Course Title: Prepare disaster recovery and contingency plans
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2011
Course Code: BUSM7777C
Course Title: Prepare disaster recovery and contingency plans
School: 650T TAFE Business
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5194 - Diploma of Information Technology (General)
Course Contact : Nawal Shomali
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 5826
Course Contact Email:nawal.shomali@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 30
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.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
None
This course is co-delivered and co-assessed holistically along with MIET7345C Manage Project Quality.
Course Description
This unit defines the competency required to analyse the impact of the system on the organisation and carry out risk analysis, disaster recovery and contingency planning for the project.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
ICAA5056A Prepare disaster recovery and contingency plans |
Element: |
1. Evaluate impact of system on business continuity |
Performance Criteria: |
Identify business-critical functions and the security environment from documentation and from discussion with business area and project team |
Element: |
2. Evaluate threats to system |
Performance Criteria: |
Identify threats to the system , with consideration of security analysis and internal and external business environment |
Element: |
3. Formulate prevention and recovery strategy |
Performance Criteria: |
Evaluate prevention and recovery options to support critical business functions against business specifications and cost constraints |
Element: |
4. Develop disaster recovery plan to support strategy |
Performance Criteria: |
Identify and document resources required for disaster recovery according to specifications and cost constraints |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Theory sessions, online study material, hands-on practicals, in-class tests
Teaching Schedule
| Week beginning |
Topics Covered | Assessment Tasks | Competencies |
| Week 1: 4th July 2011 |
Project Management Review Project Quality |
BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
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| Week 2: 11th July 2011 |
Determining Quality Requirements Disaster Recovery Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Class exercises |
BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 3: 18th July 2011 |
Analysis of existing systems Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Class exercises | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 4: 25th July 2011 |
Identifying risks and threats Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Project Requirements Handed out |
BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 5: 1st Aug 2011 |
Developing a strategy Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 6: 8th Aug 2011 |
Developing a Plan Evaluating DRP templates Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Project Part A due | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 7: 15th Aug 2011 |
Discussion of Final Report Contract & Procurement Techniques |
Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 8: 22rd Aug 2011 |
Project Work | Project Part B due | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| VACATION: Mid-semester break: 29th Aug – 2nd Sep |
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| Week 9: 5th Sept 2011 |
Project Work | Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 10: 12th Sept 2011 |
Project Work | Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 11: 19th Sept 2011 |
Project Work | Project Part C due | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 12: 26th Sept 2011 |
Project Work | Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 13: 3rd Oct 2011 |
Project Work | Work on class exercises and project | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 14: 10th Oct 2011 |
Project Work | Project Part D due | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
| Week 15: 17th Oct 2011 |
In Class Final Assessment | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
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| Week 16: 24th Oct 2011 |
Feedback on Competency | BSBPM505A ICAA5056B |
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Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Schwalbe, K. 2010, Information Technology Project Management, 6th ed. Thomson Course Technology, Boston, Mass |
13:9780324786 |
References
PMBOK |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment will include a project portfolio, class exercises and an in-class supervised assessment.
You are advised that you are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate your assessment work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met. You will be provided with feedback throughout the course to check your progress.
Assessment Tasks
Assessment No Assessment Description Maximum % grade allocated
1. Class exercises CA / NYC 20%
2. Project Part A - Quality Plan CA / NYC 20%
Project Part B - Disaster Recovery Plan CA / NYC 20%
Project Part C - Weekly status report CA / NYC 10%
Project Part D – Final Project Report
Team minutes, team contract, WBS, Lessons learnt CA/NYC 10%
3. In Class Final Assessment 20%
Assessment Matrix
| ICAA5056B - Prepare disaster recovery and contingency plans | Assessment 1 (CA / NYC) 20% |
Assessment 2 (CA / NYC) |
Assessment 3 (CA / NYC) |
| Element 1: Evaluate impact of system on business continuity | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Element 2: Evaluate threats to system | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Element 3: Formulate prevention and recovery strategy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Element 4: Develop disaster recovery plan to support strategy | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Other Information
Competency and grading requirements
To be deemed competent students must demonstrate an understanding of all elements of this competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.
Students are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their work to their teacher to ensure that the relevant competency standards are being met.
All competency-based assessments for this course must be completed in order to achieve a CA (Competency Achieved) award.
Each assessment task will also carry a numerical weighting to be used for grading purposes. The grade applied will only be awarded if a CA has been achieved in all compulsory assessment tasks.
If a student has been assessed as NYC (Not Yet Competent) in any of the assessment tasks, the weighting will carry no value until the student has obtained a CA.
If a CA is achieved on re-assessment, a maximum mark of 50% of the original weighting will be granted for that assessment.
Re-assessments will only be granted to students who were either unsuccessful in the first attempt, or have an approved application for Special Consideration.
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