School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Capstone Integration Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN6310
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    6
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ross Harold YATES

Description

This capstone unit provides students with experience in synthesising and applying the skills and knowledge acquired in previous units within the Master of MIS. Students need to have completed at least eight relevant Units of study to enroll in this capstone project unit. In this unit the student completes a semester long industry project under the general supervision of the lecturer, or academic mentor. The student will develop context specific practical experience along with professional interpersonal and communications skills. The Australian Computer Society (ACS) has adopted the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA) and have created a Core Body of Knowledge (CBOK) to identify IT capabilities and knowledge. These frameworks have been used to inform the learning outcomes of this unit. The unit meets SFIA learning outcomes in the following: Data Analysis, Business Analysis. The unit is aligned with the ACS CBOK in the following. Assessed in assignment: Problem Solving (Abstraction, Design), Professional Knowledge (Ethics, Professionalism, Teamwork, Interpersonal Communications); Technology Resources (Hardware and Software, Data and Information Management); Technology Building (HCI, Systems Development, System Acquisition ), Outcomes Management (IT Project Management).

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 180 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MIS5613

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply project management principles to execute and produce project deliverables.
  2. Apply theoretical and applicable knowledge to workplace based problems.
  3. Initiate and deliver a workplace project using an established project management framework.
  4. Effectively classify and communicate outcomes to the business.
  5. Demonstrate expertise in collaboratively managing projects through documented, individual contributions.
  6. Develop methods for effective communication.
  7. Recommend and apply effective ethical practices and codes of conduct.

Unit Content

  1. Managing Customer expectations.
  2. Effective client communication.
  3. Project Integration Management.
  4. Requirements definition.
  5. Ethical issues in managing projects and determining requirements.
  6. Reporting outcomes.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students are expected to work on their project in a group. Students will find a suitable project subject to coordinator agreement. Projects are selected that provide the requisite breath of knowledge and integration necessary to meet desired learning outcomes. Students will undertake an ICT project related to the course content. In the first three weeks students will select and complete a project proposal. Seminars and/or online recordings will be given to establish the important ethical and professional aspects of practice, project management and quality principles. Following this introduction and proposal approval by the client and unit supervisor, students will conduct their project via independent study, with the student regularly reporting to, and consulting with, a project supervisor via email and/or face to face discussion. For off-campus students, online and paper-based materials (including recorded lectures) will be made available to establish the important aspects of professional practice, project management and quality principles. Students undertaking all projects will be required through assessments to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of project management, teamwork, ethics and communication skills.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProposal Learning Outcomes (1-4,6,7)20%
PresentationPresentation and report detailing Team outcomes and individual contribution Learning Outcomes (2,4-6)10%
Report ^Project closure report and Client Report Learning Outcomes (1-7)70%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProposal Learning Outcomes (1-4,6,7)20%
PresentationPresentation and Report detailing Team Outcomes and Individual Contribution Learning Outcomes (2,4-6)10%
Report ^Project closure report and Client Report Learning Outcomes (1-7)70%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

  • Unit Title

    Capstone Integration Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN6310
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    6
  • Credit Points

    20
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Ross Harold YATES

Description

This capstone unit provides students with experience in synthesising and applying the skills and knowledge acquired in previous units within the Master of MIS. Students need to have completed at least eight relevant Units of study to enroll in this capstone project unit. In this unit the student completes a semester long industry project under the general supervision of the lecturer, or academic mentor. The student will develop context specific practical experience along with professional interpersonal and communications skills.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have completed a minimum of 180 credit points

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MIS5613

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Apply project management principles to execute and produce project deliverables.
  2. Apply theoretical and applicable knowledge to workplace based problems.
  3. Initiate and deliver a workplace project using an established project management framework.
  4. Effectively classify and communicate outcomes to the business.
  5. Demonstrate expertise in collaboratively managing projects through documented, individual contributions.
  6. Develop methods for effective communication.
  7. Recommend and apply effective ethical practices and codes of conduct.

Unit Content

  1. Managing Customer expectations.
  2. Effective client communication.
  3. Project Integration Management.
  4. Requirements definition.
  5. Ethical issues in managing projects and determining requirements.
  6. Reporting outcomes.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 1Not Offered13 x 2 hour seminarNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

Students are expected to work on their project in a group. Students will find a suitable project subject to coordinator agreement. Projects are selected that provide the requisite breath of knowledge and integration necessary to meet desired learning outcomes. Students will undertake an ICT project related to the course content. In the first three weeks students will select and complete a project proposal. Seminars and/or online recordings will be given to establish the important ethical and professional aspects of practice, project management and quality principles. Following this introduction and proposal approval by the client and unit supervisor, students will conduct their project via independent study, with the student regularly reporting to, and consulting with, a project supervisor via email and/or face to face discussion. For off-campus students, online and paper-based materials (including recorded lectures) will be made available to establish the important aspects of professional practice, project management and quality principles. Students undertaking all projects will be required through assessments to demonstrate a comprehensive understanding of project management, teamwork, ethics and communication skills.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProposal20%
PresentationPresentation and report detailing Team outcomes and individual contribution10%
Report ^Project closure report and Client Report70%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProposal20%
PresentationPresentation and Report detailing Team Outcomes and Individual Contribution 10%
Report ^Project closure report and Client Report70%

^ Mandatory to Pass


Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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