Systems Project and Quality Management (7173.6)

Required texts

The unit is based on the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK), PRINCE2™ and Agile Methodology.   

There is no prescribed textbook for this unit. However, the following books will be used to teach required content: 

Marchewka, J, 2016 ,Information Technology Project Management : Providing Measurable Organizational Value, 5th ed. Wiley.

This book has been ordered by the library for short-term loan and E-Text is available.

The following book will be consulted in teaching materials but is not a required textbook: 

C. Schneider, M. A. Fuller, J. S. Valacich, J. F. George, 2020, Information Systems Project Management: A Process Approach, 2nd ed., © Prospect Press

Recommended Books:

Kerzner, H, 2017, Project Management, 12^th ed, John Wiley & Sons

Heerkens, G. 2013, Project Management, 2^nd ed, Briefcase Books

Schwalbe, K. 2016, Information Technology Project Management 8^th ed. Thomson Course Technology, Boston, MA

Baca, C.  2007, Project Management for Mere Mortals, Addison-Wesley   

Yourdon, E, 2004, Death March, 2^nd ed. Prentice Hall Professional Reference

Various papers and relevant articles will be made available through the unit web site as appropriate.

Submission of assessment items

Special assessment requirements

To PASS this unit, students have to obtain a mark of 50% or greater for all the assessments in total. See the Assessment Guide for details.

Higher grades will be awarded on the basis of the total mark being ≥ 65% for a credit, ≥ 75% for a distinction and ≥ 85% for a high distinction. Some scaling of marks and academic judgement may be applied to determine students' final grades - in this process no student will be disadvantaged. In the case of any assignment that places you in jeopardy of a Fail in the whole unit, appropriate moderation procedures will be used.

The unit convenor reserves the right to question students on any of their submitted work for moderation and academic integrity purposes.

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener about the matter.

All work quoted from any source should be appropriately referenced using a recognized style, the "Harvard" referencing style as described in the link below (note that there are multiple version of the Harvard referencing style, and you should use the one described here) is preferred.

http://canberra.libguides.com/referencing

Students who are not familiar with referencing academic work should undertake the Academic Integrity Module. 

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The following is a guide that may help you plan your semester's effort levels:

Weekly Lectures 2hrs= 24hrs

Tutorials & Computer Labs (2 hrs * 10 Weeks) = 20hrs

Preparation and Attempting Quiz = 8hrs

Proposal Preparation & Submission =24hrs

Group Project Presentation, Documentation= 32hrs

Tutorial and lecture preparation, participation and engagement= 30h

Reflection Report and Peer review marks = 6hrs

Progress Report = 6hrs

Total = 150 hrs

Participation requirements

Students are strongly advised to listen and watch lectures' recordings if they miss any lecture attendance to meet learning outcomes. Lecture or Tutorial slides and notes should not be considered a substitute for attending the lectures and or tutorials. Students should refer to discussions during the lectures in the assessment items.

You are strongly advised to participate to all lectures, to fully participate in all tutorials and study published materials in the Canvas site. The lecture and other materials are published on the website. The tutorials are particularly important because there is recurring and ongoing group work and discussion throughout the unit.

Announcements made in lectures or published using the website are deemed to have been heard and read by all students in the unit.

Required IT skills

You are expected to be a competent computer user and familiar with word processing, presentation software and project packages (such as Microsoft Project) or similar in this unit. It expected that you will teach yourself how to use the packages by working through the exercises in the computer labs and tutorials. All assignments are expected to be submitted electronically in Canvas and in one of Microsoft Office, Office 365; unless specifically stated otherwise.

Work placement, internships or practicums

None

• Semester 1, 2025, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (227421)
• Semester 2, 2024, On-campus, UC - Canberra, Bruce (227426)