Module: Project Management for Digital Business

Latest Module Specifications

Current Academic Year 2025 - 2026

Module Title	Project Management for Digital Business
Module Code	MNA1093 (ITS: MT229)
Faculty	DCU Business School	School	DCU Business School
NFQ level	8	Credit Rating	5

Description

With companies becoming more projectized, there is a huge increase in projects being commissioned as a response to digital disruption – companies have to adapt much more quickly, and projects are being used to support and drive digital transformation efforts. While organisations have moved increasingly towards agile approaches in the Digital Business domain, hybrid approaches crossing both traditional and agile are gaining in popularity. This module covers both conventional and agile approaches to project management to support digital business.

Learning Outcomes

1. Evaluate and describe the technical and sociocultural aspects of managing projects related to digital business
2. Discuss and critique significant factors in planning successful projects
3. Comprehend conventional, agile and hybrid approaches to project management
4. Critically analyse aspects of project management that can contribute to overall project failure
5. Understand how to plan, estimate and analyse project times, costs and risks
6. Explain and identify critical path and total slack, resource levelling and resource-limited scheduling
7. Understand the practical implementation of the agile Scrum approach to project management

*Type*	*Hours*	*Description*
Workload	Full time hours per semester
Lecture	24	No Description
Group work	25	No Description
Assignment Completion	30	No Description
Independent Study	46	No Description
Total Workload: 125

Section Breakdown
CRN	11087	Part of Term	Semester 1
Coursework	0%	Examination Weight	0%
Grade Scale	40PASS	Pass Both Elements	Y
Resit Category	RC1	Best Mark	N
Module Co-ordinator	James Byrne	Module Teacher

Type	Description	% of total	Assessment Date
Assessment Breakdown
Group assignment	Develop a report and supporting presentation on the analysis of a large, failed digital transformation project	30%	n/a
Assignment	Case study analysis of digital business scenarios exploring the role of agile project management	70%	n/a

Reassessment Requirement Type
Resit arrangements are explained by the following categories; RC1: A resit is available for both^* components of the module. RC2: No resit is available for a 100% coursework module. RC3: No resit is available for the coursework component where there is a coursework and summative examination element. ^* ‘Both’ is used in the context of the module having a coursework/summative examination split; where the module is 100% coursework, there will also be a resit of the assessment

Pre-requisite	None
Co-requisite	None
Compatibles	None
Incompatibles	None

All module information is indicative and subject to change. For further information,students are advised to refer to the University's Marks and Standards and Programme Specific Regulations at: http://www.dcu.ie/registry/examinations/index.shtml

Indicative Content and Learning Activities

Introduction to modern project management for digital business

Conventional, Agile and Hybrid approaches to project management

Organisation strategy, structure and culture relating to projects

Defining projects and estimating project times and costs

Developing a project plan

Risk management, scheduling resources and costs

Managing project teams

Agile approaches and behaviours

Agile roadmap, release planning/sprints, daily working

Release preparation and agile management

Hybrid project management

Project management for digital products and devops

Indicative Reading List

Books:

Robert K. Wysocki: 2019, Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid, 8th, Wiley, 800, 1119562805
Clifford F. Gray, Erik W. Larson: 2021, Project Management: The Managerial Process, 8th, McGraw-Hill Education, 704, 1260238865

Articles:

Sousa, M.J. and Rocha, Á.: 2019, Skills for disruptive digital business, Journal of Business Research, 94, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2017.12.051, 52589
2017: Hybrid project management: agile with discipline, International Conference on Information Resources Management (CONF-IRM). Association For Information Systems., 52590, 1
Agile Project Management Challenges and Mapping Solutions: A Systematic Literature Review: In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Software Engineering and Information Management,

Other Resources

None