This unit investigates aspects of professional practice and specific tasks that need to be undertaken in order to initiate and implement an IT project.
Content includes, definition and characteristics of IT projects; phases of the project life cycle such as planning, execution, monitoring and control, project closure; project team management; project management knowledge areas of scope, schedule and cost; and use of tools such as the Critical Path Method (CPM); Gantt charts and project management software(MS-Project 2016).
On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):