Core: Project Management

3 dot points across 3 inquiry questions, in syllabus order. Each dot point has a focused answer, with exam-style questions and worked answers where available.

What social and ethical responsibilities must a development team consider when designing a new information system?

Describe the social and ethical issues a project team must address, including privacy, security, accuracy, data quality, changing nature of work and the digital divide

Social and ethical responsibilities. Privacy, data security and accuracy, the changing nature of work, the digital divide, and the traps markers look for in an extended response.

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What are the stages of the system development life cycle and how does a team move a project through them?

Describe the traditional stages of the system development life cycle (understanding the problem, planning, designing, implementing, testing, evaluating and maintaining) and the approaches used to build new information systems

System development life cycle. The stages from understanding the problem to maintenance, prototyping and other development approaches, and the traps markers look for.

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How do project teams plan, schedule and manage the development of an information system?

Describe the tools and techniques used to manage a project, including scheduling, communication and the roles within a development team

Team roles and management tools. Gantt charts, journals, communication skills, the system development life cycle, and the traps markers look for.

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