Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Postgraduate Information Technology Project

Credit Points: 24.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC2648

City Campus

Postgraduate

171H School of Science

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2017,
Sem 2 2017,
Sem 1 2018,
Sem 2 2018,
Sem 1 2019,
Sem 2 2019,
Sem 1 2020,
Sem 2 2020,
Sem 1 2021,
Sem 2 2021

COSC2648

City Campus

Postgraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 2 2022,
Sem 1 2023,
Sem 2 2023,
Sem 1 2024,
Sem 2 2024,
Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Golnoush Abaei

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 0294

Course Coordinator Email: golnoush.abaei@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses

Successful completion of the following course/s:

Note: it is a condition of enrolment at RMIT that you accept responsibility for ensuring that you have completed the prerequisite/s and agree to concurrently enrol in co-requisite courses before enrolling in a course.

For information go to RMIT Course Requisites webpage.

 

If you have completed prior studies at RMIT or another institution that developed the skills and knowledge covered in the above course/s you may be eligible to apply for credit transfer.

Alternatively, if you have prior relevant work experience that developed the skills and knowledge covered in the above course/s you may be eligible for recognition of prior learning.

Please follow the link for further information on how to apply for credit for prior study or experience.


Course Description

This course is designed to provide you with hands-on practical experience developing software in a project environment. Your project team of 4 students should complete projects from inception to implementation. In exceptional cases, with course coordinator approval, you may have a group of 3 students or 5 students.

The emphasis is on understanding and working within a corporate environment, using Agile project management and process model, software delivery methodologies, integrating all the skills and knowledge that you should have acquired from your previous courses into a solid base to progress from into your professional life.

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning (WIL) experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

Type of WIL activities involved:

  • projects with industry and community-based organizations


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

This course contributes to the program learning outcomes for the following program(s):

MC208 - Master of Information Technology

PLO 1    Enabling Knowledge
PLO 2    Critical Analysis
PLO 3    Problem Solving
PLO 4    Communication
PLO 5    Responsibility
PLO 6    Teamwork
PLO 7    Research and Scholarship

For more information on the program learning outcomes for your program, please see the program guide.


Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  1. Apply the many aspects of project management and project delivery in an environment that emulates the corporate world
  2. Apply standard software development and delivery principles and methodologies in new contexts
  3. Identity the key factors for successful project completion, as well as the risks and issues associated with project and software delivery
  4. Negotiate the project deliverables and milestones with your corporate sponsor and/or project manager and assume responsibility for a successful outcome
  5. Communicate using the proper language of the field including reports written with a professional approach
  6. Apply effective team dynamics and discuss why this is critical to your project’s success.


Overview of Learning Activities

All your learning activities in this course are based on applying your discipline knowledge in a process of planning and executing a substantial research-based project or industry-sponsored capstone project experience.

The learning activities included in this course are:

  • Face-to-face activities, where the project coordinator and industrial partners present project proposals;
  • Group discussions, where you will discuss and analyze with the course coordinator project issues for effective outcomes;
  • group presentations to industrial partners, colleagues and RMIT academics; and guest lectures/discussion leaders from industry experts on key topics.
  • You will be completing your project as a team devising optimal solutions for the business problems provided combined with timely deliverables. This means that you will work face-to-face in a dedicated project office type environment on a full-time basis to complete your project in constant, dynamic interaction with your team members and regular interaction with your course supervisor and project sponsor.

The Project Proposals from the various industrial sponsors are presented during the first week. You will nominate your choice of project during the first week where after teams will be formed and the projects will begin.


Overview of Learning Resources

RMIT will provide you with resources and tools for learning in this course through myRMIT Studies Course.

There are services available to support your learning through the University Library. The Library provides guides on academic referencing and subject specialist help as well as a range of study support services. For further information, please visit the Library page on the RMIT University website and the myRMIT student portal.

As the project teams and projects will be created based on the activities on Week 1, it will not be possible to transfer to this course after Week 1. In a limited number of projects, industrial partners might provide opportunity to work in their offices to gain more mentoring from industrial colleagues. 


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment tasks

Assessment Task 1: Project Charter 
Weighting 10%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 4 & 5

Assessment Task 2: Team Project Report
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1-6

Assessment Task 3: Presentation, communication and self-management tasks  
Weighting 45%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4, 5 & 6

If you have a long-term medical condition and/or disability it may be possible to negotiate to vary aspects of the learning or assessment methods. You can contact the program coordinator or Equitable Learning Services if you would like to find out more.