Project Management Practice

Unit code: NBC3101 | Study level: Undergraduate
Credit points
12
(Generally, 1 credit = 10 hours of classes and independent study.)
Location
Footscray Park
Online Real Time
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit is designed to provide an understanding of the principles of project management practice and the roles and responsibilities of stakeholders and others in a project team. Utilising the PMBOK© (Project Management Body of Knowledge) Guide as a reference, the unit explores 10 Knowledge Areas in project management and instigates the process of applying these to contemporary and emerging project environments. The unit delivers a comprehensive understanding of how due diligence manifests in a project life cycle. It addresses what is to be delivered in a project (scope), how it is to be delivered (plan), the delivery and implementation (execution) and finally reporting and review. As projects are situated within organisations, relevant concepts of organisational management and human resource management are also analysed.

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:

  1. Critically apply knowledge, skills, tools and techniques to project activities through the lens of an established project management process (PMBOK©);
  2. Analyse and critique the 10 Knowledge Areas of project management;
  3. Assess the use of project communications and software tools and techniques in the areas of planning, assessing, quantifying, qualifying, control, monitoring and disposition of project information relevant to all stakeholders and at all levels of the organisation;
  4. Appraise the dynamics of working collaboratively within a project environment and developing distributed leadership skills; and
  5. Predict the impact of risk in various project management scenarios.

Study as a single unit

This unit can be studied on its own, without enrolling in a full degree.

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Assessment

For Melbourne campuses

Assessment type: Assignment
|
Grade: 30%
Report on construction project success measurement (Individual)
Assessment type: Assignment
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Grade: 40%
Development of project management plans for a proposed construction project (Group)
Assessment type: Presentation
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Grade: 10%
Oral Presentation (Group)
Assessment type: Test
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Grade: 20%
Two tests - project management principles (Individual)

The group assignment and presentation include an evaluation of the contributions made by each member of the team to facilitate the assessment of students' achievement of learning outcomes.

Required reading

Reading material will be negotiated in consultation with the supervisor and will be appropriate to the topic under investigation.

RECOMMENDED TEXTS: (PMBOK© GUIDE)(2017), A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge 6th Edition, Project Management Institute Larson E W, Gray G W (2018) Project Management: the managerial process 7th Edition, McGraw Hill - Irwin Series Lock Dennis (2013) Project Management 1 Ashgate Publishing Ltd Hartley, Stephen (2014) Project Management: Integrating strategy, operations and change, 3rd Edition, Tilde Publishing.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Bachelor of Building Surveying
NBBS | Bachelor degree | Duration: 3 years
Bachelor of Construction Management (Honours)
NHCM | Bachelor honours degree | Duration: 4 years

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