| Effective Term: | 2024/05 |
| Institute / School : | Institute of Innovation, Science & Sustainability |
| Unit Title: | Project Management |
| Unit ID: | BUMGT2614 |
| Credit Points: | 15.00 |
| Prerequisite(s): | (At least 60 credit points from Business subject-area at any level) |
| Co-requisite(s): | Nil |
| Exclusion(s): | Nil |
| ASCED: | 080315 |
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| Brief description of the Unit |
The course introduces the essential concepts, tools and techniques relevant to project management. The course content covers the broad perspectives of managerial skills and technical knowledge required to initiate, implement, and evaluate successful projects. These perspectives include strategic planning, financial control, human resource management, and project evaluation. Throughout the course, the application of relevant information technology and the pursuit of quality outcomes underpin and reinforce these perspectives. The course, suitable for students from all disciplines, comprises technical and human processes required for managing projects typically undertaken by small and medium organisations or community groups although key principles introduced apply to projects at any scale. The course provides a foundation for developing relevant knowledge, skills and applications practised by project managers. |
| Grade Scheme: | Graded (HD, D, C, P, MF, F, XF) |
| Work Experience Indicator: |
| No work experience |
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| Supplementary Assessment:Yes |
| Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment |
| Course Level: |
| Level of Unit in Course | AQF Level(s) of Course | | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | | Introductory | | | | | | | | Intermediate | | |  | | | | | Advanced | | | | | | |
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| Learning Outcomes: |
| Knowledge: |
| K1. | Explain the key concepts in project initiation including selection, feasibility, and planning in consideration of the role of project sponsors and forms of project organisation |
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| K2. | Describe the roles and responsibilities of the project manager and the project team including ethical considerations, methods of communication, and the role of cross cultural factors |
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| K3. | Discuss the relationship between risk management and project management |
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| K4. | Describe the process to control and evaluate a project |
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| Skills: |
| S1. | Develop suitable project objectives accounting for the trade-off between time, cost and quality |
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| S2. | Communicate a budgeted project plan designed to meet specified project objectives |
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| S3. | Build and analyse a project schedule incorporating resource allocation and team responsibilities |
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| S4. | Create a control and monitoring system to manage project time and costs while meeting specified quality standards |
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| Application of knowledge and skills: |
| A1. | Based on an applied project scenario, identify and demonstrate project implementation tasks including the preparation of cost estimates, tasks scheduling, project team leadership and team coordination |
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| A2. | Apply tools and principles to project management through use of information technology, setting quality standards, risk analysis, and identifying obstacles to project success |
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| A3. | Develop methods to control projects including a criteria for evaluating projects |
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| A4. | Justify various scenarios for terminating projects and apply a suitable process for each case. |
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| Unit Content: |
The course defines projects, portrays the project lifecycle and identifies how projects are used meet organisational objectives. The role of the project leader and project team is outlined. The course covers standard project planning techniques including setting objectives, budgeting, scheduling, and resource allocation. The role of control and monitoring systems are described with a specific focus on quality management. The course concludes with a review of methods for project evaluation and termination. |
| Graduate Attributes: |
| | Learning Outcomes Assessed | Assessment Tasks | Assessment Type | Weighting | | 1. | K1, K2, K3, K4 S1, A2, A4 | Individual assessment in which students apply project management knowledge and skills to understanding the fundamentals and theories learnt through classroom engagement, readings and assessments | Individual report, test, or case study analysis | 10 - 30% | | 2. | K1, K2, K3, K4 S1, S2, S3, S4 A1, A2, A3, A4 | Group or individual assessment in which students apply project management knowledge and skills to a project management scenario and present appropriate documentation. | Group or individual report, case study analysis, portfolio or presentation | 30 - 50% | | 3. | K1, K2, K3, K4 S1, S4 A1, A2, A3, A4 | Test / Final Assessment in which students demonstrate applied understanding of the fundamentals and theories learnt through workshops, online discussions, readings and assessments. | Test / Final Assessment | 30 - 50% |
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