Course Title: Support small scale ICT projects

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C4401 Certificate IV in Information Technology Networking

Course Title: Support small scale ICT projects

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 60

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Terms

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

BUSM7976C

City Campus

TAFE

174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Distance / Correspondence or Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2020,
Term2 2020,
Term2 2021

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: vehs@rmit.edu.au



Course Description

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to support the management of low risk, straightforward information technology (IT) projects within an organisation as prescribed in the ICT Information and Communications Technology Training Package Version 1.0.

This unit applies to information and communications technology (ICT) practitioners who need to support the initiation, implementation and completion of small-scale IT projects. The projects can range across a wide range of ICT related financial, management and business areas. The provision of support within these projects is a key component of ICT environments.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this course.



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ICTPMG401 Support small scale ICT projects

Elements:

1. Support project commencement

2. Support project plan development

3. Support project completion

4. Support project closure


Learning Outcomes

Activities in this course aim to develop your communication skills in negotiating with clients and stakeholders and to introduce you to project management skills and tasks. You will work as part of a team to ascertain the needs and expectations of a client in developing a project. In designing the project you will be required to identify the tasks and resources needed to complete the project and develop a project plan that will involve a costings plan and a project management tool – a Gantt chart. You will then implement this project plan to complete the project.

The Internet will be used as a learning tool and a resource for students to seek and locate relevant information.

Upon completion of this course you will be able to:

  • Identify stakeholders within an organisation
  • Scope the task
  • Set project objectives
  • Provide cost estimates
  • Develop a budget within a task prescription
  • Understand milestones and predecessors
  • Undertake resource management
  • Develop a schedule or timeline
  • Develop a work breakdown structure (WBS)
  • Develop a simple Gantt chart
  • Relate work in this course to the work in other courses within the cluster.


Overview of Assessment

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent. 

Assessment

Assessment 1

Online Knowledge Assessment

Assessment 2

Project Work

Assessment 3

Practical


These tasks assesses the following Course Learning Outcomes (CLOs):

Assessment  Mapping Matrix 

Element/

Performance Criteria Covered

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Assessment 3

1.1

x

x

 x

1.2

x

x

 x

1.3

x

x

 x

2.1

x

x

 x

2.2

x

x

 x

2.3

x

x

 x

2.4

 x

x


3.1

x

x


3.2

x

x


3.3

x

x


3.4


x


4.1


x


4.2

x

x


4.3

x

x


 

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.