT projects
- demonstrate a knowledge of and an ability to use appropriate project resource management tools and techniques
- develop strategies for the acquisition and deployment of resources in IT projects
- differentiate between the management of in-house resources verses external resources
- understand the need to appraise the performance of various resources during the project life cycle
- understand the consequences of a change (adding or removing) in resource assignment in a project
- demonstrate how a project schedule should be updated to address changes in resources
- understand the role a project manager plays in the resource allocation and assignment
- demonstrate the use of project management software to allocate and assign resources.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Types of resources (human and capital) |
| 2 | Planning and managing resources in IT projects |
| 3 | Allocation of resources according to project schedules |
| 4 | Matching deliverables, activities and resource requirements |
| 5 | Project activity resource estimating |
| 6 | Resource estimation techniques |
| 7 | Planning and scheduling |
| 8 | Managing resources throughout the IT project life cycle |
| 9 | Managing the consequences of changes in resources allocation within an IT project |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Audio/Video conferencing
- Blogs
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Streaming Multimedia
- 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.
