4549 (v.8) Project Design and Management 351

Area:

Department of Computing

Credits:

25.0

Contact Hours:

2.0

** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **

Seminar:

1 x 2 Hours Weekly

Syllabus:

This unit covers techniques for effective written and oral technical communication, preparation of scientific reports and supervised group project proposal generation. An introduction to software engineering project management using the Personal and Team Software Processes. Emphasis is placed on record keeping and the analysis of historical data to produce effective project plans based on reasonable estimates. Setting measurable goals for accessing personal contribution to group-based software development activities and determining project status. Adhering to commitments and schedules using an earned-value approach to project management. An examination of the roles of the team leader, planning manager, development manager, quality process manager, and the support manager in effective software project management.

** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **

Field of Education:

080315 Project Management

Funding Cluster:

02 - Accounting, Administration, Economics, Commerce

SOLT (Online) Definitions*:

Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information

Result Type:

Grade/Mark

Availability

Year	Location	Period	Internal	Partially Online Internal	Area External	Central External	Fully Online
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 1	Y
2006	Bentley Campus	Semester 2	Y
2006	Sri Lanka Inst Info Tech	Semester 1	Y

Area External	refers to external course/units run by the School or Department or offered by research.
Central External	refers to external and online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area
Partially Online Internal	refers to some (a portion of) learning provided by interacting with or downloading pre-packaged material from the Internet but with regular and ongoing participation with a face-to-face component retained. Excludes partially online internal course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External
Fully Online	refers to the main (larger portion of) mode of learning provided via Internet interaction (including the downloading of pre-packaged material on the Internet). Excludes online course/units run through the Curtin Bentley-based Distance Education Area which remain Central External