Network Management

Course aim

To enhance students' decision making ability with regards to the provision of organisational networking and telecommunications services and infrastructure through consideration of the associated challenges and opportunities from various stakeholder perspectives.

Course content

• Business drivers and strategic planning 
• Trends and standards
• Requirements analysis and capacity planning
• Network Security
• Organisational issues
• Outsourcing and service level agreements
• Change management and migration issues 
• Network performance management 
• Network management tools and processes

Textbook(s)

Nil

Prerequisite(s)

Common to all relevant programs
Subject Area & Catalogue Number	Course Name
INFT 1012	Network Fundamentals

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Lecture	2 hours x 13 weeks
Tutorial	1 hour x 12 weeks
EXTERNAL, MAWSON LAKES, ONLINE
External (Online materials, moderated discussion boards)	N/A x 13 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Assignment, Continuous assessment, Examination

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 2)
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Fee-paying program for domestic and international students
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* Equivalent Full Time Study Load. Please note: all EFTSL values are published and calculated at ten decimal places. Values are displayed to three decimal places for ease of interpretation.