Do tertiary students in an information technology program follow project management principles?
Arnold Depickere, Shri Rai and Maria Rojas School of Information Technology Murdoch University IT projects are driven by time, budget, skills and human resources. While the development of product is seen in any other project as the project progresses, in IT projects, the product may not be visible till the project is complete due to the nature of software code. Therefore, project management principles are followed very closely in IT projects. Despite the claim that this is happening, many IT projects tend to fail in some form. In almost all IT courses in Australian tertiary institutions, project management is taught. Despite this, it appears that students are not properly utilising this concept in their projects. This paper provides details of a study that is examining the role of project management in the IT School at Murdoch University. The study is in its early stages and this paper provides discusses the need for proper project management principles in an IT program, an evaluation
