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

    Monitoring and Controlling a Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN3712
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    1
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard HUGHES

Description

Effective project management requires high quality planning. Despite the care taken in the setting up and planning stages, the unpredictable and dynamic context in which projects operate means that many projects run behind schedule, over budget and/or have their scope compromised. This can be the result of action by a stakeholder or the emergence of previously identified or unforeseen risks. This unit provides students with the skills and knowledge to identify, assess and develop appropriate responses to variations from plan. Responses range from project termination to a trade-off in constraints and may require the implementation of aggressive scheduling techniques such as 'crashing' or Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). Students learn to use appropriate industry standard software to assist in monitoring the project and testing responses to emergent variations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MAN2172 and MAN3714

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN2174

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Implement appropriate intervention strategies to respond to variations from project baselines.
  2. Use appropriate software to assist in monitoring and controlling project processes.
  3. Communicate project management knowledge, concepts and advice persuasively and clearly in both written and oral formats, using relevant technology.
  4. Identify and implement risk management strategies to deal with uncertainties.

Unit Content

  1. Project change and configuration management.
  2. Progress and performance evaluation with Earned Value (EV) analysis.
  3. Critical chain project management.
  4. Benefit realisation management.
  5. Managing project communications.
  6. Managing risks in projects.
  7. The role of the Project Management Office.
  8. Managing project teams.
  9. Crashing techniques.
  10. Simulation techniques for monitoring and control.
  11. Leveling and smoothing project resources.

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 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 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

Students attend a combination of lecture and laboratory experiences that cover three hours per week. Learning activities and assignments will develop communication and analytical abilities of students as well as providing opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. Students are guided in the development of responses to real-to-life events which could potentially produce variations from the project plan. These activities provide an opportunity to experiment with new knowledge as well as embedding workplace applicable learning and software skills. 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 in 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMSP 2013 Exercise20%
AssignmentCase Example (Group)30%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMSP 2013 Exercise20%
AssignmentCase Example (Group)30%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

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.

  • Unit Title

    Monitoring and Controlling a Project
  • Unit Code

    MAN3712
  • Year

    2019
  • Enrolment Period

    2
  • Version

    2
  • Credit Points

    15
  • Full Year Unit

    N
  • Mode of Delivery

    On Campus
    Online
  • Unit Coordinator

    Mr Richard HUGHES

Description

Effective project management requires high quality planning. Despite the care taken in the setting up and planning stages, the unpredictable and dynamic context in which projects operate means that many projects run behind schedule, over budget and/or have their scope compromised. This can be the result of action by a stakeholder or the emergence of previously identified or unforeseen risks. This unit provides students with the skills and knowledge to identify, assess and develop appropriate responses to variations from plan. Responses range from project termination to a trade-off in constraints and may require the implementation of aggressive scheduling techniques such as 'crashing' or Critical Chain Project Management (CCPM). Students learn to use appropriate industry standard software to assist in monitoring the project and testing responses to emergent variations.

Prerequisite Rule

Students must have passed MAN2172 and MAN3714

Equivalent Rule

Unit was previously coded MAN2174

Learning Outcomes

On completion of this unit students should be able to:

  1. Implement appropriate intervention strategies to respond to variations from project baselines.
  2. Use appropriate software to assist in monitoring and controlling project processes.
  3. Communicate project management knowledge, concepts and advice persuasively and clearly in both written and oral formats, using relevant technology.
  4. Identify and implement risk management strategies to deal with uncertainties.

Unit Content

  1. Project change and configuration management.
  2. Progress and performance evaluation with Earned Value (EV) analysis.
  3. Critical chain project management.
  4. Benefit realisation management.
  5. Managing project communications.
  6. Managing risks in projects.
  7. The role of the Project Management Office.
  8. Managing project teams.
  9. Crashing techniques.
  10. Simulation techniques for monitoring and control.
  11. Leveling and smoothing project resources.

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 3 hour seminarNot OfferedNot Offered
Semester 213 x 3 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

Students attend a combination of lecture and laboratory experiences that cover three hours per week. Learning activities and assignments will develop communication and analytical abilities of students as well as providing opportunities to discover, discuss and apply theory in a meaningful context. Students are guided in the development of responses to real-to-life events which could potentially produce variations from the project plan. These activities provide an opportunity to experiment with new knowledge as well as embedding workplace applicable learning and software skills. 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 in 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 Board of Examiners.

ON CAMPUS
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMSP 2013 Exercise20%
AssignmentCase Example (Group)30%
ExaminationExamination50%
ONLINE
TypeDescriptionValue
AssignmentMSP 2013 Exercise20%
AssignmentCase Example (Group)30%
ExaminationFinal Examination50%

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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