49002 Managing Projects

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Subject level: Postgraduate

Handbook description

This subject provides a sound knowledge of project management principles, including managing project quality, risk, time and cost elements, techniques and practice associated with the various stages of a project life cycle. The emphasis is an interdisciplinary one, of relevance to all fields of engineering. The subject includes consideration of the management, financial and contractual responsibilities of project and engineering managers and organisations involved in projects.

Subject objectives/outcomes

The objective of this subject is to provide a sound knowledge of project management practice and the techniques associated with the various stages of a project life cycle. The student learning objectives are:

1. Provide a unified approach to Project Management;
2. To understand the theory and practice of Project Management;
3. Integrate the concepts of time, cost, quality and scope in relation to Project Management; and
4. Understand the significance and need for communication and interface-management between various stakeholders within the Project Management environment.

Teaching and learning strategies

This subject is offered in several Modes: Standard, Distance and Block.

Content

The subject considers the legal, contractual and managerial responsibilities of engineering managers and
organisations, from the definition phase of a project until the project reaches its conclusion.
It is strongly recommended that students take photocopies of all their written submissions. Although great care is
taken, submitted work may be lost in the process of marking and it is the student's responsibility to provide an
additional copy, should this happen.
For all submitted assessable work there is no requirement to bind or place your work in a plastic cover. The
preferred and only acceptable method is a single staple in the top left-hand corner.
The first page will be a title page and will include subject name and subject number, the report title, student(s) name
and student number, and a signed and dated 'Statement of Originality'.
The Statement of Originality: 'I (We) declare that I (we) am (are) the sole author(s) of this report, that I (we) have not
used any text from other sources without proper acknowledgment, that theories, results and designs of others that I
(we) have incorporated into my (our) report have been appropriately referenced and all sources of assistance have
been acknowledged.' Reports submitted without a Statement of Originality will not be marked!
Please ensure that your name and student number appear on every page.
All assessment tasks will be submitted in hard copy A4 format.
The Assessment Tasks will be completed and submitted on or before the due date nominated. Any deviations from
this will be penalised at the rate of 10% per day late. Extensions of time will only be granted under exceptional
circumstances. Requests for extensions of time must be submitted in writing to the Subject Co-ordinator prior to the
due date of the relevant assessment task. The supporting evidence such as a Doctor's Certificate or Statutory
Declaration should be attached to the submitted Assessment Task. The Subject Co-ordinator reserves the right to
apply a penalty or reject the late submission.

Assessment

Assessment Item 1: Assignment 1

Assessment Item 2: Report

Assessment Item 3: Assignment 3

Assessment Item 4: Final Exam

Minimum requirements

Students are advised that a 50% pass in the Final Examination is a mandatory requirement for passing this subject. Students who fail the Final Examination will be given a mark of 44Z or their total mark whichever is the lesser.

Required texts

Bagia R, Eager D, and Walmsley M, Project Management in Engineering and Information Technology, McGraw-Hill, Australia & New Zealand, 2011 (ISBN 978 112 106 2771). rrp $96.95

Co-op Bookshop at 3 Broadway, City Campus

The Textbook required for this subject is available from the Co-op Bookshop at 3 Broadway. During the semester the bookshop is open 7 days a week: Monday to Thursday 8.30am to 6pm, Friday 9.00am to 6pm, Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm.

The Co-op will also mail you the book: order through www.coop-bookshop.com.au, phone (02) 9212-3078 or fax (02) 9212 6303. Please have ready your credit card details, your student ID number and Co-op number if you are a member. They will charge you the cost of the book as well as postage by express post.

Co-op Bookshop at Kuring-Gai Campus, Blg 2, Level 5

Opening hours: Monday to Thursday 9am to 5pm, Friday 9am to 12pm. Closed weekends and public holidays. Email: kuringai@coop.com.au; web: www.coop-bookshop.com.au; phone (02) 9514 5318, fax (02) 9415 6553.

