Postgraduate ACU-MGMT627-2019

Project Management

Stockpile activities that will help you measure your project’s performance. Find out how to use a project to address an organisation’s strategic objectives. Assemble the skills you need to plan, schedule and oversee the completion of a project.

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$3,226 $3,476

Your upfront cost: $0

International student?

2019

Duration

13 weeks

Student rating

3.6

Study method

100% online

Available loans

FEE-HELP

Assessments

100% online

Prior study

Not required

Study terms

26 May 2019
24 Nov 2019

Established in 1991 after amalgamating four eastern Australian Catholic tertiary institutes, Australian Catholic University now has seven campuses, from Brisbane to Melbourne and welcomes students of all beliefs. Specialising in arts, business, education, health sciences, law, theology and philosophy, ACU encourages its students to think critically and ethically and bring change to their communities and offer this online through Open Universities Australia.

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Subject details

What you'll learn

On successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

Demonstrate an understanding of and be able to explain the role of projects and project management play in accomplishing an organisation's strategic objectives, taking into account the various types of organisations such as functional matrix and project structures;
Create a comprehensive project plan using appropriate project management tools including a project charter, scope statement, a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) and Responsibility Assignment Matrix and develop precedence relationships among tasks based on a WBS, a network diagram and critical path and create a scheduled that includes resource allocations;
Assess major schedule, cost and performance risk elements and understand the approach for managing risks using the qualitative as well as quantitative techniques;
Establish a communications and closeout strategy that will maximise the value of the project experience to the organisation by capturing best practices and lessons learned.

Topics covered

- Project managment in perspective
- Project evaluation/selection
- Project initiation
- Project organisation
- Working in and managing a team
- Project communications including negotiation and conflict resolution
- Quality management
- Risk management
- Project progress measurement and audit
- Project control
- Project termination
- Ethical issues in project management
Study resources
- Instructional methods
  - Discussion forum/Discussion Board
  - Web links
  - Online assignment submission
  - Online Quizzes/Tests
- Print materials
  - Study guide
- Online materials
  - Online Assessment
  - Audio-Video streaming
  - Resources and Links
  - Printable format materials

Entry requirements

Equivalent subjects

You cannot enrol in this subject if you have successfully completed any of the following subject(s) because they are considered academically equivalent:

ACU-OHSE621
ACU-OHS621

Others

Do not enrol into this subject if you have successfully completed OHSE621. Refer to Transition Arrangements.

Special requirements

No special requirements

Description

This subject develops a foundation of concepts and solutions that supports the planning, scheduling, controlling, resource allocation and performance measurement activities required for successful completion of a project. The subject introduces project management from the standpoint of a manager who must organise, plan, implement and control tasks to achieve an organisation's schedule, budget, and performance objectives. Tools and concepts such as project charter, scope statement, work breakdown structure, project estimating and scheduling methodologies are discussed. The central questions the subject addresses are:

What is a project?
How do you manage one?
What is management risk?

The subject provides students with an organised approach to managing the uncertainties that can lead to undesirable project outcomes by identifying and mitigating risks that can result in cost overruns, delayed schedules or failure to meet performance standards.

Assessments

Assessment (100%)

Textbooks

Current study term (26 May 19 to 25 Aug 19)

Click on the titles of the listed books below to find out more:

Project Management, binder ready version

Jack R Meredith, Samuel J Mantel and Scott M Shafer

Required

Next study term (24 Nov 19 to 23 Feb 20)

Textbook information is pending.

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