| Effective Term: | 2025/02 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Project 1 |
| Unit ID: | ITECH3208 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (ITECH2002 and ITECH2250) |
| Co-requisite(s): | (ITECH2003 or ITECH2309) |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 029999 |
| Other Change: | |
| Brief description of the Unit |
This is the first of two IT capstone project courses. This course is an opportunity to apply and develop your skills and knoweldge to work on an authentic industry IT project. You will work in teams, meet with clients, develop a project vision and produce deliverables that result in value and benefit your client. The project will be continued into ITECH3209 Project 2. Students must demonstrate an understanding of the IT industry, and particular processes, methods and techniques that can be applied to create their project outcomes. Students will reflect on their own development as a emerging IT professional and the skills they have developed during their project. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
| Placement Component: No |
| Supplementary Assessment:No |
| Supplementary assessment is not available to students who gain a fail in this Unit. |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | | | | | | | Advanced | | |  | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Conduct agile project management ceremonies and adopt processes and methodologies to define and address a particular IT problem. |
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| K2. | Ascertain stakeholder needs and maintain effective client relationship management through appropriate communication with all stakeholders. |
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| K3. | Work collaboratively as a team member by defining and adopting roles and responsibilities based on industry procedures and standards. |
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| K4. | Identify and reference relevant industry frameworks such as the Australian Computer Society`s (ACS) Core Body of Knowledge (CBOK) and the Skills Framework for the Information Age |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Consult with a client to establish requirements, discuss, propose and evaluate alternative solutions for an IT project. |
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| S2. | Apply advanced problem solving skills in the analysis, design and development of a solution to an IT project. |
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| S3. | Evaluate industry resources and select appropriate techniques to develop the project deliverables |
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| S4. | Work collaboratively as a team member on an IT project to devise and deliver solutions to your client. |
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| S5. | Research and develop relevant skills from ACS`s CBOK and SFIA standards as applicable to your industry project |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Conduct a problem analysis to define project requirements and deliverables in consultation with clients |
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| A2. | Research, evaluate and propose technical solutions to clients |
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| A3. | Undertake agile project methodology processes to address a particular problem and monitor and track project deliverables |
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| A4. | Select and create appropriate artefacts and/or models based on industry practice to deliver project outcomes following an agile development methodology |
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| A5. | Research and apply relevant ACS`s CBOK, SFIA and ethical standards to the project |
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| A6. | Coordinate and collaborate with team members using effective communication adopting industry-recognised organisational tools and techniques |
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| A7. | Review self and team performance with a view to improvement and reflect on your personal career goals. Offer feedback to others in a thoughtful way. |
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| A8. | Present interim project progress reports to your client and other relevant stakeholders |
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| Unit Content: |
This course provides students with an opportunity to work on an industry-based project of significant size, based on their prior study in Information Technology. Students will work on projects in teams of four to five students, although the course coordinator may make adjustments to team size based on enrolments or other exceptional circumstances. Each project will have a client and an allocated supervisor. In this course, students will adopt agile industry practices and procedures to coordinate work together toward outcomes that deliver value to their client and work toward realising the project vision. The supervisor and course coordinator will provide guidance in terms of major milestones to help students plan and manage their project. The course coordinator will approve the project scope. Each individual student is responsible for aligning their individual skills and career goals to their project work.
•Introduction to agile practices and roles
•Agile project management techniques, ceremonies and artefacts
•Client Liaison. Eliciting requirements and presenting these as user stories.
•Techniques and tools for collaboration, project planning, task tracking and code sharing.
•Working effectively in teams.
•Communication with various stakeholders and presentations demonstrating progress
•Estimating tasks and monitoring progress.
•IT and related industry activity and research developments in the local community, and around the globe; ACS’s CBOK, SFIA and their relationship with industry; Career pathways. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| Federation University recognises that students require key transferable employability skills to prepare them for their future workplace and society. FEDTASKS (Transferable Attributes Skills and Knowledge) provide a targeted focus on five key transferable Attributes, Skills, and Knowledge that are be embedded within curriculum, developed gradually towards successful measures and interlinked with cross-discipline and Co-operative Learning opportunities. One or more FEDTASK, transferable Attributes, Skills or Knowledge must be evident in the specified learning outcomes and assessment for each FedUni Unit, and all must be directly assessed in each Course.