Indicative references

Carbone, T.A 2004, Project Risk Management Using the Project Risk FMEA, Engineering Management Journal, Vol. 16, No.4, pp. 28-35

Crawford, J. 2002, Project Management Maturity Model: Providing a Proven Path to Project Management Excellence, New York

Fleming, Q. and Koppelman, J. 2006, Earned Value Management, Project Management Institute, 3rd edition, USA

Flyvbjerg, B. 2006, From Nobel Prize to Project Management: Getting Risks Right, Project Management Journal, Research Quarterly, Volume 37, No 3, Special PMI Research Conference Edition, August 2006

Goncalves, M. 2005, Managing Virtual Projects, McGraw-Hill, New York

Grant, K. and Pennypacker, S. 2006, Project Management Maturity: An Assessment of Project Management Capabilities Among and Between Selected Industries, IEEE Transactions On Engineering Management, Vol. 53, No. 1, February 2006

Gray, C. F. and Larson E. W. 2006, Project Management: the Management Process, 3rd Ed., McGraw-Hill Irwin, New York

Kerzner, H. 2005, Project Management, A systems approach to planning, scheduling and controlling, Wiley, 9th edition

Kerzner, H. 2006, Project Management Case Studies, McGraw-Hill, 1st edition, USA

Kwak,Y. and Ibbs, C. 2000, Calculating project management's return on investment, Project Management Journal., vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 38–47, June 2000.

Leach, L. 2004, Critical Chain Project Management, Artech House Publishers, 2nd edition

Leach, L. 2006, Lean Project Management: Eight Principles for Success, BookSurge Publishing, New York

Lewis, J. 2005, Fundamentals of Project Management, AMACOM/American Management Association, 3rd edition, USA

Lloyd, S. and Simpson, A. 2005, Project Management in Multi-Disciplinary Collaborative Research, Oxford University, 2005 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference Proceedings

Loch, C., Meyer, A. and Pich, M. 2006, Managing the Unknown: a New Approach to Managing High Uncertainty and Risk in Projects, Wiley, New York

Lock, D. 2003, Project Management, 8th edition, Gower, Vermont

Loosemore, M. 2006, Risk management in projects, Taylor and Francis, 2nd edition, London

Meredith, J. and Mantel, S. 2005, Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley, 6th edition, USA

Pollock, S. 2005, Create a Simple Framework to Validate FMEA Performance, Six Sigma Forum Magazine, August 2005

Project Management Institute 2004, Project Management Body of Knowledge, Third Edition, USA

Rad, P. and Levin, G. 2003, Achieving Project Management Success Using Virtual Teams, J. Ross, USA

Regev, S. Shtub, A. and Ben-Haim, Y. 2006, Managing Project Risks as Knowledge Gaps, Project Management Journal, Research Quarterly, Volume 37, No 5, PMI, December 2006

Rozenes, S., Vitner, G. and Spraggett S. 2006, Project Control: Literature Review, Project Management Journal, Research Quarterly, Volume 37, Number 4, PMI, September 2006

Taylor, H. 2006, Risk Management and Problem Resolution Strategies for IT Projects: Prescription and Practice, Project Management Journal, Research Quarterly, Volume 37, No 5, PMI, December 2006

Wysocki, R. F. 2006, Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme, Wiley, 4th edition, USA

Other resources

Lecture Support Notes (LSN)

Students enrolled in Block Mode can obtain the LSN from UTS Union, Level 3 Building 1. The LSN is sold at cost to students enrolled in this subject. For more information, visit:
http://my.feit.uts.edu.au/pages/course/postgraduate/distance_mode/materials

The LSN is a printout of the Powerpoint presentations. The LSN printout may vary slightly from the actual electronic material delivered as the ppt may be updated after printing. Also individual lecturers may vary their material to suit the needs of their class.

For further information see the faculty’s Student Guide at: http://my.feit.uts.edu.au/modules/myfeit/downloads/StudentGuide2011Aut_Online.pdf