Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Software Engineering Project Management

Credit Points: 12.00

Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

ISYS3474

City Campus

Postgraduate

175H Computing Technologies

Face-to-Face

 Sem 1 2025

Course Coordinator: Dr Maria Spichkova

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 0452

Course Coordinator Email: maria.spichkova@rmit.edu.au

Course Coordinator Location: 14.10.13

Course Coordinator Availability: By appointment, by email


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Enforced Pre-Requisite Courses
Successful completion of the following course/s:

AND

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 serves to introduce the basic principles of management of Software Projects, including self-management as a team-member. It also is important for you to have an understanding of how industry works in relation to Projects and also in relation to IT Operations. This course aims to equip you with the essentials with which to enter the Industry. A major component of the course is the practical application of the knowledge gained from the theoretical content. The material covers a broad range of introductory IT concepts.

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry will be provided. Type of WIL activities involved: simulation of an industrial software engineering project.


Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

Program Learning Outcomes

This course is an option course so it is not required to contribute to the development of program learning outcomes (PLOs) though it may assist your achievement of several PLOs.

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. Illustrate a working knowledge of how to plan, execute and close projects to required standards
  2. Use a range of proprietary and non- proprietary project management tools to carry out and report on your team projects
  3. Use project management frameworks that ensure successful outcomes
  4. Analyse and apply critical project management concepts, such as: Why Projects Fail; Project Governance and Methodologies; Software Development Life Cycles – From Waterfall to Agile; Software Engineering Fundamentals; Software Requirements Engineering as basis for Project Management; Hybrid methodologies; Planning and Scheduling; Risk and Issues Management; Quality Assurance; Change Management; Release Management; Service Delivery and Support; The Team Dynamic; Collaboration and Communication skills; Organisations, People and Culture
  5. Apply critical analysis, problem solving, and team facilitation skills to software engineering project management processes using real-world scenarios.

 


Overview of Learning Activities

You will be actively engaged in a range of learning activities (below). Delivery may be face to face, online or a mix of both.

You are encouraged to be proactive and self-directed in your learning, asking questions of your lecturer and/or peers and seeking out information as required, especially from the numerous sources available through the RMIT library, and through links and material specific to this course that is available through myRMIT Studies Course.

The learning activities included in this course are:

  • Pre-recorded lecture videos: Key concepts will be explained in pre-recorded videos.
  • Lectorials: Project Management concepts will be discussed and illustrated with demonstrations and examples. Before attending a lectorial, you will need to watch videos provided for the corresponding module. In lectorials there will be also opportunities to elaborate on key concepts and in teams you will analyse IT scenarios and identify suitable problem-solving techniques. These sessions will prepare you to work on your team projects in an efficient manner. Project work provides opportunities to work effectively in teams, be creative in developing an IT product/service idea, present idea to peers for analysis, problem-solve issues on mechanics and legal issues, identity users and present your IT product/service idea in a marketing sales pitch.
  • Workshops: The workshop sessions will include assessment exercises to engage with, and consolidate meaning of, the course content. 
  • Feedback sessions: Another important learning activity is private study, working on aspects of the project in a self-directed and autonomous manner within a team framework. To support you in this activity, we will schedule feedback sessions – drop-in sessions where you can ask questions on the course material.

 


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.


Overview of Assessment

This course has no hurdle requirements.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1: Software Engineering Challenges
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 3, 4, and 5.

Assessment Task 2: Team-based Assignment
Weighting: 30%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

Assessment Task 3: Individual Assignment 
Weighting: 40%
This assessment task supports CLOs 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5.

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.