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ENG8208 Advanced Engineering Project Management

Semester 1, 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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Overview

The purpose of this course is to prepare project managers to face the many challenges inherent in contemporary project management and deliver projects and programs to the satisfaction of relevant stakeholders.

Engineers, surveyors and constructors are frequently required to deliver projects, ranging from small planning or design projects to the development of large scale infrastructure and equipment. Such projects are required to be within the scope defined by the client and delivered to time, cost, quality and other constraints. To ensure success, they also require sound management of the supporting functions of human resource management, communication, risk management, procurement and stakeholder management. The
project manager also needs to understand how to integrate all of the elements of the project management process in delivering the project, and to understand project life cycle and professional issues like ethics, sustainable development and safety management.

There is a growing demand from stakeholders for innovative outcomes. Therefore innovation is also a major focus in contemporary project management in relation to materials, design, delivery approaches, and construction methods. In addition, the advanced project manager should be able to manage complex projects and programs of a number of projects. To achieve the management of such requirements, the project manager should be conversant with the project and program management process and be prepared to take an innovative approach, working within sound engineering, technical and management principles.

As most engineering works have a clear purpose and stipulated beginning and end times, they are regarded as 'projects'. Ensuring an engineering project reaches fulfilment within its required constraints is the process of engineering project management. In this course the concepts, processes and tools of advanced engineering project management are explored. Students are guided through the historical background of project management, the project management environment, the elements of the project life cycle, the projects management knowledge areas, the consideration of professional issues in the project management process and program management. The course concludes with a discussion of specialised and emerging project management topics, designed to improve project management outcomes.

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. Know and understand the project management life cycle and the knowledge areas of project management.
  2. Demonstrate understanding of and assess the managerial and organisational environment and context in which a project is to be delivered.
  3. Apply the project management process to the delivery of an engineering project.
  4. Evaluate the effectiveness of the application of the project management process to the delivery of project outcomes.
  5. Understand the challenges of complex projects and how to deal with these challenges.
  6. Develop, deliver and evaluate the delivery of a program of engineering projects.
  7. Understand the importance of special focus areas in the project management process and know how to apply them, where required.

Topics

Description Weighting(%)
1. The engineering project management challenge. 5.00
2. The engineering project life cycle. 5.00
3. Engineering project integration, scope, time, cost and quality management. 25.00
4. Engineering project human resource, communications and procurement management. 10.00
5. Engineering project risk management. 5.00
6. Engineering project stakeholder management. 5.00
7. Management of project sustainability. 5.00
8. Attributes of an effective engineering project manager 5.00
9. Managing complex engineering projects. 5.00
10. Engineering program management. 10.00
11. Alternative project delivery methodologies 10.00
12. Current and future issues in engineering project management. 10.00

Text and materials required to be purchased or accessed

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (2017), 6th ed., Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania.

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 Problem Solving 1 No 50 1,2,3,4
Assignments Written Problem Solving 2 No 50 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
Date printed 10 February 2023