• Offered by School of Computing
  • ANU College ANU College of Engineering and Computer Science
  • Classification Advanced
  • Course subject Computer Science
  • Areas of interest Computer Science, Software Engineering
  • Academic career PGRD
  • Course convener
    • Dr Sabrina Caldwell
  • Mode of delivery In Person
  • Co-taught Course
  • Offered in First Semester 2021
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Managing Software Projects in a System Context (COMP8110)

This course has been adjusted for remote participation in Semester 1 2021.

This course aims to provide students with sufficient knowledge of the basic principles of software project management that they may support a project manager to carry out the project administrative functions of a program office, lead and manage an agile project development team, and understand the context in which project management is conducted. Many of the skills gained are of use outside formal project management environments.
 
Key topics:

  • Leadership,  Management, Professionalism, Ethics and Teamwork

  • Communication

  • Project Context

  • Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBoK)

  • Agile Project Planning

  • Agile Project Management

  • Project Scope Management

  • Quality & Risk Management

  • Project Control and Governance

 

Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion, students will have the knowledge and skills to:

Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
  1. Identify and describe the impact  of business  context on a software development project, including understanding  the role professional ethics plays in the conduct of a successful project
  2. Evaluate the features of traditional and agile approaches to managing software development to synthesise  an appropriate project management approach for a project in a business context
  3. Apply key project management skills such as scope determination; task decomposition; effort estimation, schedule creation and tracking;  progress reporting;  and management of risk and quality
  4. Use research, critical thinking and reflection to formulate and communicate  an argument   concerning project management concepts.
  5. Demonstrate improved  leadership, teamwork and collaboration skills

Indicative Assessment

  1. Small group assignments incorporating written and oral components  40%
  2. Workshop participation 10%
  3. Written examination 50%

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Workload

Up to twelve two-hour lectures, twelve one-hour lectures, twelve two-hour workshop sessions, plus 5 hours independent study per week

Requisite and Incompatibility

To enrol in this course you must be studying a Master of Computing and have completed either COMP6700 or COMP6710. You cannot enrol in this course if you've completed COMP3120.

Preliminary Reading

  • Jeff Patton and Peter Economy. User story mapping: discover the whole story, build the right product. O'Reilly, 2014.
  • Jim Highsmith. Agile Project Managment. Addison-Wesley, 2010.
  • Robert K. Wysocki. Effective project management: traditional, agile, extreme. John Wiley & Sons, 2011.
  • Michele Sliger and Stacia Broderick. The Software Project Manager’s Bridge to Agility.
  • Cynthia Stackpole Snyder. A User's Manual to the PMBOK Guide 5th Edition, 2013.
  • Bertrand Meyer. Agile! The Good, the Hype and the Ugly. Springer, 2014.
  • Erik Larson and Clifford Gray. Project Management: The Managerial Process. 5th Edition, 2011.

Specialisations

Fees

Tuition fees are for the academic year indicated at the top of the page.  

Commonwealth Support (CSP) Students
If you have been offered a Commonwealth supported place, your fees are set by the Australian Government for each course. At ANU 1 EFTSL is 48 units (normally 8 x 6-unit courses). More information about your student contribution amount for each course at Fees. 

Student Contribution Band:
2
Unit value:
6 units

If you are a domestic graduate coursework student with a Domestic Tuition Fee (DTF) place or international student you will be required to pay course tuition fees (see below). Course tuition fees are indexed annually. Further information for domestic and international students about tuition and other fees can be found at Fees.

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Units EFTSL
6.00 0.12500

Course fees

Domestic International
Domestic fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $4410
International fee paying students
Year Fee
2021 $5880
Note: Please note that fee information is for current year only.

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First Semester

Class number Class start date Last day to enrol Census date Class end date Mode Of Delivery Class Summary
3009 22 Feb 2021 01 Mar 2021 31 Mar 2021 28 May 2021 In Person N/A

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