PPMP20009 - Leading Lean Projects

General Information

Unit Synopsis

Leading Lean Projects will develop your hard and soft skills in project management methodologies and core principles of the lean approach in project management. You will discover the evolving nature of lean principles and explore how project management concepts can be embedded in a continuous improvement initiative. You will learn about leadership competencies that are crucial for delivering successful projects. You will be presented with case studies that highlight the methodologies and lean principles and how they can affect project outputs and outcomes. You will familiarise yourself with the use of common management control systems to illustrate how to successfully lead and deliver lean transformations for projects.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 6
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.125
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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Residential School No Residential School

Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2023

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Term 3 - 2023 Profile
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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 6-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Written Assessment 40%
2. Written Assessment 40%
3. Online Quiz(zes) 20%

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%).

Consult the University’s Grades and Results Policy for more details of interim results and final grades

Past Exams

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2022 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 74.19% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 26.50% 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: SUTE survey
Feedback
The tools and techniques of lean management were eye-opening. The unit is well designed to highlight why there have been lots of changes in the production processes of many companies in recent years.
Recommendation
Continue to refine and update unit material as needed. Several items, such as videos and journal articles, are outdated and can be replaced with new content.
Action Taken
The unit material was updated in areas including adding information about the PMBOK 7th edition, contemporary real-world examples etc.
Source: SUTE survey
Feedback
The unit content was easy to navigate. All the resources including articles, recorded lectures, and tutorials supported the learning effectively. The assessment tasks have greatly contributed to a better understanding of the lean concept in project management.
Recommendation
Continue to refine the unit Moodle page for ease of navigation. Real case and authentic cases can be designed for assessments making them more practical and aligned to the unit learning outcomes.
Action Taken
The Moodle page navigation continued to use the tile format. Assessments were updated to include authentic practical assessments related directly to the student's workplace.
Source: SUTE survey
Feedback
Several lectures and tutorial slides are too long making them non-engaging. It would be great if slides become more interactive. It would be good if more practical activities to be added to the tutorials.
Recommendation
Review the lecture and tutorial material to make them more interactive and engaging (especially for online delivery). In addition, introduce practical and engaging activities to tutorials.
Action Taken
Changes were made to both the lecture materials and the tutorials. There is more work required in this space, especially in terms of lecture materials regarding the discussion of the same concept from multiple sources e.g. PMBOK, Prince2 and Kerzner.
Source: Feedback from students and Academics.
Feedback
The shift from theoretical assessments to assessments which enabled students to practically apply the unit content in their own workplaces was appreciated not only by students but by academics including those external to the university.
Recommendation
Continue to include authentic and practical assessments that enable students to directly apply the content to their own contexts.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Feedback from students.
Feedback
Providing students with a practice quiz provided students with another mechanism to engage with the course content and was appreciated by students.
Recommendation
Continue to offer the practice quiz that reflects the summative quiz that the students will take.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Review lean transformation framework by explaining lean approaches, project lifecycle and change management
  2. Compare and contrast project management methodologies
  3. Examine leadership competencies for successful delivery of projects
  4. Determine management control systems for lean process capabilities
  5. Explain the processes and techniques to acquire, develop and manage project teams.

This unit will satisfy one of the requirements for Australia Computer Society (ACS) accreditation in the postgraduate ICT courses.
The unit might also contribute to the required number of academic study units for students wishing to undertake profession certification with the Project Management Institute's (PMI) professional qualifications, such as CAPM or PMP.
The ACS recognises the Skills Framework for the Information Age (SFIA). SFIA is in use in over 100 countries and provides a widely used and consistent definition of ICT skills. SFIA is increasingly being used when developing job descriptions and role profiles. ACS members can use the tool MySFIA to build a skills profile at https://www.acs.org.au/professionalrecognition/mysfia-b2c.html
This unit contributes to the following workplace skills codes as defined by SFIA:
  • Business Analysis (BUAN),
  • Project Management (PRMG),
  • Stakeholder Relationship Management (RLMT),
  • Systems Integration (SINT),
  • Change Management (CHMG),
  • Release and Deployment (RELM),
  • IT Operations (ITOP),
  • Problem Management (PBMG).

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
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Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
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3 - Cognitive, technical and creative skills • • • •
4 - Research • •
6 - Ethical and Professional Responsibility • •
7 - Leadership • •
Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Graduate Attributes
• Advanced Level
• Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
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3 - Online Quiz(zes) • • • • •