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| FED TASK and descriptor | Development and acquisition of FEDTASKS in the Unit | | Level | FEDTASK 1
Interpersonal | Students will demonstrate the ability to effectively communicate, inter-act and work with others both individually and in groups. Students will be required to display skills in-person and/or online in: • Using effective verbal and non-verbal communication • Listening for meaning and influencing via active listening • Showing empathy for others • Negotiating and demonstrating conflict resolution skills • Working respectfully in cross-cultural and diverse teams. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 2
Leadership | Students will demonstrate the ability to apply professional skills and behaviours in leading others. Students will be required to display skills in: • Creating a collegial environment • Showing self -awareness and the ability to self-reflect • Inspiring and convincing others • Making informed decisions • Displaying initiative | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 3
Critical Thinking and Creativity | Students will demonstrate an ability to work in complexity and ambiguity using the imagination to create new ideas. Students will be required to display skills in: • Reflecting critically • Evaluating ideas, concepts and information • Considering alternative perspectives to refine ideas • Challenging conventional thinking to clarify concepts • Forming creative solutions in problem solving. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 4
Digital Literacy | Students will demonstrate the ability to work fluently across a range of tools, platforms and applications to achieve a range of tasks. Students will be required to display skills in: • Finding, evaluating, managing, curating, organising and sharing digital information • Collating, managing, accessing and using digital data securely • Receiving and responding to messages in a range of digital media • Contributing actively to digital teams and working groups • Participating in and benefiting from digital learning opportunities. | Level 3 - Student works independently with limited guidance or works within self-determined guidelines appropriate to context | FEDTASK 5
Sustainable and Ethical Mindset | Students will demonstrate the ability to consider and assess the consequences and impact of ideas and actions in enacting ethical and sustainable decisions. Students will be required to display skills in: • Making informed judgments that consider the impact of devising solutions in global economic environmental and societal contexts • Committing to social responsibility as a professional and a citizen • Evaluating ethical, socially responsible and/or sustainable challenges and generating and articulating responses • Embracing lifelong, life-wide and life-deep learning to be open to diverse others • Implementing required actions to foster sustainability in their professional and personal life. | Level 1 - Students require directions and boundaries from mentor |
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| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K4, S5 | Reflect on your individual career goals and identify SFIA and CBOK skills that can be developed in a project. Create a project proposal or submit a bid for a project aligning with your individual goals. | Individual project selection proposal | Hurdle | | 2. | K3, S1, S3, A1, A2, A6 | Collaborate with others to establish a project vision, team charter and project roadmap | Team documents or project room artefacts | 5-10% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, A1, A3, A4 | Create industry recognised artefacts and use appropriate tools to identify plan, manage and monitor work and track progress in your project. | Artefacts and project information radiators. Evidence of appropriate use of tools. | 15-30% | | 4. | K1, K3, S4, A1, A4, A7 | Engage in agile ceremonies to coordinate work in your project team and reflect on team processes | Individual report demonstrating evidence of engagement, contribution and reflections on outcomes from ceremonies conducted | 10-15% | | 5. | S1, S2, S3, S4, A1, A4 | Using industry tools and practices, each student contributes to work collaboratively in a team to create and deliver outcomes that deliver value to your client as part of solving an IT related problem | Project deliverables : technical reports or products with supporting documentation. Assessed based on individual contribution. | 20-30% | | 6. | K2, K3, A3, A7, A8 | Consult with a client, report on progress, give presentations to share organisation, plans, justify approach and demonstrate work completed to a variety of stakeholders. Review and provide feedback to peers. | Presentations | 20-30% | | 7. | K4, S3, S5, A5, A7 | Engage with industry resources to investigate an issue relating to your project and deliver your findings to your team. Reflect on ethics, sustainability and industry practices, individual career goals and your own development of SFIA and CBOK skills in the project work completed. | Individual research report and project journal. The student may also be requested to attend an interview to discuss this further. | 10-20% |
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