Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2024

Course Code: GEDU6201C

Course Title: Lead and facilitate a team

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities. 

To participate in any RMIT course in-person activities or assessment, you will need to comply with RMIT vaccination requirements which are applicable during the duration of the course. This RMIT requirement includes being vaccinated against COVID-19 or holding a valid medical exemption. 

Please read this RMIT Enrolment Procedure as it has important information regarding COVID vaccination and your study at RMIT: https://policies.rmit.edu.au/document/view.php?id=209. 

Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus 

 

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance. 

School: 520T Future Technologies

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5402 - Diploma of Information Technology

Course Contact: Jyoti Sharma

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4448

Course Contact Email: jyoti.sharma2@rmit.edu.au

Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 50

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

Course Description

In this course you will gain the skills and knowledge required to effectively lead and facilitate a team in a workplace within any industry.

This course is delivered and assessed with the following course ICTPMG505 - Manage ICT projects

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	BSBXTW401 Lead and facilitate a team
Element:	1. Plan team outcomes
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Identify common objectives of workplace team, responsibilities and required outcome(s) 1.2 Use performance plans to establish expected outcomes, goals, and behaviours for individual team members in accordance with team objective and relevant policies 1.3 Select appropriate strategies to ensure team members are accountable for their roles and responsibilities 1.4 Plan for contingencies that could impact the team
Element:	2. Coordinate team and individuals
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Communicate common team objectives and responsibilities to team members 2.2 Allocate tasks to team members based on staff expertise or development potential and provide appropriate instructions 2.3 Facilitate open and respectful communication and collaboration between team members, considering the needs of those from diverse backgrounds 2.4 Identify opportunities for cross collaboration amongst external and internal teams and individuals
Element:	3. Support team
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Provide coaching to staff to enhance workplace culture 3.2 Support individuals according to organisational requirements to work towards common team goals 3.3 Facilitate team to identify, brainstorm, report and resolve task related issues and inefficiencies 3.4 Use problem solving skills to deal with any team, task or individual challenges
Element:	4. Monitor team performance
Performance Criteria:	4.1 Measure team member performance against agreed work plans 4.2 Provide timely and constructive performance feedback to team members according to expected organisational standards 4.3 Identify specific learning and development opportunities to improve team and individual performance and behaviours 4.4 Implement action plans to address individual and team training needs

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements

Details of Learning Activities

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to effectively lead and facilitate a team in a workplace within any industry.

This unit has a specific focus on the teamwork skills required for team leader or supervisor level (depending on organisational structure) workers with responsibility for others or teams.

Assessment 1:

Knowledge Quiz 1

Knowledge Quiz 2

Assessment 2 :Organise, implement, and close an Information Communications Technology (ICT) project 

Assessment 3: Lead and Facilitate a team

Class Activities:

Quiz

Analysing Project Brief

Team activities

Class activities

Teaching Schedule

Semester 2, 2024
Week	Topic	Learning Materials and Activities	Assessment/Learning Activities
1	Course Introduction Project management concepts, methods and tools	Introduction to the course Project management concepts, methods and tools Organisational project governance policy and processes
2	Project initiation	Project initiation Business problem or opportunity Objectives and benefits analysis Estimation and cost analysis Technology solutions Scope statement	Assessment 2 - Stage 1 and 2 Released
3	Project initiation	Scope statement Prepare a business case Develop the project charter	Task 3 - Released
4	Project initiation	Prepare a business case Develop the project charter Opportunity to obtain authorised approval	Knowledge Test - Task 1 Released
5	Project planning	Prepare the plan Systems Analysis and modelling techniques Communication styles Information gathering techniques Requirements, constraints and risks Systems development life-cycle Work breakdown structures	Knowledge Test - Task 2 Released
6	Project planning	Prepare the plan Scheduling Budget and cash flow Monitoring the team
7	Project planning	Prepare the plan Communication strategies Opportunity to obtain authorised approval
MID – SEMESTER BREAK		2-8 September
8	Establish the project team	Establish the project team  Allocate team members and duties Characteristics of leaders and technical teams
9	Establish the project team	Training and support needs of the team Team values and behaviours
10	Project execution	Monitoring and controlling project execution Monitoring the cash flow Delivery and acceptance of work activities Monitor quality Monitor for scope changes, risks and issues Testing	Assessment 2 - Stage 1 (Part A, B and C)   Due on 27 September 2024 - 5.30 pm
11	Assessment Discussion
12	Project closure	Performance Appraisals Support documentation Disaster recovery System testing and handover Project review and lessons learned
13	Project closure	Validation and sign off Opportunity to obtain authorised approval	Assessment 3 -  Due on 18 October 2024- 5.30 pm Stage 2 - Part D - Presentation
14	Assessment		Knowledge Test - Task 1   Due on 25 October 2024 - 5.30 pm Stage 2 - Part D - Presentation
15	Assessment		Assessment 2 - Stage 2 (Part D and E)   Due on 1 November 2024 - 5.30 pm
16	Assessment (if required)	Course & assessment feedback. Re-submission of assessment work if required	Knowledge Test - Task 2  Due on 8 November 2024 - 5.30 pm Part D Presentation - Mandatory
17			Re-submissions as required
18			Re-submissions as required

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

There is no specified Text Book required for this course. You will need laptop with charger for each class .

  

You may also refer to various media, websites, textbooks and e-books as indicated in Canvas

  

Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights to your written tasks. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS

Assessment Tasks

Knowledge Quiz- Part 1

This is the first of three assessment tasks that you must successfully complete to be deemed competent in ICT Projects (ICTPMG505/BSBXTW401).

