Master of IT Project Management: industry partner information

Partner with the academic team in the AUT Master of IT Project Management to provide students opportunities for an industry-based research project.

Project details

Master of IT Project Management students complete an industry-oriented research project in their final semester that involves an independent scholarly investigation in an area of software engineering or IT project management.

Students' projects could focus on:

  • Integration management
  • Scope management
  • Scheduling
  • Cost or quality
  • Resource management
  • Communications
  • Project risk
  • Procurement
  • Change management
  • Team facilitation
  • Scaled agile processes
  • Stakeholder engagement
  • Digital transformation
  • Portfolio management

Contact us for more information about the projects and to receive a sponsor brochure with more details.

Benefits for research project sponsors

  • Additional resources for solving specific problems
  • Access to a pool of talented students for potential future career openings
  • Opportunity to have a talented student tackle a problem or opportunity you may not have time to take on

Key responsibilities of project sponsors

  • Submit an initial project proposal
  • Meet with the AUT student and supervisor at the beginning of semester
  • Facilitate the on-boarding process for students prior to the start of semester
  • Have a key contact at the organisation available to guide, provide support and meet with the student at agreed times during the semester

Contact us

Dr Stephen Thorpe
Programme Leader
mitpm@aut.ac.nz

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