Computing in practice: Project 2

What it covers

This unit is the capstone unit in the Information Technology practice stream and, for most students, the final stage of the Monash IT Industry Practice Program. You will make a substantial individual contribution to a student-led company through real projects, products or services aligned with your chosen Information Technology major or pathway. At this stage, you are expected to operate with professional independence, contribute to company direction and outcomes, and demonstrate readiness for industry or further study. You will take responsibility for your own professional and academic development, shape the evidence you need to demonstrate capability, and contribute to the sustainability of the company through computing work, stakeholder engagement, project delivery, mentoring, process improvement, technical contribution or service development. As this unit is an exit point from the practice stream for most students, you will also help ensure that the company is well positioned to continue progressing the work you have been engaged with. This may include documenting decisions, improving workflows, preparing handover materials, supporting continuity of project knowledge, mentoring successors, strengthening team practices, and identifying next steps for the company’s systems, services, information products or projects. You will prepare a showcase portfolio that presents evidence of your capability, achievements, professional growth and individual contribution. This portfolio will support reflection on your development across the practice program and provide a curated record of your work that can be used when applying for industry roles, placements, graduate opportunities or future study. Your work will require you to apply broad computing foundations and chosen-major capability with judgement, while considering stakeholder needs, responsible technology use, project expectations, data needs, communication, collaboration and the practical realities of delivering computing systems, services or information products. Assessment is centred on an individual evidence-based portfolio that demonstrates your contribution, capability, judgement, growth, readiness for professional practice, and contribution to the ongoing sustainability of company work.

Assessment

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