Modern information technology projects are developed quicker and at a lower cost, often (but not always) by a team of IT professionals. In this unit, complex IT projects will be developed by students, considering the requirements and the maintainability of the final product. Each student will work on a project as a member of an IT project development team. The projects will focus on industrial and business IT applications such as intelligent systems, IoT systems, network systems, financial systems, and medical information systems. To successfully complete the project, students will be required to apply an advanced body of knowledge and specialist cognitive and technical skills in one or more IT areas, including user experience, cybersecurity, software development, database management systems, networking, wireless/mobile computing, intelligent systems, IoT, web-based and general application development environments. At the successful completion of this unit, students will be able to manage and contribute to current IT projects.

Unit details

Location:
City Campus
Footscray Park
Online Real Time
VU Sydney
Study level:
Postgraduate
Credit points:
12
Unit code:
NIT6150

Prerequisites

NIT5082 - Cloud Security or

NIT5110 - Networking Systems or

NIT5130 - Database Analysis and Design or

NIT5150 - Advanced Object Oriented Programming and

EPM5600 - Principles of Project Management or

EPM5700 - Project Management and Information Technology

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Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. Adapt and manage complex IT development processes;  
  2. Analyse industry requirements, design and develop corresponding IT systems;  
  3. Implement quality assurance and quality control mechanisms such as milestone testing and user acceptance testing;  
  4. Create and maintain project documentation;  
  5. Interpret and elucidate information to both specialist and non-specialist audiences; and  
  6. Critically reflect understanding of human factors, privacy and professional ethics in practical project development.  

Assessment

Assessment type Description Grade
Report Project Proposal 10%
Report System Analysis and Design Report 40%
Project Final System Delivery and Evaluation 50%

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