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ITEC300: IT Management and Professional Practice
This unit provides students with a thorough introduction to the skills that they need in order to successfully navigate the business environment as Information Technology (IT) professionals. It introduces the tools, approaches and issues involved in the management of IT business projects. Topics covered include: project measurement, project risk management, capital budgeting, outsourcing, system delivery and signoff. Practical work concentrates upon the use of project management tools to support the planning and evaluation process. These are applied in the context of a major case study. The unit also introduces a range of topics vital to good professional practice, including professional ethics, data privacy and intellectual property.
| Credit Points: | 4 |
| Contact Hours: | |
| When Offered: | E1 - Evening; Offered in the first half-year |
| Staff Contact(s): | Postgraduate Professional Development Program Staff |
| Prerequisites: |
Admission to GDipIT or GradCertIT |
| Corequisites: | |
| NCCW(s): | ISYS360, MPCE360, MPCE361 |
| Unit Designation(s): | |
| Assessed As: | Graded |
| Offered By: | Department of Computing |
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