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SSUD71-410: The Digital Project Manager

Description

Digital project management is about making things happen in a digital world. The role of a digital project manager is to bring multidisciplinary teams together through effective leadership, empowerment, facilitation and communication. It’s a complex role that requires a unique skill set. The job requires an understanding from a strategic perspective of why you should do a project, what technology could be used to achieve it, what it could look like, how it could work, and importantly for clients, how much it will cost and when it could be delivered. This subject explores the emerging use of Lean and Agile mindsets for project management, where speed to market is often a priority and sustainable work practices are a given. Comparisons are made between traditional Waterfall methods of managing projects and more adaptive frameworks that support rapid product deployment. Team collaboration to deliver outcomes that solve client problems and meet market requirements is key to being agile. This is the future of project management: responsive, disruptive, nimble and customer-focused.

Subject details

Type: Postgraduate Subject
Code: SSUD71-410
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Non-Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,520.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,630.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,710.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $6,060.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Show competency in Lean and Agile mindsets
  2. Demonstrate project team collaboration using scrums and sprints
  3. Develop a digital transformation strategy
  4. Explore application of adaptive frameworks/tools on non-IT projects
  5. Discuss applications for Agile in disaster recovery or humanitarian projects

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Non-Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 22/01/2024
    Subject start: 22/01/2024
    Cancellation 1: 05/02/2024
    Cancellation 2: 09/02/2024
    Last enrolment: 03/02/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 19/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 07/03/2024
    Teaching census: 18/02/2024
Non-Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 22/01/2024
Subject start: 22/01/2024
Cancellation 1: 05/02/2024
Cancellation 2: 09/02/2024
Last enrolment: 03/02/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 19/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 07/03/2024
Teaching census: 18/02/2024