Unit of Study ISYS3005 Information Technology Project (2024)

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Unit type

UG Coursework Unit
Credit points

24
Faculty & College

Faculty of Science and Engineering
Placement

No

Pre-requisites

60 credit points in any SCU units AND ISYS1005 - Systems Analysis and Design AND PROG2007 - Programming II AND one of: (DATA2001 - Database Systems OR CSC00228 - Database Systems I).
Anti-requisites

ISYS3002 - Computing Project I: Analysis and Design

Enrolment information

This unit should be completed in the last Session of a student's program.

Unit description

Requires students to undertake the analysis, design, development, testing and implementation of a group-based computing project using an agile methodology for an industry client. Students will have the opportunity to demonstrate and apply skills learned in their previous core units and their major area of study.

Unit content

This is an Australian Computer Society (ACS) compliant capstone unit for the Bachelor of Information Technology course. There are no new theory topics introduced for this unit. Students are expected to demonstrate the skills learned throughout their degree and undertake the design, development and implementation of an information technology project using core IT skills and skills specific to their major area of study. The topics of most relevance to achieving the goals of this unit are as follows:

Project management
Feasibility analysis
Systems analysis
Systems design
Systems development
Programming
User training
Report writing
Stakeholder liaison

Availabilities

Not currently available in 2024

Learning outcomes

Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.

On completion of this unit, students should be able to:

use agile project management techniques to manage a substantial information technology project relevant to a student's course major

apply an agile methodology to the design, development and testing of a computer system or computer application

develop and document user manuals and user training programs

integrate multiple information technologies to achieve a working information system

effectively communicate with all stakeholders during all stages of system development using verbal, writing, collaboration software and formal presentations

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