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BUSS4902: Agile in Business
2024 unit information
Projects are a common way to coordinate activities in organisations. While traditional methods follow a planning logic and work well under stable conditions when intended outcomes are well understood, innovation and entrepreneurial activity requires a different logic. Agile project methods offer an alternative that values continuous change, flexibility, time-to-market, interactive learning and self-organisation over rigorous planning and control. In this unit students learn the ethos, principles, and methods of agile project management. Students experience hands-on a range of agile and team work techniques as applied in practice. Learning revolves around practical class room activities and be applied in project.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Business Information Systems
| Code | BUSS4902 |
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| Academic unit | Business Information Systems |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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Students must meet the entry requirements for the Bachelor of Advanced Studies (Advanced Coursework), including completion of a pass undergraduate degree and a major in a business subject area |
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Corequisites:
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None |
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None |
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At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. demonstrate knowledge of the key principles of Agile projects, and the differences between these and traditional project management values
- LO2. describe and apply foundational Agile project management practices
- LO3. describe and apply foundational design thinking practices
- LO4. reflect critically about key issues in Agile project management and communicate these reflections effectively
- LO5. engage effectively in team-based Agile project management and design thinking practices
- LO6. communicate and problem-solve in group work situations in accordance with Agile project management and design thinking practices
- LO7. understand the principles of people-centric design and project work.
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