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RSNR404 Project Management

Updated: 16 January 2013
Credit Points 6
Offering
Responsible Campus Teaching Period Mode of Study
Armidale Trimester 1 Off Campus
Armidale Trimester 1 On Campus
Intensive School(s) None
Supervised Exam There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled.
Pre-requisites 96cp or 12cp for candidature in a postgraduate award
Co-requisites None
Restrictions ENVE361 or ENVE423 or ENVE523 or RSNR504
Notes

All assessment tasks must be satisfactorily completed to be eligible to pass the unit.
Combined Units RSNR504 - Project Management
Coordinator(s) Rex Glencross-Grant (rglencro@une.edu.au)
Unit Description

This unit provides an introduction to Project Management including initiating, scoping and marketing projects; project organisation - organisational structures, project teams and human behaviour together with planning, work breakdown and estimating techniques. Issues concerning time Management including precedence networks and critical path method together with Gantt Charts are also covered. The unit also provides the opportunity to study managing risk, OH&S and Industrial Relations; procuring and managing resources together with monitoring and controlling cost, quality and communication management. Managing small projects and project closure are also important aspects of this unit.
Important Information

Where calculators are permitted in examinations, it must be selected from an approved list, which can be accessed from the Further Information link below.

Further information
Prescribed Material
Mandatory 		Text(s):

Note: Students are expected to purchase prescribed material. Please note that textbook requirements may vary from one teaching period to the next.

Fundamentals of Project Management: Tools and Techniques
ISBN: 9780958273367
Burke, R., Burke Publishing 2010
Text refers to: Trimester 1 , On and Off Campus
Disclaimer Unit information may be subject to change prior to commencement of the teaching period.
Assessment
Title Exam Length Weight Mode No. Words
Assignment 1 10%
Assessment Notes
Initial web discussion. Must be completed satisfactorily.
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 4 GA: 2,8
Assignment 2 15% 1000
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6
Assignment 3 25% 2000
Assessment Notes
Risk Management Plan. Must be completed satisfactorily
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7
Assignment 4 10%
Assessment Notes
Ongoing web discussion. Must be completed satisfactorily
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 3 GA: 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8
Final Examination 2 hrs 40%
Assessment Notes
Must be satisfactorily completed
Relates to Learning Outcomes (LO) and Graduate Attributes (GA)
LO: 1, 2, 3, 4 GA: 1, 2, 4, 6

Learning Outcomes (LO) Upon completion of this unit, students will be able to:
  1. understand and apply knowledge gained from the unit in a professional context of project management;
  2. appreciate the role of various professionals in the context of project management;
  3. gain a greater professional management awareness and consciousness so that they can, as an individual and a professional, contribute to improving quality of life in their workplace and community; and
  4. identify key organisations and professional bodies associated with project management. .

Graduate Attributes (GA)
Attribute Taught Assessed Practised
1 Knowledge of a Discipline
Students will be provided with essential knowledge needed for this unit, including explanation of key terms used by way of a detailed glossary. Students will be expected to know key terms and concepts to the extent that they can demonstrate and apply them in assessments. Keywords for particular aspects will be clearly listed at the start of each module/topic. 		True True True
2 Communication Skills
Informed use of the language of project management in written communications will be developed and enhanced in regular professional-level discussions in the online Discussions tool and in assignments. More formal written communication and the ability to write a properly constructed project report will be developed in assignment tasks. Both these activities will help students develop the ability to present a coherent and well-reasoned argument. 		True True True
3 Global Perspectives
A global perspective will develop as students look beyond their immediate locale at the processes of project management on a broad scale and develop the global context of the discipline and its ability to minimise or solve problems. Interaction with students from all over Australia and overseas will assist in developing students? understanding of global project management problems. Further, case studies and overseas examples will be cited where necessary to provide an international perspective. 		True True True
4 Information Literacy
Students will be provided with the ability to find (undertake research or investigation), organise and present information by directed and informed web searches, which will implicitly require some evaluation of the veracity or credibility of the web sources. 		True True True
5 Life-Long Learning
Lifelong learning is developed as students gain confidence in their ability to search for and find sources of information relevant to the discipline. Students will develop the ability to identify, evaluate and implement personal learning strategies and/or study skills in pursuit of ongoing personal and professional development. 		True
6 Problem Solving
Problem solving will prepare students for dealing with and solving real-world problems that arise in project management. Practice exercises that have been provided and ongoing web discussion, to collaboratively address problems, will be encouraged. 		True True True
7 Social Responsibility
Students will be encouraged to act ethically and be socially responsible. These are underlying professional principles of project management. 		True True True
8 Team Work
Teamwork is an essential part of developing teamwork skills to learn in a professional forum to discuss, calmly and rationally, ideas and concepts, sometimes controversial and sometimes from different points of view. This, in addition to the ability to use the language of the discipline in reasoned argument, is one of the aims of online discussions. 		True True True
   

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