Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

School: Business and Law

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• Unit Title

  Managing Project Scope and Stakeholders

• Unit Code

  MAN5401

• Year

  2020

• Enrolment Period

  2

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

• Unit Coordinator

  Mrs Leigh HAMBLY

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Description

Successfully managing project stakeholders, scope and communications is crucial to effective project management. Project scope management is defined as the processes required to ensure that the project includes all the work required and only the work required, to complete the project by successfully meeting stakeholders needs. When scoping projects, it is vital to define the need for them. This is typically done at the project start up/initiation stages at a high level relating the projects intended benefits to the organisation's strategic intent and in more detail during the later stages. In some cases, the operational concept may exist before the need to undertake the project has been realised. Throughout the life of the project, successful scope management is intertwined with managing the various stakeholders in the project and the communications with them. This unit examines the processes, resources and techniques to effectively manage project stakeholders, scope and communications.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Compare the major alternative methodologies used in managing projects and the considerations involved in choosing which methodology to use.
2. Review inputs, tools and techniques and outputs related to the various stakeholder, scope and communications management processes.
3. Synthesise project scope and stakeholder theories to formulate an approach to gathering requirements, stakeholder analysis and management.
4. Evaluate project business cases on the basis of expected outcomes and benefits.

Unit Content

1. Managing stakeholders, scope and communications in the project closeout stage.
2. Soft skills and project politics.
3. The impact of context (e.g. different cultures, jurisdictions and locations) on project scope, stakeholder and communications management.
4. Managing communications and issues with project stakeholders.
5. Defining, verifying and managing project scope (includes requirements gathering and the product and work breakdown structures).
6. Creating project stakeholder, scope and communications management plans.
7. Stakeholder Theory and Analysis.
8. Developing a Business Case.
9. Project management methodologies and approaches (e.g. PMBOK, PRINCE2, Agile).

Learning Experience

ON-CAMPUS

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

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

On-Campus Students will attend on campus classes as well as engage in learning activities through ECU Blackboard and other online systems. To maximise student engagement and opportunities for learning, some of the learning activities may be conducted in the form of webinars and or video conferencing; mirroring the way that businesses use to communicate and learn. Details about these activities are provided in the unit plan schedule. Online Students will engage in learning experiences through ECU Blackboard as well as additional ECU learning technologies. These may include the use of webinars, videoconferencing and or online discussion board activities. Details about these activities are provided in the unit plan schedule. This Unit uses technology enhanced learning (TEL) to enhance the teaching and learning experiences for students and tutors by enabling them to engage in ways that would not normally be available or effective in a more traditional classroom / lecture environment. The unit involves a mix of delivery modes, teaching approaches and learning styles. In addition, some of the modules in the unit will be delivered by online video classroom & webinars, which may include guest lectures and other elements aligned with the curriculum.

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.

Core Reading(s)

• Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge : (PMBOK® guide) (6th ed.). Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Project Management Institute. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/995162347
• Pearson, N., Larson, E., & Gray, C. (2018). Project Management in Practice (2nd ed., pp. 1–676). Sydney: McGraw-Hill Australia. Retrieved from https://ecu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1066184008

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