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Professional Practice in PM

ENGG5205

This UoS teaches the fundamental knowledge on the importance, organizational context and professional practice in project management. It serves as an introduction to project management practices for non-PM students. For PM students, this UoS lays the foundation to progress to advanced PM subjects. Although serving as a general introduction unit, the focus has been placed on scope, time, cost, and integration related issues. Specifically, the UoS aims to 1. introduce students to the institutional, organisational and professional environment for today's project management practitioners as well as typical challenges and issues facing them; 2. demonstrate the importance of project management to engineering and organizations; 3. demonstrate the progression from strategy formulation to execution of the project; 4. provide a set of tools and techniques at different stages of a project's lifecycle with emphasis on scope, time, cost and integration related issues; 5. highlight examples of project success/failures in project management and to take lessons from these; 6. consider the roles of project manager in the organization and management of people; 7. provide a path for students seeking improvements in their project management expertise.

Unit of study details

Unit of study level: Postgraduate

Credit points: 6

Commencing semesters: 1, 2

Further unit of study information

Unit of study handbook: ENGG5205

Costs and scholarships information: Costs and Scholarships

Final dates to withdraw from units of study: Census Dates

Available for study abroad and exchange: No

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