Course Title: Translate business needs into technical requirements

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5194

Course Title: Translate business needs into technical requirements

Portfolio: BUS

Nominal Hours: 20.0

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Course Code

Campus

Career

School

Learning Mode

Teaching Period(s)

COSC6066C

City Campus

TAFE

650T TAFE Business

Face-to-Face or Internet or Workplace

Term1 2012

Course Contact: Catherine Han Lin

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1336

Course Contact Email: catherinehan.lin@rmit.edu.au


Course Description

This unit covers management of projects that may be reasonably complex in terms of scope, degree of risk, political, cultural and social factors that apply consequences of failure and degree of control of the projects. It includes managing start up, project implementation, project integration and follow up activities.

If you are undertaking this course in Melbourne from semester 2, 2012 onwards your teacher will advise you if you require access to a computer for the course. It is recommended that you have access to a mobile computing device to allow greater flexibility in terms of where you can work on campus outside class times.


Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities


This course is co-delivered and co-assessed holistically along with three (3) other competencies:

(ICAS5202B) COSC 6065C Ensure Privacy for Users, (ICAP5039B) COSC 6067C Match IT needs with the strategic directions of the enterprise, (PSPPM502B) BUSM 7779C Manage complex projects
 



National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:

ICAA5158B Translate business needs into technical requirements

Elements:

1. Compile business needs
2. Determine technical requirements
3. Secure sign off for technical requirements and solutions


Learning Outcomes


Overview of Assessment

Students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of competency to be deemed competent.
A range of assessment methods are used to assess practical skills and knowledge, for example:
• direct questioning combined with review of portfolios of evidence and third party workplace reports of on-the-job performance by the candidate
• review of authenticated documents from the workplace or training environment
• demonstration of techniques