Course Title: Project Management 2

Part A: Course Overview

Course Title: Project Management 2

Credit Points: 12.00

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
CIVE1112	City Campus	Undergraduate	120H Civil, Environmental & Chemical Engineering	Face-to-Face	Sem 1 2006

Course Coordinator: Professor Mike Xie

Course Coordinator Phone: +61 3 9925 3655

Course Coordinator Email: mike.xie@rmit.edu.au

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Project Management 1

Course Description

This course introduces students to core concepts and skills of practice involving the start up and initial planning stages of engineering projects, and other aspects of practice relating to managing the engineering work environment. The learning approach will involve a combination of conceptual framework and practical application based on projects.

General Aims
In this course, you will be introduced to the concepts and tools used in the initiation and preliminary planning of engineering projects. Concentrating on the strategic aspects of managing projects, this course extends the material covered in CIVE1109 Project Management 1 which dealt with project management fundamentals and introduced project implementation practices.
This course also presents aspects of professional practice and business management which are relevant to management in an engineering workplace generally (i.e., irrespective of whether or not the enterprise is carrying out projects). Emphasis is initially on the importance of up-front planning in ensuring project success, then on key concepts of business management professional ethics and legal liability.
The course finishes with further attention to project implementation including discussion of project human resource issues, industrial relations and sub-contracting.

Objectives/Learning Outcomes/Capability Development

See below.

On successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

LO1: Explain and apply the concepts of “front end planning” for a typical basic engineering project.
LO2: Explain and apply the concepts of risk allocation and risk management (including environmental risks) in the context of an engineering project.
LO3: Explain the principles for selecting an appropriate project delivery method for procurement in the context of an engineering project, and apply them to a basic project scenario.
LO4: Explain and apply the principles of cost planning, design management and management of the total processes required to implement a project over its life cycle, but with particular emphasis on the “front end” of the project. The processes include value management and front end economic evaluation of the project, as well as financial management.
LO5: Explain and apply basic principles of business planning, decision making, communication and information systems in the context of managing engineering work and projects.
LO6: Explain and apply to a basic scenario the concepts of Human Resource management and organisational behaviour.
LO7: Explain and critically evaluate the concepts of professionalism and professional ethics as they apply to engineers, including the main tenets of the code of ethics of the Institution of Engineers, Australia. Apply these concepts to engineering scenarios involving the environment and general professional conduct.
LO8: Explain the fundamental bases for legal liability applying to professional engineers in various engineering roles.
LO9: Explain the basic principles of successful industrial relations in the managing of engineering work.
LO10: Articulate the major links or interfaces between the appropriate learning outcomes which may apply in a project context.

Overview of Learning Activities

Lectures, written assignments, computer laboratory tutorials, study
of notes, texts and class discussion of case examples.

Overview of Learning Resources

Strategic Planning
Prescribed References:
Nil
Recommended Texts:
Antill J. and Farmer B. Engineering Management (3rd ed., McGraw Hill 1991)
Burke, Rory Project Management – Planning and Control (3rd ed., Wiley 1999)
Cleland, D.I. & King, W.R. Systems Analysis and Project Management (McGraw Hill, 3rd ed., 1983)
Lock, D. Project Management (Gower, 5th ed., 1992)
Nicholas, J.M. Managing Business and Engineering Projects ( Prentice Hall, 1990)
Turner, J. Rodney, The Handbook of Project Based Management (McGraw Hill, 2nd ed., 1999)
Project Management Body of Knowledge – PMI – www.pmi.org
Standards Australia: AS / NZS 4360 Risk Management

Detail Planning & Control
Prescribed References:
Wiest, J. D., & Levy, F. K., Management Guide to PERT/CPM, Prentice-Hall, 1977.

Recommended References:
Turner, J. Rodney, The handbook of Project Based Management, 2nd Ed. McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd., 1999
Antill J. & Farmer B. Engineering Management (3rd Ed.) McGraw-Hill 1991
Antill J. & Woodhead R.W., Critical Path Methods in Construction Practice (4th Ed.) Wiley 1990
Burke Rory, Project Management Planning and Control (2nd Ed.) Wiley 1993
Cleland D.I., & King W.R., Systems Analysis & Project Management (3rd Ed.) McGraw-Hill 1983
Nicholas J.M., Managing Business & Engineering Projects, Prentice-Hall 1990
Construction Industry Development Agency, Construction Industry Project Management Guide AIPM 1995

Engineering Business Management

Recommended References:
Kotler et al. - Marketing ( Prentice Hall, 6th ed., 2000).
Turner, J. Rodney, The handbook of Project Based Management, 2nd Ed. McGraw-Hill International (UK) Ltd., 1999
Antill J. & Farmer B. Engineering Management (3rd Ed.) McGraw-Hill 1991
Burke Rory, Project Management Planning and Control (2nd Ed.) Wiley 1993
Nicholas J.M., Managing Business & Engineering Projects, Prentice-Hall 1990
Project Management Body of Knowledge – PMI – www.pmi.org

Project implementation practices

Recommended references:
Project Management Body of Knowledge – PMI – www.pmi.org
Mullins L.J., Management and Organisational Behaviour, Pitman 1994
Antill J. & Farmer B. Engineering Management (3rd Ed.) McGraw-Hill 1991

Overview of Assessment

1. Written Assignments:
Schedule to be as advised in lectures
Assessment Weighting: total 30 % (Must be submitted to pass the course, even if incomplete)
Late penalties will apply unless extension authorized in writing (3% per day).
2. Written Examination: 70% of course weighting. (A minimum mark of 40% in the exam is required as a precondition for passing the course.)
Date: See examination timetable when issued.
Type: Closed Book.