Managing Projects and Stakeholders
MTB630
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:
$2,000.00 (AUD)
International student fee:
$2,225.00 (AUD)
Description
Developing meaningful systems on time and within budget requires an understanding of many organisational, human and technological factors and the skills to coordinate resources. The identification and management of risk will be considered as well as the need to manage projects that not only involve new systems development, but also involve outsourcing and implementing purchased solutions. Project management approaches (PMBOK) are discussed in-depth and students will investigate one or more computer-based tools used to aid the resource management and implementation strategies for information technology and information system development and implementation.
Enrolment Restriction
In order to enrol in this unit, you must be accepted into one of the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems)
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems)
- Master of Technology (Business Systems)
If you wish to seek approval to enrol in this unit without being accepted in a course, please contact OUA regarding the process.
Prerequisites
Equivalent units
You cannot enrol in this unit if you have successfully completed any of the following unit(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:
- MTB120 — Business Support Systems and Project Management
Assessment
- Assignment 1 — Theory frameworks (20%-40%)
- Assignment 2 — Project mgt skills (20%-40%)
- Project — Change management (20%-40%)
Learning Outcomes
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
- understand management issues in relation to organisational cultures
- understand and apply principles of stakeholder management
- assess human and social capital investment in projects
- understand and apply important elements of the Project Management Body of knowledge (PMBOK) to a project
- use software management tools effectively to develop schedules and budgets
- understand governance and ethics within an organisation
- identify and apply ethical codes of conduct related to project management.
Topics
This unit addresses the following topics.
| Number | Topic |
|---|---|
| 1 | Portfolio and program management, specifically how to manage organisational projects |
| 2 | Understanding the theory of the project organisation |
| 3 | Organisational culture and project management behaviours |
| 4 | Risk management in various contexts |
| 5 | Communication skills and strategies |
| 6 | PMBOK skills sets - particular emphasis is given to developing an understanding of competitive IT advantage, project management risk |
| 7 | Implementation and change within the organisation |
| 8 | Governance and practice within the code of ethics both for the organisation and project manager |
Study Resources
This unit is delivered using the following methods and materials:
Instructional Methods
- Chat rooms
- Discussion Forum/Discussion Board
- Online Quizzes/Tests
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Standard Media
- Web links
Relevant Courses
This unit is a core requirement in the following courses:
- Graduate Certificate of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Graduate Diploma of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
- Master of Technology (Business Systems), Swinburne University of Tnlgy
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.
