School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for Semester 1 2020 Units. Students will be notified of all approved modifications by Unit Coordinators via email and Unit Blackboard sites. Where changes have been made, these are designed to ensure that you still meet the unit learning outcomes in the context of our adjusted teaching and learning arrangements.

  • Unit Title

    Planning the Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN2172
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Stephen BYERS

Description

Planning is a large and critical part of project management which is generally completed before the project is executed. Planning is collaborative with many people involved, and it is also integrative because it needs to consider many different factors. The unit develops the work breakdown structure from the approved scope and uses estimating techniques and industry-standard approaches to create a schedule. To this, resources can be added, and costs determined to create a time phased budget from which a baseline can be made for use in subsequent control practices. Completion of the unit will ensure students have an appropriate depth of knowledge to create a viable project schedule from which effective and efficient outputs can be delivered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MAN2170.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Create a cash flow forecast.
  2. Create a procurement plan.
  3. Create an effective project schedule.
  4. Define a work breakdown structure.
  5. Define project benefits.
  6. Define the activities for a complex project.
  7. Derive an appropriate project cost baseline.
  8. Estimate projects to an order of magnitude.
  9. Identify and plan for project risks.
  10. Identify the issues involved in sequencing activities.
  11. Identify where this unit (project management knowledge area) integrates into the project management process.
  12. Identify with lifecycle costing.
  13. Use techniques for estimating activity duration.

Unit Content

  1. Work breakdown structure design
  2. Activity definition, estimation and sequencing
  3. Project cost engineering
  4. Project schedule development and critical path analysis
  5. Construction of project baselines and project plans

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit uses a technology enhanced learning (TEL) approach including interactive presentations, videos, small group discussions and occasional webinars. Online students will require regular online access. All students are required to complete a set of tasks before engaging in the workshop or online discussions, and these include a series of set readings, small tasks and exercises in self-reflection.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationIndividual presentation20%
AssignmentGroup assignment30%
ReportIndividual business report50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationIndividual presentation20%
AssignmentGroup assignment30%
ReportIndividual business report50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK@ Guide) (6th ed.). Newtown Square, PA : Project Management Institute. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/995162610
  • Kloppenborg, T. J., Anantatmula, V. S., & Wells, K. N. (2019). Contemporary project management (Fourth edition.). Australia: Cengage. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5790023

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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School: Business and Law

This unit information may be updated and amended immediately prior to semester. To ensure you have the correct outline, please check it again at the beginning of semester.

Please note that given the circumstances of COVID-19, there may be some modifications to the assessment schedule promoted in Handbook for this unit. All assessment changes will be published by 27 July 2020. All students are reminded to check handbook at the beginning of semester to ensure they have the correct outline.

  • Unit Title

    Planning the Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN2172
  • Year

    2020
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    3
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Stephen BYERS

Description

Planning is a large and critical part of project management which is generally completed before the project is executed. Planning is collaborative with many people involved, and it is also integrative because it needs to consider many different factors. The unit develops the work breakdown structure from the approved scope and uses estimating techniques and industry-standard approaches to create a schedule. To this, resources can be added, and costs determined to create a time phased budget which can then be baselined for subsequent control practices. Completion of the unit will ensure students have an appropriate depth of knowledge to create a viable project schedule from which effective and efficient outputs can be delivered.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MAN2170

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Prepare a project plan that takes account of the constraints on time, cost and scope imposed by the client.
  2. Create a detailed work breakdown structure from an approved scope statement.
  3. Prepare realistic and viable cost and time estimates for project work packages.
  4. Create a project schedule and associated baseline which is suitable for the application of industry-standard control practices.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard.

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 2 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies.

Additional Learning Experience Information

This unit uses a technology enhanced learning (TEL) approach including interactive presentations, videos, small group discussions and occasional webinars. Online students will require regular online access. All students are required to complete a set of tasks before engaging in the workshop or online discussions, and these include a series of set readings, small tasks and exercises in self-reflection.

Assessment

GS1 GRADING SCHEMA 1 Used for standard coursework units

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProject presentation20%
AssignmentGroup assignment30%
ReportBusiness report50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
PresentationProject presentation20%
AssignmentGroup assignment30%
ReportBusiness report50%

Core Reading(s)

  • Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK@ Guide) (6th ed.). Newtown Square, PA : Project Management Institute. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/995162610
  • Kloppenborg, T. J., Anantatmula, V. S., & Wells, K. N. (2019). Contemporary project management (Fourth edition.). Australia: Cengage. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/ecu/detail.action?docID=5790023

Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005)

For the purposes of considering a request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Commonwealth 2005), inherent requirements for this subject are articulated in the Unit Description, Learning Outcomes and Assessment Requirements of this entry. The University is dedicated to provide support to those with special requirements. Further details on the support for students with disabilities or medical conditions can be found at the Access and Inclusion website.

Academic Misconduct

Edith Cowan University has firm rules governing academic misconduct and there are substantial penalties that can be applied to students who are found in breach of these rules. Academic misconduct includes, but is not limited to:

  • plagiarism;
  • unauthorised collaboration;
  • cheating in examinations;
  • theft of other students' work;

Additionally, any material submitted for assessment purposes must be work that has not been submitted previously, by any person, for any other unit at ECU or elsewhere.

The ECU rules and policies governing all academic activities, including misconduct, can be accessed through the ECU website.

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