Resource Planning and Management
Duration
- One Semester or equivalent
Contact hours
- 48 hours face to face + blended
On-campus unit delivery combines face-to-face and digital learning.
2023 teaching periods
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Dates: Results: Last self enrolment: Census: Last withdraw without fail: |
Prerequisites
PG: Nil
OR
UG: 250 credit points in Civil or Construction majors only
Aims and objectives
This unit covers essential concepts, advanced techniques and sophisticated tools to plan and manage resources for the tasks/ operations in engineering industries, specifically in project-based settings.
Unit Learning Outcomes (ULO)
On successful completion of this unit students will be able to:
1. Describe the concepts and functions of planning and managing resources in project scenarios (K5, K6, S4, A1, A4, A5, A6)
2. Apply relevant principles and theories for planning and managing resources (K5, K6, S4, A1, A4, A5, A6)
3. Use appropriate tools and techniques for resource planning and management (K2, K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)
4. Formulate and/ or specify suitable strategies, methods and tools/ techniques for resource management in the project-based engineering industries (K2, K5, K6, S1, S2, S4, A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7)
Swinburne Engineering Competencies (A1-7, K1-6, S1-4): find out more about Engineering Skills and Competencies including the Engineers Australia Stage 1 Competencies.
Unit information in detail
- Teaching methods, assessment, general skills outcomes and content.
Teaching methods
Hawthorn
Type | Hours per week | Number of Weeks | Total |
| On Campus Lecture | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| On Campus Computer Labs | 2 | 12 | 24 |
| Online Directed online learning | 1.5 | 12 | 18 |
| Unspecified Activities Independent Learning | 7 | 12 | 84 |
TOTAL | 150 hours |
Assessment
Types | Individual/Group Role | Weighting | Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) |
Assignment | Individual | 20-40% | 1,2,3 |
| Project Report | Individual/Group | 30-50% | 1,2,3,4 |
| Test | Group | 30-50% | 1,2,3,4 |
General skills outcomes
Content
The contents of this unit are set in three components as below:
- Component 1: Resource planning and management fundamentals
- Concepts and theories for resource planning and management decisions;
- Fundamentals of estimating resource requirements for engineering industry operations in project-based settings;
- Planning and managing dependency-based complexity problems using single domain and multi-domain Dependency Structure Matrix (DSM) solutions
- Resource productivity with metrics-based monitoring and control;
- Component 2: Planning and managing expendable and non-expendable resources
- Expendable resources: Material resources planning and management including classification, estimating, inventory management, supply chain and logistics, storage arrangements, documentation and reports, waste control;
- Non-expendable resources: Equipment resources planning and management including selection of equipment, equipment schedules and costs, equipment reliability and dependability, codes/ standards, classification and controls. optimisation, obsolescence prevention and mitigation
- Non-expendable resources: Human resources planning and management including recruitment, retention, training, motivation, aging workforce, generations and genders, physical and psychological factors, culture, workforce schedule, designing job and workplace/ site layout for safety and productivity
- Component 3: Resource scheduling and optimisation
- Resource scheduling including allocation and smoothing/ levelling of resources;
- Constrained resource scheduling;
- Multi-project resource management;
- Mathematical models and heuristics for resource scheduling optimisation;
- Software and digital technologies for resource scheduling.
Study resources
- Reading materials.
Reading materials
A list of reading materials and/or required texts will be made available in the Unit Outline.