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.

  • Unit Title

    Project Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN3612
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jalleh SHARAFIZAD

Description

Project management skills cross subject and functional boundaries to facilitate the solution of complex problems in industries such as information systems, finance, engineering, planning, tourism, manufacturing, sport and event management. This unit examines the fundamental principles, strategies and approaches used by project managers. It introduces the stages of project management from initial project selection through to final closure. Topic areas include planning, estimating, quality management, risk management, managing stakeholders, developing the project team and sustainability in project process and product. NOTE: This unit introduces students to project management and is not included in the Major in Project Management and does not provide credit towards that major.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN4612, MAN5612, MIS3610

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe best practice in managing project teams.
  2. Design appropriate responses for dealing with unexpected variations to project plans.
  3. Create a comprehensive project plan (including the resource added work-breakdown structure, stakeholder analysis, risk analysis, quality plan, procurement plan, sustainability analysis and communication plan).
  4. Critically appraise the key challenges faced by project managers during each stage of a project.

Unit Content

  1. History and development of project management as a discipline.
  2. Project procurement.
  3. Dealing with clients, team members and stakeholders.
  4. Project management tools and techniques.
  5. Post project reviews and evaluation.
  6. Quality, risk and issue management.
  7. Project planning.
  8. Project selection and initiation.
  9. Project administration.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a three hour weekly seminar. Off-campus students require regular online access to learning materials via ECU's LMS. Learning activities include self-paced online video tutorials, case studies and hands-on activities designed to provide opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. In undertaking these activities, students will develop their communication and analytical abilities, experiment with new knowledge and embed workplace-applicable learning. Assessment methods are designed to encourage and facilitate learning. They provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate content knowledge and critical thinking while encouraging the generation of ideas. They also facilitate the gradual development of skills and knowledge by providing opportunities for regular practice and timely feedback to students.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report30%
AssignmentProject Plan40%
TestOnline test30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report30%
AssignmentProject Plan40%
TestOnline Test30%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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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.

  • Unit Title

    Project Management
  • Unit Code

    MAN3612
  • Year

    2024
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Dr Jalleh SHARAFIZAD

Description

Project management skills cross subject and functional boundaries to facilitate the solution of complex problems in industries such as information systems, finance, engineering, planning, tourism, manufacturing, sport and event management. This unit examines the fundamental principles, strategies and approaches used by project managers. It introduces the stages of project management from initial project selection through to final closure. Topic areas include planning, estimating, quality management, risk management, managing stakeholders, developing the project team and sustainability in project process and product. NOTE: This unit introduces students to project management and is not included in the Major in Project Management and does not provide credit towards that major.

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN4612, MAN5612, MIS3610

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Describe best practice in managing project teams.
  2. Design appropriate responses for dealing with unexpected variations to project plans.
  3. Create a comprehensive project plan (including the resource added work-breakdown structure, stakeholder analysis, risk analysis, quality plan, procurement plan, sustainability analysis and communication plan).
  4. Critically appraise the key challenges faced by project managers during each stage of a project.

Unit Content

  1. History and development of project management as a discipline.
  2. Project procurement.
  3. Dealing with clients, team members and stakeholders.
  4. Project management tools and techniques.
  5. Post project reviews and evaluation.
  6. Quality, risk and issue management.
  7. Project planning.
  8. Project selection and initiation.
  9. Project administration.

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU's LMS

JoondalupMount LawleySouth West (Bunbury)
Semester 113 x 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered

For more information see the Semester Timetable

ONLINE

Students will engage in learning experiences via ECU’s LMS as well as additional ECU learning technologies

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a three hour weekly seminar. Off-campus students require regular online access to learning materials via ECU's LMS. Learning activities include self-paced online video tutorials, case studies and hands-on activities designed to provide opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. In undertaking these activities, students will develop their communication and analytical abilities, experiment with new knowledge and embed workplace-applicable learning. Assessment methods are designed to encourage and facilitate learning. They provide students with the opportunity to demonstrate content knowledge and critical thinking while encouraging the generation of ideas. They also facilitate the gradual development of skills and knowledge by providing opportunities for regular practice and timely feedback to students.

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 School Progression Panel.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report30%
AssignmentProject Plan40%
TestOnline test30%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
ReportProject Report30%
AssignmentProject Plan40%
TestOnline Test30%

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.

Assessment

Students please note: The marks and grades received by students on assessments may be subject to further moderation. Informal vivas may be conducted as part of an assessment task, where staff require further information to confirm the learning outcomes have been met. All marks and grades are to be considered provisional until endorsed by the relevant School Progression Panel.

Academic Integrity

Integrity is a core value at Edith Cowan University, and it is expected that ECU students complete their assessment tasks honestly and with acknowledgement of other people's work as well as any generative artificial intelligence tools that may have been used. This means that assessment tasks must be completed individually (unless it is an authorised group assessment task) and any sources used must be referenced.

Breaches of academic integrity can include:

Plagiarism

Copying the words, ideas or creative works of other people or generative artificial intelligence tools, without referencing in accordance with stated University requirements. Students need to seek approval from the Unit Coordinator within the first week of study if they intend to use some of their previous work in an assessment task (self-plagiarism).

Unauthorised collaboration (collusion)

Working with other students and submitting the same or substantially similar work or portions of work when an individual submission was required. This includes students knowingly providing others with copies of their own work to use in the same or similar assessment task(s).

Contract cheating

Organising a friend, a family member, another student or an external person or organisation (e.g. through an online website) to complete or substantially edit or refine part or all of an assessment task(s) on their behalf.

Cheating in an exam

Using or having access to unauthorised materials in an exam or test.

Serious outcomes may be imposed if a student is found to have committed one of these breaches, up to and including expulsion from the University for repeated or serious acts.

ECU's policies and more information about academic integrity can be found on the student academic integrity website.

All commencing ECU students are required to complete the Academic Integrity Module.

Assessment Extension

In some circumstances, Students may apply to their Unit Coordinator to extend the due date of their Assessment Task(s) in accordance with ECU's Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000001386.

Special Consideration

Students may apply for Special Consideration in respect of a final unit grade, where their achievement was affected by Exceptional Circumstances as set out in the Assessment, Examination and Moderation Procedures - for more information visit https://askus2.ecu.edu.au/s/article/000003318.

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