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Information Technology Quality and Project Management - INFS5733
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Faculty: Australian School of Business
 
 
School:  School of Info Systems, Technology & Management
 
 
Course Outline: INFS5733 Course Outline
 
 
Campus: Kensington Campus
 
 
Career: Postgraduate
 
 
Units of Credit: 6
 
 
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
 
 
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 3
 
 
Enrolment Requirements:
 
 
Prerequisite: must be enrolled in program 8407
 
 
Excluded: INFS5848
 
 
Fee Band: 2 (more info)
 
 
Further Information: See Class Timetable
 
 

Description

This course aims to give an appreciation of successful IS project management and the impact of quality considerations on this, the role of standards and methodologies, PM methodology - tools and techniques, supplemented with examples from case studies and group case analysis exercises in class.

After studying this course you will be able to describe the evolution of quality and project management and their importance to improving the success of information technology projects, discuss the benefits of good project management, explain a range of quality and project management terms and techniques, detail the project management life cycle, apply project management methodologies across the key PM knowledge areas, integrate quality systems across all aspects of project management, discuss the benefits and limitations of a range of project management software programs, and select the best program for a given project.

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