Nature of projects: IT projects, other projects; Defining the project; Project phases: planning, scheduling, controlling projects; Risk identification and analysis; Project cost estimation techniques ; Time analysis and scheduling; Resource allocation, scheduling, constraining and levelling; Monitoring quality of projects; Applications with a good emphasis on IT related projects; Review of commercially available software for project management; Evaluating project management software. Examination of the latest published work in project management and carry out case studies. Research into current project management issues and techniques.
Objectives
On completion of this subject, students will be able to understand the intricacies of project management and will be able to apply these principles to an industry project. The scope will be more towards an IT related project but the general principles will be applicable to any type of project.
Prerequisites
Before attempting this unit you must have satisfactorily completed
GCO9806 or equivalent
Unit relationships
GCO5807 is an elective unit in the for master programes. Before attempting this unit you must have satisfactorily completed GCO9806 or equivalent
Texts and software
Required text(s)
Prescribed Text:Information Technology Project Management By Kathy Schwalbe, Third Edition, 2003, Course Technology, Canada.
Recommended Reading:
Project Management - A Managerial Approach By Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel. Jr, John Wiley and Sons, 2000, Fourth Edition, ISBN 0-471-29829-8.
Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering By Stephen H. Kan, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63339-6.
Software Inspection By Tom Gilb and Dorothy Graham, Addison Wesley, 1993, ISBN 0-201-63181-4.
Introduction to Personal Software Process By Watts S. Humphrey, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1997.
Textbook availability
Text book is available in library and in the bookshop
Software requirements
Ms Project
Hardware requirements
Students studying off-campus are required to have the minimum system configuration specified by the faculty as a condition of accepting admission, and regular Internet access. On-campus students, and those studying at supported study locations may use the facilities available in the computing labs. Information about computer use for students is available from the ITS Student Resource Guide in the Monash University Handbook. You will need to allocate up to n hours per week for use of a computer, including time for newsgroups/discussion groups.
Recommended reading
Prescribed Text:Information Technology Project Management By Kathy Schwalbe, Third Edition, 2003, Course Technology, Canada.
Recommended Reading:
Project Management - A Managerial Approach By Jack R. Meredith and Samuel J. Mantel. Jr, John Wiley and Sons, 2000, Fourth Edition, ISBN 0-471-29829-8.
Metrics and Models in Software Quality Engineering By Stephen H. Kan, Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, 1995, ISBN 0-201-63339-6.
Software Inspection By Tom Gilb and Dorothy Graham, Addison Wesley, 1993, ISBN 0-201-63181-4.
Introduction to Personal Software Process By Watts S. Humphrey, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1997.
Library access
You may need to access the Monash library either personally to be able to satisfactorily complete the subject. Be sure to obtain a copy of the Library Guide, and if necessary, the instructions for remote access from the library website.
Study resources
Study resources for GCO5807 are:
eBook from muso.monash.edu.au, text book, muso website
Project Management Context and Processes and Project Integration Management
3
Project Scope Management
4
Project Time Management
5
Project Cost Management
6
Project Quality Management
Non teaching week
7
Human Resource Management
8
Project Communication Management
9
Project Risk Management
10
Project Execution and Control
11
Project Closing
12
Personal Software Process
13
Revision
Timetable
The timetable for on-campus classes for this unit can be viewed in Allocate+
Assessment
Assessment weighting
Assessment for the unit consists of n assignments with a weighting of 40% and an examination with a weighting of 60%. Read this section VERY carefully.
Assessment Policy
To pass this unit you must:
However, to encourage consistent performance, your final mark cannot be more than 10 marks higher than your assignment work percentage. Also, since assignment work is not completed in a controlled environment, your final mark cannot be more than 10 marks higher than your exam percentage.
Your score for the unit will be calculated by:
Your final grade will be calculated on one of the following conditions:
1. If your project assignment component is equal to 0%, then
Final grade = E / 2.5
2. If your examination component is equal to 0%, then
Final grade = A / 2.5
3. If both your examination and assignment components are greater than 0%, then
Final grade = (R*A*E) / (((R-1)*A)+E)
Assessment Requirements
Assessment
Due Date
Weighting
Assignment #1
7th April 2007.
20%
Assignment #2
13th May 2007.
20 %
Exam period (S1/07) starts on 07/06/07
60 %
Assignment specifications will be made available GCO5807 website: muso.monash.edu.au.
Assignment Submission
Assignments will be submitted by electronic submission to muso.monash.edu.au Do not email submissions. The due date is the date by which the submission must be received/the date by which the the submission is to be posted.
Extensions and late submissions
Late submission of assignments
Assignments received after the due date will be subject to a penalty of : Assignments received later than one week after the due date will not normally be accepted.
This policy is strict because comments or guidance will be given on assignments as they are returned, and sample solutions may also be published and distributed, after assignment marking or with the returned assignment.
