IT Consulting Project

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Subject Code:

ICT801A

Subject Type:

Core (Masters of Information Technology)

Pre-requisite: 

Course level of study pre-requisite:  a total of 32 credit points- 8 subjects (excl WIL) prior enrolling into the subject. 

Subject Level:

800

Credit Points:

4 credit points

Subject Aim:

This subject represents the culmination of learning towards the Master of Information Technology course, where students will apply their knowledge and skills acquired throughout their studies in a range of IT discipline areas. In this subject, students will take the role of an IT consultant and deliver an innovative solution to a real-life problem in line with industry standards and practices by focusing on a specific business domain.

The emphasis is fundamentally on promoting learning in the technical, interdisciplinary, and project management elements of the IT field. Ergo, during their journey they will align their activities based on the practices of a contemporary project management methodology, carrying out its integral phases and processes, applying the tools and techniques, and producing project artefacts.

In this subject, students will apply effective communication skills by synthesising their project work into a well-structured consultancy report and showcasing their solution to an audience interactively, exhibiting professionalism. They will demonstrate integrity, ethical conduct, independent self-management, and professional accountability in all aspects of their project deliverables throughout the project lifecycle

Learning Outcomes:

a) Synthesise domain-specific knowledge and skills in solving complex problems within an information technology context, displaying mastery over the latest trends in the IT industry.

b) Critically analyse business requirements and plan, design, construct, and systematically deliver an interdisciplinary IT solution correspondingly, exercising industry-relevant tools and practices. 

c) Implement an agile framework in delivering an innovative IT-driven solution for a multiplex problem, executing its intrinsic phases, methods, and practices, and constructing artifacts in coherence with an agile project lifecycle.

d) Effectively communicate in written, visual, and verbal forms, conveying complex information to others with clarity and impact. 

e) Produce outcomes as an individual with autonomy and responsibility and in collaboration with others, exhibiting expert judgement, influence, and ethical professionalism

Assessment Information:

Project Overview 

The Information Technology Consulting Project will be undertaken as a group of 4-5 students, supervised by tutors who will role-play as the client throughout the subject schedule. All students will be assigned to a project team in Weeks 1- 2 of the subject, which they will remain until the end of completion unless they present an exceptional case to change to another group. 

There will be a list of project contexts available to students, which they will select to form their groups based on their area of interest. Albeit each project context will be different, groups will be provided with the necessary information pack regardless of their selection to enable them to undertake their projects, where each initiative will reflect the multidisciplinary nature of the information technology field. 

Students will be provided with a Project Execution Framework that they will procedurally follow to govern their project lifecycle. In addition, groups will implement their projects employing an agile project management framework, Scrum, using the industry-standard platform, Atlassian JIRA, to exercise real-world tools, methods, and practices in an agile project environment, taking into consideration organisational policies when applicable. 

Every fortnight (Weeks 5, 7, 9, and 11), groups will meet the client, who will be role-played by their lecturer, to hold their sprint planning ceremonies, gather/validate requirements, and collaboratively agree on sprint scope and deliverables. These fortnightly sessions will also allow students to receive timely feedback on their progress and seek advice against their challenges where required. Students are required to review the scholarly and industry literature to understand the domain-specific experiences, which will enable them to build an evidence base for their solutions to their chosen real-world challenge. This will also allow them to explore what best practice may look like in a professional setting, which they will incorporate into their solution in alignment with the dynamics of their selected business domain. 

Learning outcomes for this subject are assessed using a range of assessment tasks as described in the table below.

A supplementary assessment is not available in this subject.

Broad topics to be covered: 

Please note that these topics are often refined and subject to change so for up to date weekly topics and suggested reading resources, please refer to the Moodle subject page.