IS2S581 - Project Management and Professional Practice 04 Feb 2019 - 31 Aug 2027 | Version 1
Associated Module Information
| Module Code: | IS2S581 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Module Title: | Project Management and Professional Practice | ||
| Faculty: | Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Science | ||
| Faculty Group: | Information and Electronics | ||
| Faculty Sub Group: | informatics | ||
| Module Leader: | Mark Ware, Ian Fitzell | ||
| Module Team: | David Kidner | ||
| First Intended Intake: | SEP 2019 | Final Year of Intake: | |
| Date Closed: | |||
| Credit Value: | 20 | Credit Level: | 5 |
| Language: | English | ||
| Percentage of Module Taught in Welsh: | 0 | ||
| Equivalent Module: | |||
| HECOS codes: | 100371 - information systems | ||
| HECOS Code Weighting: | 100 | ||
Document Version Information
| Version | 1 |
|---|---|
| Valid From | 04 Feb 2019 |
| Valid To | 31 Aug 2027 |
Module Aims
To introduce IT project management principles and techniques.
To develop skills in legal, social, ethical and professional issues (LSEPI) and to advance the students' knowledge of their professional duties and responsibilities in conjunction with underlying social issues.
Content Summary
Project management:
- Business case: using costs and benefits to make decisions.
- Planning: project scope, managing time and resources, lifecycle and implementation strategies.
- Estimating: metrics, approaches to estimating.
- Quality: criteria, control, assurance, standards, detecting defects
- Testing: unit, integration, systems, user acceptance, regression
- Risk management: identifying, assessing, taking action, monitoring.
- Change management: controlling change, minimising disruption.
- Monitoring and control: monitoring progress, applying control.
- Organisation: elements of project management structure.
Professional practice:
- Professional duties and the BCS Code of Good Practice.
- Personal data and privacy, data protection.
- Intellectual property rights.
- Contracts and licence agreements.
- Computer misuse.
- Internet issues.
- Accessibility.
- Sustainability and environmental issues.
- Product liability.
- Sale of goods.
- Other topical LSEPI.
Learning and Teaching Methods
| Activity Type | Hours |
|---|---|
| Lecture | 10 |
| Practical classes and workshops | 10 |
| Work based learning | 80 |
| Directed Study | 28 |
| Formative Assessment - Independent | 72 |
| Total Hours Selected | 200 |
Learning Outcomes
| # | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|
| LO1 | To work in a team to plan a project, monitor quality of deliverables against requirements, monitor own and team's work and report on progress. |
| LO2 | To understand the computing professional's legal and ethical responsibilities, while looking at broader ethical and social implications of computing. |
Module Requisites
N/A
Assessment Criteria
| Assessment Category | Assessment Type | Description | Duration | Word Count | Weight (%) | Best of? | Pass Mark |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Set Exercise - Not Time Constrained (CW) | Set Tasks - not-time constrained 1 | Project management task working in a team | 0 | 3000 | 60 | No | 40 |
| Written Examination | Written Examination - Open Book (Unseen) 1 | A test of knowledge and ability by questions not known to the candidate prior to the examination. | 100 | N/A | 40 | No | 40 |
Assessment Matrix
| Assessment Type | Learning Outcomes | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| LO1 | LO2 | ||
| Set Tasks - not-time constrained 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |
| Written Examination - Open Book (Unseen) 1 | ✔ | ✔ | |