Project Management Practice and System Engineering
Overview
This unit covers the management of project using project management skills to meet timelines, quality standards, budgets, resource allocation, sustainable practices and other requirements. Key areas covered include creating a project plan, overseeing and monitoring progress, completing the project, and undertaking a review for future projects.
This unit also introduces Systems Engineering, which is a structured and repeatable process for solving complex technical problems.
Requisites
31-May-2026
Unit learning outcomes
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
- Define a project scope, develop a work breakdown structure, identify resources, produce cost estimate and create budget when managing an engineering project
- Communicate effectively in written, oral, and other professional formats when working in an engineering environment
- Incorporate sustainable practices into project planning, design, and management when working on engineering projects
- Work collaboratively in individual or group when involved in real-world engineering projects, ensuring smooth coordination and documentation throughout the project lifecycle
- Apply systems engineering and project management tools to enhance performance when ensuring the successful delivery of projects
- Complete individual or group projects using technical software and hardware during the entire project management cycle when overseeing a project
- Review and evaluate project outcomes against objectives when ensuring improvement of future project planning and execution
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
| Type | Hours per week | Number of weeks | Total (number of hours) |
|---|---|---|---|
On-campus |
3.00 | 16 weeks | 48 |
| On-campus Class |
3.00 | 16 weeks | 48 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning |
3.38 | 16 weeks | 54 |
| Total | 150 |
Assessment
| Type | Task | Weighting | ULOs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Assignment 1 | Individial | 10-30 % | 1,5,6 |
| Assignment 2 | Individial | 40-50 % | 3,4,5,6 |
| Presentation | Individial | 10-20 % | 2,5,7 |
| Project Report | Individial | 20-30 % | 1,2,7 |
Hurdle
As the minimum requirements of assessment to pass a unit and meet all Unit Learning Outcomes to a minimum standard, a student must achieve:
(i) an aggregate mark of 50% or more, and
(ii) at least 40% in the final assessment.
Students who do not successfully achieve hurdle requirement (ii) will receive a maximum of 45% as the total mark for the unit.
Content
- Project selection and plan
- Scope documents
- Project management tools, such as Mind Maps, Gantt Chart
- Project Management methodology and techniques including project life cycle and phases; time management; cost management; physical resource management; quality management; project monitoring;and sustainable practices
- Systematic design workflow including conceptual design, defining requirements, and trade-off analyses
- Problem identification and improvement in a methodical approach
- Requirements and key performance indicators for the design process
- Project reports include project details, details of project costing, and prepare/deliver project presentation.
- Project reflection on project deliverables, level of project completion and lesson learnt.
- Teamwork, commuincation skills, leadership and collaboraton
Study resources
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required textbooks will be available in the Unit Outline on Canvas.