Handbook : Unit informationEdith Cowan University

Faculty of Business and Law

School: Business

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• Unit Title

  Project Scheduling and Control

• Unit Code

  MAN5402

• Year

  2015

• Enrolment Period

  1

• Version

  2

• Credit Points

  20

• Full Year Unit

  N

• Mode of Delivery

  On Campus
  Online

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Description

The unit will focus on the integrated management of time and cost for effective and efficient delivery of projects. The unit will examine the importance of balancing the triple constraint of scope, time and cost in order to effectively plan, execute and monitor and control projects. The unit will be practical in focus aiming to develop dynamic scheduling techniques for time and cost that ensure discipline in planning as well as flexibility. Suitable industry standard scheduling tools will be used. Critical chain project management will be introduced to provide a means to critique traditional critical path methods. Completion of this unit will ensure depth of knowledge in the integrated management of project cost and project time to ensure appropriate project planning, monitoring and control.

Non Standard Timetable Requirements

This unit may be offered in intensive weekend mode.

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

1. Apply critical chain scheduling methods to address resource allocation issues.
2. Apply various cost and duration estimation techniques.
3. Calculate and apply earned value to manage project performance.
4. Complete a project schedule using the critical path method (CPM).
5. Complete a time-phased budget and cost baselines.
6. Control for various changes in cost, resources and scope.
7. Create configurable work breakdown structures.
8. Critique traditional scheduling techniques
9. Effectively track performance against the schedule.
10. Manage resource allocation against the schedule.

Unit Content

1. Cash flow forecasting.
2. Critical chain project management.
3. Critical path analysis.
4. Designing Work Breakdown Structures.
5. Designing project budgets.
6. Earned value.
7. Handling project changes.
8. Project costing methods.
9. Project schedule development.
10. Resource allocation.
11. Schedule and budget control and tracking.
12. Software Planning and scheduling tools.
13. Techniques and methods of project estimating.

Additional Learning Experience Information

On-campus students attend a weekly two-hour lecture/seminar involving formal lectures, group activities and focused discussions and a one-hour lab demonstrating and using various project management techniques and tools such as Microsoft Project. Off campus students gain access via Blackboard. Regular on line access is required.

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.

Text References

• ^ Larson, E.W., Honig, B., Gray, C.F., Dantin,U., & Baccarini, D. (2014). Project management: The managerial process 1st Australian edition.  North Ryde, NSW: McGraw-Hill Education.
• ^ Ambriz, R., & White, J. (2014). Dynamic scheduling with Microsoft project 2013. Boca Raton j. Ross.
• Project Management Institute. (2013). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK@ Guide). (5th ed.). New York: PMI.

^ Mandatory reference

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