Project Governance and Resource Management
Duration
- One Semester or equivalentThis unit will be delivered on-line in Semester 2 2020.
Contact hours
- 36 hours
2020 teaching periods
Hawthorn
| Higher Ed. Semester 2 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Swinburne Online
| Teaching Period 3 | ||
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: |
Prerequisites
INF70005 Strategic Project ManagementAims and objectives
pre 2020 - this unit was called (Project Quality and Resource Management) and previous code INF80044
This unit aims to investigate appropriate project governance structures, its context and dimensions in the overall project success. It also examines the processes required to acquire goods and services, and make effective use of people and other resources involved in a project. To ensure a project is completed successfully, students will be provided with advanced knowledge of project quality management including how to develop a quality management plan, and perform quality assurance and control.
Students who successfully complete this unit will be able to:
1. Apply advanced knowledge of project governance structures, industry standards and procedures for project control and practices, dimensions, and issues arising through organisational culture and constraints.
2. Critically evaluate the processes required to make effective use of people and other resources involved in a project and be able to communicate principles for improving the quality of resource management.
3. Critically evaluate the processes required to acquire goods and services from outside the project organisation and explain principles for improving project procurement.
4. Develop and apply knowledge of quality planning, quality assurance and quality control practices to ensure that projects will satisfy the needs for which they are undertaken.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Face to Face: 12 weeks (12 x 3hr classes)
Or
Block Mode:
This unit may also be delivered in block or intensive mode. Block mode may consist of blended, intensive and immersive teaching, which can include full day teaching and weekend teaching requirements.
Fully Online Mode: OUA and SOL
Engaging with online content and discussions
Student workload:
For all teaching and learning structures (both face to face and online), students are expected to spend an average of 150 hours per unit in total over the duration of the study period.
This includes all:
• Scheduled teaching and learning events and activities (contact hours timetabled in a face-to-face teaching space) and scheduled online learning events (contact hours scheduled in an online teaching space), and
• Non-scheduled learning events and activities (including directed online learning activities, assessments, independent study, student group meetings, and research.
To be successful, students should:
• Read all prescribed materials and/or view videos in preparation for each class
• Attend and engage in all scheduled classes (face to face or online)
• Start assessment tasks well ahead of the due date, and submit assessments promptly
• Read / listen to all feedback carefully, and consider it for future assessment
• Engage with fellow students and teaching staff (don’t hesitate to ask questions)
Assessment
1. Assignment 1 (Individual) 20 - 30%
2. Assignment 2 (Individual) 30 - 50%
3. Assignment 2 (Group) 30 - 40%
General skills outcomes
During this unit students will receive feedback on the following key generic skills:
• Problem solving skills
• Analysis skills
• Communication skills
• Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
• Ability to work independently
Content
• Project Governance: Introduction of governance in a Project Management context
• Project plan development
• Monitoring the project and change control process
• Project Quality Management
• Quality assurance
• Quality control
• Resource Management
• Organisational planning
• Staff acquisition and team development
• Procurement planning
• Solicitation planning
• Contract administration
• Project plan development
• Monitoring the project and change control process
• Project Quality Management
• Quality assurance
• Quality control
• Resource Management
• Organisational planning
• Staff acquisition and team development
• Procurement planning
• Solicitation planning
• Contract administration
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
Students are advised to check the unit outline in the relevant teaching period for appropriate textbooks and further reading.