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Engineering Project Management |
Semester 1, 2011
Announcements
1.
15/02/11: Sign-on for
practicals (P1 & P3 only) and tutorials (T1 & T2 only) now open.
2.
21/03/11: Please attend tutorials
to ensure you are in a group for your project PRIOR to week 4. Students not in
groups by this time will be unable to undertake the project component of the
course.
3.
06/04/11: Feedback on
proposals has been sent. Marks and presentation times are available from Here. If your group is missing from this list, or if you
have not received your feedback, please contact the course coordinator ASAP.
4.
14/04/11: Mid-semester
quiz marks now available here. I will go over the
questions in week 8.
5.
27/04/11: Tutorials in
week 9 have been postponed as the tutor is interstate and the course
coordinator has a timetable clash L
6.
18/05/11: Some (very)
minor changes to presentation schedule have been made for T1 in week 12. Prac
marks will be released next week (week 12).
7.
26/05/11: Some practical
exams re-marked due to a misinterpretation of marking scheme. New and improved
marks uploaded today.
8.
26/05/11: Presentation
marks will be uploaded during swot vac.
9.
10/06/11: Presentation
and final report marks uploaded and available here.
Course
Outline
Project
management is used today in all aspects and areas of commerce and industry, and
it is a trend likely to continue. Its origins are traditionally
considered to be deeply rooted in antiquity, with its present day methodology
and body of knowledge (BoK) born out of the construction and military weapons
industry.
This lecture series explores in a contentious manner the discipline of project management and presents traditional and non-traditional views of aspects of the discipline.
The traditional approach to project management can be characterized by the project management body of knowledge guide (PMBOK Guide) which emphasises the five project process groups of initiating, planning, executing, controlling and closing, and the nine knowledge areas of project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk and procurement management. The non traditional approach questions project management and argues that project management behaviour is not inevitable. It also argues that project management prospers today because society has embraced particular habits and internalised certain values.
Course
Profile
Available from: http://study.itee.uq.edu.au/profiles/ and https://www.courses.uq.edu.au/
Timetable
Teaching
Plan
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Week No. Date |
Lecture Topics |
Tutorials |
Practicals (MS Project) |
Quizzes/Solutions/Assessment |
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1 28/2 |
No Tutorials Preparatory Reading: PM’s Day | Film Prioritisation |
No Practicals |
Project Assignment | Q1 | Q2 |
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2 7/3 |
No Practicals |
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3 14/3 |
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4 21/3 |
Practical 1 continued… |
Project Hints | T3 | Q6 Project Proposals
(5%) |
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5 28/3 |
Practical 1 continued… |
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6 4/4 |
8. Resource Scheduling: Slides | Notes 9. Reducing Project Time: Slides |
Practical 1 ends |
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7 11/4 |
Class Test (Ch.1-7 + some 8 & 9) Family Name: A to K - 10am Family Name: L to Z - 11am |
Class Test (10%) |
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8 18/4 |
Class Test Feedback 13. Monitoring Progress: Slides |
No Tutorials |
Practical 2 ends |
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25/4 |
Mid-semester Break |
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9 2/5 |
Public Holiday |
Tutorial 6:
Postponed to week 10 |
No Practicals |
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10 9/5 |
10. Leadership: Slides |
Practical Exam |
Practical Exam
(15%) |
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11 16/5 |
11. Team Building: Slides 12. Partnering: Slides |
No Practicals |
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12 23/5 |
14. Project Closure: Slides | Notes Assignment Advice/Feedback |
No Practicals |
Presentations
(10%) |
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13 30/5 |
Course Review and Revision |
No Practicals |
Final Report
(15%) |
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Revision Week |
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Exam Period |
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Final Exam (45%) |
Additional Learning Resources
·
Gray
and Larson: Project Management – The Managerial Process (later than 3rd
Edition)
o Homepage
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Chapter Outlines and Slides (1Page
per slide)
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Sample:
Chapter 1
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Chapter Quizzes (Note: some questions are not
very clear!)
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Resources for Project Management
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Examples
of Previous Project Assignments:
o
Smart
Phone Tracking of Public Transport
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Agricultural
Wireless Sensor Network
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Early Detection Medical Device
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Coal Processing Plant Upgrade
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Indooroopilly City Cat Terminal
Proposal
o
Hale Street Link (HSL)
Project
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Multi-story
car park for UQ campus
o
Boggo
Road Busway
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Subway
franchise for UQ campus
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Previous
Exam Papers: 2006 | 2007 | 2008
| 2009 | 2010 | 2011
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Mid-semester
Class Tests: 2006 | 2007 | 2007 Answers | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011
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Project Management equations
(as per final exam)
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Microsoft
Office Project (60 day trial version)
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Available
from http://www.its.uq.edu.au under the Student
Select Licensing
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A
120 day licensed CD comes with the Gray and Larson text
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Available
from http://www.itee.uq.edu.au/~msdnaa/
under the Developer Academic Alliance
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Parker
and Craig: Managing Projects, Managing People
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Australian Institute of Project
Management
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Project Management Institute
Notices
TUTORIALS
·
Sign-on
for Tutorials and Practical (start week 2) is available from mid-February via SI-Net
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Select
Tutorial groups carefully as assignments are done within these groups
ONLY
ASSIGNMENT
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Guidelines, Project Proposal and Marking
Criteria: Presentation
| Final Report | Peer Assessment
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Assignments
must be submitted by the deadline via the faculty submission chute in the
Hawken building.
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Last modified: 10 June 2011