Course Title: Manage Projects

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2010

Course Code: BUSM7769C

Course Title: Manage Projects

School: 130T Vocational Engineering

Campus: City Campus

Program: C6069 - Advanced Diploma of Engineering Technology

Course Contact: Program Manager

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4468

Course Contact Email: engineering-tafe@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nicholas.cree@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 60

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Pre-requisites and Co-requisites

None

Course Description

This unit of competency covers the management of a straightforward project or a section of a larger project. It focuses on the application of project management skills and the management to meet timelines, quality standards, budgetary limits and other requirements set for the project.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

BSBCMN419A Manage projects

Element:

Administer and monitor project.

Performance Criteria:

1.1

1.2

1.3

Element:

Define project. 

Performance Criteria:

2.1

2.2

2.3

Element:

Develop project plan.

Performance Criteria:

3.1

3.2

3.3

Element:

Finalise project.

Performance Criteria:

4.1

4.2

4.3

Element:

Review project

Performance Criteria:

5.1

5.2

5.3


Learning Outcomes



Details of Learning Activities

Classroom lectures. Excursions. guest speakers


Teaching Schedule

Week one - Definitions. Project aims, objectives, scope, quantitative data, qqualitative data, roles.w

Week two - Defining product - PDS. Deliverables.

Week three = Work Breakdown Statement

Week four - Organisation Breakdown Statement

Week five - gantt charts, and other timing=measuring. Critical pathway.

Week six - legal parameters.

Week seven - Creation of budget and resources list

Week eight - monitoring project, incl deliverables, milestone

Week nine - Documentation for projects

Week ten - commissioning and de-commissioning project. Post-project review

Week eleven - case studies.

Week twelve - review of course


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Flouris, T (2008) Aviation Project Management Turner , J (2008) handbook of Project Management


References


Other Resources

Notes as handed out in class.


Overview of Assessment

Assessment may incorporate a variety of methods including written/oral activities and demonstration of practical skills to the relevant industry standards. Participants are advised that they are likely to be asked to personally demonstrate their assessment activities to their teacher/assessor. Feedback will be provided throughout the course.


Assessment Tasks

30% report (due week five)

70% written quiz (in normal classroom)


Assessment Matrix

Assessment of practical skills and terminology.

Other Information

nil

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