Extensions
It is your responsibility to structure your study program around assignment deadlines, family, work and other commitments. Factors such as normal work pressures, vacations, etc. are seldom regarded as appropriate reasons for granting extensions.
There are no assignment extensions for this unit, as it is project management, so students are expected to manage their riskes.
Grading of assessment
Assignments, and the unit, will be marked and allocated a grade according to the following scale:
Grade
Percentage/description
HD High Distinction -
very high levels of achievement, demonstrated knowledge and understanding, skills in application and high standards of work encompassing all aspects of the tasks.
In the 80+% range of marks for the assignment.
D Distinction -
high levels of achievement, but not of the same standards. May have a weakness in one particular aspect, or overall standards may not be quite as high.
In the 70-79% range.
C Credit -
sound pass displaying good knowledge or application skills, but some weaknesses in the quality, range or demonstration of understanding.
In the 60-69% range.
P Pass
acceptable standard, showing an adequate basic knowledge, understanding or skills, but with definite limitations on the extent of such understanding or application. Some parts may be incomplete.
In the 50-59% range.
N Not satisfactory
failure to meet the basic requirements of the assessment.
Below 50%.
Assignment return
We will aim to have assignment results made available to you within two weeks after assignment receipt.
Feedback
Feedback to you
You will receive feedback on your work and progress in this unit. This feedback may be provided through your participation in tutorials and class discussions, as well as through your assignment submissions. It may come in the form of individual advice, marks and comments, or it may be provided as comment or reflection targeted at the group. It may be provided through personal interactions, such as interviews and on-line forums, or through other mechanisms such as on-line self-tests and publication of grade distributions.
Feedback from you
You will be asked to provide feedback to the Faculty through a Unit Evaluation survey at the end of the semester. You may also be asked to complete surveys to help teaching staff improve the unit and unit delivery. Your input to such surveys is very important to the faculty and the teaching staff in maintaining relevant and high quality learning experiences for our students.
And if you are having problems
It is essential that you take action immediately if you realise that you have a problem with your study. The semester is short, so we can help you best if you let us know as soon as problems arise. Regardless of whether the problem is related directly to your progress in the unit, if it is likely to interfere with your progress you should discuss it with your lecturer or a Community Service counsellor as soon as possible.
Unit improvements
Feedback on assignments will be provided within two weeks of submission.
Plagiarism and cheating
Plagiarism and cheating are regarded as very serious offences. In cases where cheating has been confirmed, students have been severely penalised, from losing all marks for an assignment, to facing disciplinary action at the Faculty level. While we would wish that all our students adhere to sound ethical conduct and honesty, I will ask you to acquaint yourself with Student Rights and Responsibilities and the Faculty regulations that apply to students detected cheating as these will be applied in all detected cases.
In this University, cheating means seeking to obtain an unfair advantage in any examination or any other written or practical work to be submitted or completed by a student for assessment. It includes the use, or attempted use, of any means to gain an unfair advantage for any assessable work in the unit, where the means is contrary to the instructions for such work.
When you submit an individual assessment item, such as a program, a report, an essay, assignment or other piece of work, under your name you are understood to be stating that this is your own work. If a submission is identical with, or similar to, someone else's work, an assumption of cheating may arise. If you are planning on working with another student, it is acceptable to undertake research together, and discuss problems, but it is not acceptable to jointly develop or share solutions unless this is specified by your lecturer.
Intentionally providing students with your solutions to assignments is classified as "assisting to cheat" and students who do this may be subject to disciplinary action. You should take reasonable care that your solution is not accidentally or deliberately obtained by other students. For example, do not leave copies of your work in progress on the hard drives of shared computers, and do not show your work to other students. If you believe this may have happened, please be sure to contact your lecturer as soon as possible.
Cheating also includes taking into an examination any material contrary to the regulations, including any bilingual dictionary, whether or not with the intention of using it to obtain an advantage.
Plagiarism involves the false representation of another person's ideas, or findings, as your own by either copying material or paraphrasing without citing sources. It is both professional and ethical to reference clearly the ideas and information that you have used from another writer. If the source is not identified, then you have plagiarised work of the other author. Plagiarism is a form of dishonesty that is insulting to the reader and grossly unfair to your student colleagues.
Communication
Communication methods
Discussion groups, email
Notices
Notices related to the unit during the semester will be placed on the Notices Newsgroup in the Unit Website. Check this regularly. Failure to read the Notices newsgroup is not regarded as grounds for special consideration.
Consultation Times
Discussion group; Tuesdays and thursdays
If direct communication with your unit adviser/lecturer or tutor outside of consultation periods is needed you may contact the lecturer and/or tutors at:
Dr Iqbal Gondal Senior Lecturer Phone +61 3 990 26669
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