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MIS40740

Academic Year 2024/2025

Strategic Project Management in the Digital World (MIS40740)

Subject:
Management Information Systems
College:
Business
School:
Business
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
10
Module Coordinator:
Mr Matthias Glowatz
Trimester:
Summer
Mode of Delivery:
Blended
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Digital Business-related projects, products, and initiatives are rapidly evolving and today they should be regarded a central resource in the pursuit of successful business objectives and strategies.


This applied module investigates and discusses important project management-related topics and knowledge fields, such as digital project initiation, planning, implementation, communication, monitoring and risk management.

Students will complete several online business simulations and a Harvard Certification course.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On successful completion of this module, students will be able to

(i) Draft a strategic digital project implementation strategy plan part of an international innovation incubator initiative.

(ii) Identify and implement successful strategies for managing virtual global project teams (Global Collaboration Simulation)

(iii) Practice collaboration and strategic decision-making to structure effective project diagnosis and response (IT Management Simulation: Cyber Attack)

Indicative Module Content:

Digital Project Management Principles
Digital Project Innovation Process
Cyber Security Project Management
Global Communication and Collaboration Management
Mobile Application Prototype and Strategy

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

24
Specified Learning Activities

120
Autonomous Student Learning

40
Online Learning

48
Total

232

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Referencing: Harvard Style Referencing is required for all assignment submissions. (https://libguides.ucd.ie/harvardstyle)

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI): Allowed for in-class and async student activities set by the module coordinator. However, GenAI is not permitted for assignment preparation activities.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Quizzes/Short Exercises: Online quiz (as part of scheduled class) Week 12 Alternative linear conversion grade scale 40% No

20

 No
Group Work Assignment: Project Report and Presentation Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

50

 No
Reflective Assignment: End of Module Learning Reflection Week 12 Standard conversion grade scale 40% No

30

 No

Carry forward of passed components
No
 

Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, on an activity or draft prior to summative assessment
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Online automated feedback
• Peer review activities

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