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ENG8205 Project Management Practice

Semester 2, 2022 Toowoomba On-campus
Units : 1
Faculty or Section : Faculty of Health, Engineering and Sciences
School or Department : School of Engineering
Grading basis : Graded
Course fee schedule : /current-students/administration/fees/fee-schedules

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Examiner:

Overview

Engineering and built environment managers may, at various times in their careers, be responsible for the administration and control of projects. It is therefore essential that such people have a sound knowledge of organisational principles, human resource management, financial management, and contract administration.

The course briefly revises and then builds upon undergraduate management studies in the major areas of project estimating and planning, feasibility studies, contract law, financial management, management theory and personnel management.

Course learning outcomes

The course objectives define the student learning outcomes for a course. On completion of this course, students should be able to:

  1. Appraise management principles and human resources planning in engineering and built environment projects.
  2. Develop a schedule for a project using graphical methods and relevant software.
  3. Develop a quality management plan for a project.
  4. Compare projects through feasibility and economic analyses.
  5. Implement the principles of accounting, management statistics and value management in engineering and built environment projects.
  6. Appraise the functions of business management and contract law in engineering and built environment projects.
  7. Analyse project health and safety, sustainability, and environmental protection practices.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. Management Principles: leadership, management traits and functions, decision making, communication, setting objectives

5.00
2. Personnel Management and Organisational Models: human resource management and development, planning, selection and recruiting, organisations, managers role, personnel, supervisors, occupational health and safety 10.00
3. Project Management Planning: strategic and project planning, program and project management, estimating, purchasing and inventory decisions 10.00
4. Project Scheduling Techniques Using Networks, Gantt charts and relevant Software

20.00
5. Project Quality Management

5.00
6. Project Feasibility and Economic Comparison: feasibility studies, lifecycle cost and benefit, depreciation
10.00
7. Accounting, Management Statistics and Value Management: use of statistics in management, quality management and control 10.00
8. Project Law and Business Management
10.00
9. Health and Safety in projects
10.00
10. Environmental protection and sustainability
10.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

There are no texts or materials required for this course.

Student workload expectations

To do well in this subject, students are expected to commit approximately 10 hours per week including class contact hours, independent study, and all assessment tasks. If you are undertaking additional activities, which may include placements and residential schools, the weekly workload hours may vary.

Assessment details

Approach Type Description Group
Assessment
Weighting (%) Course learning outcomes
Assignments Written Report 1 No 25 1,2,3
Assignments Written Report 2 No 25 4,5,6
Assignments Written Report 3 No 50 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Date printed 10 February 2023