INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS

YEAR 11

“Project Management is the discipline of planning, organising, and managing resources to bring the successful completion of specific project goals and

objectives” - Wikipedia

Design Phase

Project management is used to plan both the process and product.

Development Phase

Project management is used to ensure the product is developed in a timely manner.

Evaluation Phase

Project management assists in assessing the effectiveness of both the project and process

Three basic documents

Planning document Establishing the process by which the product will be created

Design document Establishing the details of the product to be produced

Evaluation document Assessing the effectiveness of the process and product, with an

aim to improve future products.

Professional documentation

Consistency between all documents

Business name and logo

Cover pages

Table on contents

Page numbers

Appendices

Don’t use ‘school based’ language

Use colour

Each document should be provided as a pdf

Justification

An answer is never correct unless it is justified.

Justification demonstrates your understanding.

Documentation is where you justify.