SIT378 - Team Project (B) - Execution and Delivery
Unit details
| Year | 2025 unit information |
|---|---|
| Enrolment modes: | Trimester 1: Burwood (Melbourne), Waurn Ponds (Geelong), Online |
| Credit point(s): | 1 |
| EFTSL value: | 0.125 |
| Unit Chair: | Trimester 1: Atul Sajjanhar Trimester 2: Atul Sajjanhar Trimester 3: Hourieh Khalajzadeh |
| Prerequisite: | Must have completed 18 credit points of study, including SIT374 (students enrolled in D371 must complete MIS398) |
| Corequisite: | Nil |
| Incompatible with: | SIT302 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment: | Trimester 1 and 2: 4 x 2 hour online lectures (weeks 1, 8, 9, 10), 2 x 1 hour meetings per week. Trimester 3: Students are required to attend intensive study blocks including 4 x 2 hour online lectures (weeks 1, 3, 4, 5); 2 x 1 hour meetings per week (weeks 1-5). |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - online unit enrolment: | Trimester 1 and 2: Online independent and collaborative learning including 4 x 2 hour online lectures (weeks 1, 8, 9, 10; recordings provided), 2 x 1 hour online meetings per week. Trimester 3: Students are required to attend intensive study blocks of online independent and collaborative learning including 1 x 2 hour online lecture per week (weeks 1, 3, 4, 5; recordings provided); 2 x 1 hour meetings per week (weeks 1-5). |
| Typical study commitment: | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Note:Please note: enrolments after the dates below are subject to Unit Chair approval. Trimester 1 2025: Friday 21 February 2025 | |
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.
Learning Outcomes
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
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 |
| 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 SIT378 can be found via the University Library.
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.
Unit Fee Information
Fees and charges vary depending on the type of fee place you hold, your course, your commencement year, the units you choose to study and their study discipline, and your study load.
Tuition fees increase at the beginning of each calendar year and all fees quoted are in Australian dollars ($AUD). Tuition fees do not include textbooks, computer equipment or software, other equipment or costs such as mandatory checks, travel and stationery.
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