SIT378 - Team Project (B) - Execution and Delivery

Unit details

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Year:

2023 unit information

Enrolment modes:

Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 2: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online
Trimester 3: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online

Credit point(s):1
EFTSL value:0.125
Unit Chair:Trimester 1: Luxing Yang
Trimester 2: Atul Sajjanhar
Trimester 3: Atul Sajjanhar
Prerequisite:

Must have completed 18 credit points of study, including SIT374 (students enrolled in D371 must complete MIS398)

Corequisite:Nil
Incompatible with: SIT302
Typical study commitment:

Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit.

Scheduled learning activities - campus:

Trimester 1 and 2: 1 x 2 hour online class per week, 1 x 4 hour studio per week.

Trimester 3: Students are required to attend intensive study blocks of: 2 x 4 hour studios per week (weeks 1-5); 1 x 2 hour online class per week (weeks 1-5).

Scheduled learning activities - online:

Trimester 1 and 2: Online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online class per week (recordings provided), 1 x 4 hour online studio per week (week 2 – 11). 

Trimester 3: Online independent and collaborative learning including optional scheduled activities as detailed in the unit site. 

Note:

Please note: Enrolments after the dates below are subject to Unit Chair approval.
Trimester 1 2023: Friday 17 February 2023
Trimester 2 2023: Friday 30 June 2023
Trimester 3 2023: Friday 20 October 2023

Students are expected to undertake SIT374 and SIT378 in consecutive trimesters. Students should seek advice from the unit chair if they are unable to complete SIT374 and SIT378 consecutively.

Content

This is the second of two undergraduate capstone units for students within the School of Information Technology. In this unit, students will extend their experiences of IT projects by executing a real-world, industry-relevant project and synthesise knowledge and technical as well as other professional skills acquired during their course. Students will join a team as senior members, and provide guidance and mentoring to Team Project (A) students. As a team, they will apply agile project management methods to iteratively create enhancements to a unique IT product, service or solution in a highly flexible and interactive manner. Students will identify a potential problem or technical gap and experience how to solve it using methods, algorithms and techniques pertinent to the field of IT. Students will be required to further formulate necessary design and/or development strategies, work collaboratively with peers to manage and conduct the implementation of the project and demonstrate outcomes achieved against project goals and targets.

In this final capstone unit, students will demonstrate achievement of course learning outcomes by drawing upon a combination of work they contribute to the project and work completed in other units, respectively. Together, the capstone units will guide students to effectively engage with and contribute to industry-relevant projects, to communicate most important project factors to stakeholders, focus on project delivery, and enable them to manage IT projects within defined scopes and schedules.

ULO These are the Learning Outcomes (ULO) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes
ULO1

Demonstrate the apply discipline specific knowledge, communication skills, digital literacy, and professional practice through engaging in an authentic real-world project.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO2: Communication
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO2

Demonstrate and apply problem solving and critical thinking in solving real-world problems and evaluating solutions as a member of a team.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO3

Analyse stakeholders's; needs, project goals, and team capabilities to identify, prioritize, and schedule project deliverables, and take responsibility for the execution of the project plan and associated reporting as a senior member of a team.

GLO4: Critical thinking
GLO5: Problem solving
GLO7: Teamwork

ULO4

Apply contemporary Information Technology methods tools and techniques to contribute to real-world projects in ways that meet project and stakeholder needs including mentoring team members.

GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities
GLO3: Digital literacy
GLO5: Problem solving

ULO5

Reflect on and take responsibility for their own learning; manage their own time and processes; by reviewing personal performance as a means of managing continuing professional development.

GLO6: Self-management
GLO8: Global citizenship

ULO6

Reflect upon and showcase knowledge and skills gained, demonstrate achievement of learning goals, and communicate how skills developed are transferrable to other real-world contexts.

GLO2: Communication
GLO6: Self-management

Assessment

Trimester 1 and 2:
Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Learning portfolio Portfolio 100% Weekly task submission with final submission in Week 12
Trimester 3:
Assessment Description Student output Grading and weighting
(% total mark for unit)
Indicative due week
Learning portfolio Portfolio 100% Weekly task submission with final submission in Week 6

The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.

Hurdle requirement

To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the portfolio.

Learning Resource

There is no prescribed text. 

The texts and reading list for the unit can be found on the University Library via the link below: SIT378 Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.

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