Units
Civil Engineering Project Management
Unit code: ENB481
Contact hours: 4 per week
Credit points: 12
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Engineers are invariably required to manage projects. This unit reinforces the student’s understanding of current management principles in the context of construction projects. Other topics include administration, cost control, claims, legal and insurance issues together with outsourcing, problem solving, communication and dispute resolution. The focus of the unit is to ensure students develop an appreciation of the commercial and non-technical issues associated with successful projects. The aim of this unit is to help the student understand the nature of the decisions required of an Engineer managing a project and practising making these decisions within the fast-moving commercial and economic environment for such projects.
Availability
| Semester | Available |
|---|---|
| 2013 Semester 2 | Yes |
Sample subject outline - Semester 2 2013
Note: Subject outlines often change before the semester begins. Below is a sample outline.
Rationale
Project Management is the overall planning, control and coordination of a project, from inception to completion, aimed at meeting a client's requirements in order that the project will be completed on time within authorized cost and to the required quality standards. This unit serves as an introduction to project management for civil engineering projects, which includes an overview of the framework, processes and key knowledge areas of project management.
Aims
The aim of this unit is to provide the key concepts and foundation knowledge in project management, and to describe, clarify, and formalise project management process.
Objectives
On completion of this unit, you will be able to:
1. Demonstrate the understanding of the framework and process/life cycle of project management as a discipline, from initiation to completion, including planning, monitoring, control and termination
2. Apply all key functional areas, including project organisation structure, within a project context, indicating the interconnection and integration of all the functions critical to achieve project success.
3. Recognise the strategic importance of projects and particularly the role of the project manager
4. Develop a project plan
Content
This unit covers the following:
- key concept of project management
- project management process
- project selection
- project definition
- developing project plan
- project execution
- project monitoring and control
- project closing.
Approaches to Teaching and Learning
Teaching Mode:
Hours per week: 3
Lectures: 2 hrs/wk
Tutorials: 1 hr/wk
Assessment
This unit incorporates formative/summative assessment. It includes two professional project plans, which will be marked using criterion referenced assessment (CRA) and returned with feedback to enable you to understand how you are progressing and how your work can be improved. The other assessment takes the form of final closed-book exam.Formative feedback, written and verbal, will be provided during the tutorial.
Assessment name:
Individual Report on Project
Description:
Mode of feedback: Formative feedback, written and verbal, will be provided during the tutorial.
Assessment results and completed CRA sheets will be available for completed report.
Relates to objectives:
4
Weight:
20%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Week 6
Assessment name:
Group Report on Project
Description:
Mode of feedback: Formative feedback, written and verbal, will be provided during the tutorial.
Assessment results and completed CRA sheets will be available for completed report.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 4
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Group
Due date:
Week 13
Assessment name:
Examination (Theory)
Description:
Mode of feedback: Assessment results and completed CRA sheets will be available for completed examination.
Relates to objectives:
1, 2, 3
Weight:
40%
Internal or external:
Internal
Group or individual:
Individual
Due date:
Exam period
Academic Honesty
QUT is committed to maintaining high academic standards to protect the value of its qualifications. To assist you in assuring the academic integrity of your assessment you are encouraged to make use of the support materials and services available to help you consider and check your assessment items. Important information about the university's approach to academic integrity of assessment is on your unit Blackboard site.
A breach of academic integrity is regarded as Student Misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties.
Resource materials
There is no specified textbook for this unit. A list of references and online resources that can be accessed from the QUT Library is given on the Week 1 Unit Information
Risk assessment statement
You will undertake lectures and/or tutorials in the traditional classrooms and computer laboratories. As such, there are no out-of-the ordinary risks associated with this unit.
QUT has a formal risk assessment process which can be used to determine the types or risks and how you should handle them.
Disclaimer - Offer of some units is subject to viability, and information in these Unit Outlines is subject to change prior to commencement of semester.
Last modified: 28-May-2012
