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PPMP20001 - Project Management Principles

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit is designed for project managers and uses core project management (PM) principles to explain the project life cycle and knowledge areas in the context of project integration, scope, time, cost, quality, human resources, communication, risk and procurement. Emphasis is placed on the evolving nature of PM knowledge and therefore to highlight the social principles of project management. Case studies expand these principles through key project outputs, such as project, scope statements, and project management plans. PM industry practice standards are used to illustrate how project success criteria is aligned to the principles of time, resource and cost measurement and the PM functions of estimating, risk management, configuration, and scheduling. The unit uses industry extension standards to expand upon the foundations and demonstrate how standard principles are applied in different industry sectors. It also applies practice standards for work breakdown structures and earned value management to develop and implement work, therefore clearly and objectively seeing how a project is performing against plans. A number of different PM framework and methodologies are explored to demonstrate examples of PM principles from the perspectives of professional associations and other industry sectors and to emphasise that projects operate according to different business and scope models.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level Not Applicable
Credit Points 8
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.16666666666667
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites There are no pre-requisites for the unit.

Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework).

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Unit Availabilities from Term 3 - 2025

There are no availabilities for this unit on or after Term 3 - 2025

Attendance Requirements

All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).

Assessment Overview

Recommended Student Time Commitment

Each 8-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 16.666666666667 hours of study per week, making a total of 200 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 15%
2. Group Work 15%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 10%
4. Online Quiz(zes) 10%
5. Presentation 20%
6. Examination 30%

This is a graded unit: your overall grade will be calculated from the marks or grades for each assessment task, based on the relative weightings shown in the table above. You must obtain an overall mark for the unit of at least 50%, or an overall grade of ‘pass’ in order to pass the unit. If any ‘pass/fail’ tasks are shown in the table above they must also be completed successfully (‘pass’ grade). You must also meet any minimum mark requirements specified for a particular assessment task, as detailed in the ‘assessment task’ section (note that in some instances, the minimum mark for a task may be greater than 50%).

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2016 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 25% response rate.

Feedback, Recommendations and Responses

Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.

Source: This course is in the process of teach-out as part of the transition from 8 credit points to 6 credit points. The students enrolled in Term 1 2016 were completing the MBA and will not continue in 2017.
Feedback
This course is in the process of teach-out as part of the transition from 8 credit points to 6 credit points. The students enrolled in Term 1 2016 were completing the MBA and will not continue in 2017.
Recommendation
This course is in the process of teach-out as part of the transition from 8 credit points to 6 credit points. The students enrolled in Term 1 2016 were completing the MBA and will not continue in 2017.
Action Taken
In Progress
Unit learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:

  1. Describe the importance of project management to the success of an organisation.
  2. Explain strategies for continuous professional development within the evolving project management discipline.
  3. Critically analyse project management practice and related standards in all project management knowledge areas for different industry domains.
  4. Compare and contrast project management activities and outputs within each stage of the project life cycle
  5. Predict the nature of scoping and estimating challenges and their impact on project outcomes within different industry domains.
  6. Construct performance, information and change strategies that overcome project risks and uncertainties.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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2 - Group Work •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) •
4 - Online Quiz(zes) •
5 - Presentation •
6 - Examination • • • •
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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2 - Communication • • • •
3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • • • •
4 - Research • • •
5 - Self-management •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • • •
7 - Leadership • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Professional Level
• Advanced Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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1 - Written Assessment • • •
2 - Group Work • • • • • • •
3 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
4 - Online Quiz(zes) • •
5 - Presentation • • • • • •
6 - Examination • • •