 

Task 1:

You are required to answer 9 questions satisfactorily.

Knowledge Quiz- Part 2

You are required to answer 12 questions satisfactorily.

Organise, implement, and close an Information Communications Technology (ICT) project

 

This practical assessment will occur in the classroom.

 

This is the second of three assessment tasks that you must successfully complete to be competent in ICTPMG505/BSBXTW401 – ICT Projects.

 

Summary of the task

There are five parts included in this assessment:

• PART A: You will scope the activities of a complex ICT project and document the required evidence in Appendix A.
• PART B: You will prepare a project plan for a complex ICT project and document the required evidence in Appendix B.
• PART C: You will determine the project team and duties for a complex ICT project and document the required evidence in Appendix C.
• PART D: You will manage the execution of a complex ICT project and document the required evidence in Appendix D.
• PART E: You will close and evaluate a complex ICT project and document the required evidence for assessment in Appendix E. 

 

Your trainer/ assessor will tell you when to complete each part.

 

You will access the required resources from Canvas.

 

You must complete each task satisfactorily according to the minimum performance standards in the marking guide.

Assessment 3: Lead and Facilitate a team

 

You will be given some class time to work on this assessment, however, it is expected that most of this assessment will be completed outside of class. You need to work in a group to complete this assessment, but you need to submit your work individually.

 

You will be marked individually for your submission for this assessment.

 

This is the third of three assessments that you must successfully complete to be competent in ICTPMG505/BSBXTW401 – ICT projects.

 

Summary of the task

This is a project task. There are two parts included in this assessment:

• PART A: You will create a team learning plan by working in a group. One student   will act as a team leader and three other students will be the team members. They will swap their roles one by one.
• PART B: You will prepare a team support and performance improvement plan. Input from Part A will help each student to create their own team support and performance improvement plan.

The assessment needs to be submitted in one attempt.

Assessment Matrix

Element	Performance criteria
		Assessment 1: Knowledge Test (Task 1 & Task 2)	Assessment 2: Organise, implement & close ICT project	Assessment 3: Lead & facilitate a team
1. Manage project definition activities	1.1 Confirm organisational project governance policy and processes		PART A: 2
1.2 Confirm business problem, opportunity and project objectives according to organisational needs		PART A: 3
1.3 Develop project charter, including preliminary statement of project scope and obtain sign-off with required personnel		PART A: (4, 4.1)
1.4 Conduct feasibility study and prepare project business case		PART A: 5
1.5 Document and submit business case and respond to feedback		PART A:6
2. Undertake project planning	2.1 Plan information gathering activities and determine project requirements, constraints and risks		PART B: 1
2.2 Identify project partitioning according to intended system development life cycle and risk		PART B: 3
2.3 Prepare project work breakdown, schedule and budget		PART B: (3-5)
2.4 Compile project management plan documents, communicate required management strategy for project and obtain sign-off		PART A: (4, 4.1), PART B: (6, 7), PART E: (2-4)
3. Establish ICT project team	3.1 Identify and select team members, and allocate roles and responsibilities according to project solution requirements		PART C: (1-3)
3.2 Determine training and support needs of team members		PART C: 2	PART B: Task 4
3.3 Establish project team values and agreed behavioural standards with team members		PART C: 4
3.4 Document team members, role allocation, training and support needs and project team values and agreed behavioural standards		PART C: (1-4)	PART B: Task 5 PART B: Task 6
3.5 Submit documentation to required personnel and seek and respond to feedback		PART C: 5
4. Manage project execution activities	4.1 Monitor delivery and acceptance of assigned project team work activities and manage individuals according to project requirements		PART D: 2
4.2 Monitor and control quality of project deliverables according to organisational quality control standards		PART D: 2
4.3 Monitor and control project scope changes, risks and issues		PART D: 3
4.4 Manage system testing and hand over activities according to project requirements		PART D: (3), PART E: 1
5. Coordinate project closure	5.1 Prepare IT support plans, maintenance and support documents		PART E: 1
5.2 Obtain final project sign-off with required personnel		PART E: 3
5.3 Conduct post project review and document outcomes		PART E: 2
5.4 Review and update disaster recovery plan documentation		PART E: (1)
5.5 Save and back up project documentation and close project according to task requirements		PART E: 4

Other Information

Late submission: 

If you require an Extension of Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) for 7 calendar days or less (from the original due date) and have valid reasons, you must complete and lodge an Application for Extension of Submittable Work (7 Calendar Days or less) form and lodge it with the Senior Educator/ Program Manager. 
The application must be lodged no later than one working day before the official due date. You will be notified within no more than 2 working days of the date of lodgment as to whether the extension has been granted. 
If you seek an Extension of Submittable Work for more than 7 calendar days (from the original due date) must lodge an Application for Special Consideration form under the provisions of the Special Consideration Policy, preferably prior to, but no later than 2 working days after the official due date. 

Submittable Work (assignments, reports or project work etc.) submitted late without approval of an extension will not be accepted or marked. 


Special consideration: 

Please Refer http://www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration to find more information about special consideration 

Plagiarism: 

Plagiarism is a form of cheating and it is very serious academic offence that may lead to expulsion from the University. 

Please Refer: www.rmit.edu.au/academicintegrity to find more information about plagiarism. 

Other Information: 

All email communications will be sent to your RMIT email address and you must regularly check your RMIT emails.

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