PPMP20018 - Project Management Practicum

General Information

Unit Synopsis

This unit provides you with the skills necessary to succeed in a rapidly changing contemporary work environment. You will identify, formulate and solve problems while being provided with industry focused learning opportunities during your final year of study. You will actively engage in characteristics of an authentic project management practice. These will include: time and resource constraints, capability gaps, cross-cultural and multi-disciplinary teams addressing complex problems and differing leadership and team member working styles. This unit provides an opportunity for you to demonstrate a deep understanding and practical application of the knowledge and skills gained in the early stages of the Master of Project Management, as well as demonstrating the attributes required of a CQUniversity Graduate. You will undertake a project related to your domain of choice and participate in tasks associated with project management within a contemporary work environment. Assessment includes the opportunity to plan and execute a project, analyse your project performance and self-reflect on your experience and lessons learnt.

Details

Level Postgraduate
Unit Level 9
Credit Points 12
Student Contribution Band SCA Band 4
Fraction of Full-Time Student Load 0.25
Pre-requisites or Co-requisites

Pre-requisites: PPMP20015 Project Management Project Proposal

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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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 12-credit Postgraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 25 hours of study per week, making a total of 300 hours for the unit.

Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task Weighting
1. Report 15%
2. Practical Assessment 35%
3. Reflective Practice Assignment 50%

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

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Previous Feedback

Term 1 - 2023 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 33.33% 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: Student feedback.
Feedback
Students appreciated the interactive nature of the unit.
Recommendation
Maintain a high level of student /facilitator interaction, even when only online mode is offered.
Action Taken
The student/facilitator interaction remained a key component of the unit delivery.
Source: UC/lecturer observation.
Feedback
Students were visibly pleased not only with their project outputs (prototype and poster) but more so with the fact that they had initiated interaction with real world stakeholders and received positive responses.
Recommendation
Continue coaching students when deciding on a term project and guide the stakeholder interaction process.
Action Taken
Part of the concept of this unit is to place students in an environment similar to that experienced in the real world. This involves them experiencing the uncertainty of project definition as well as learning to approach key stakeholders. Students are encouraged to leverage skills they have gained in prior units and apply these while challenging themselves to move beyond their comfort zones.
Source: UC/lecturer observation.
Feedback
Students learned teamworking skills, overcoming challenges such as team member absence, illness or any other disruption.
Recommendation
Maintain the team assessments and coach where necessary.
Action Taken
Project teamwork will be retained to ensure an authentic project experience.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students appreciate the authentic experiential nature of the unit.
Recommendation
Maintain the authentic and practical nature of the unit to ensure a positive student experience.
Action Taken
Nil.
Source: Student feedback
Feedback
Students felt the unit was beneficial for their future careers in that it provided them an opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills they gained across their studies, while gaining a different perspective using the agile framework and design thinking.
Recommendation
Continue to leverage students' prior knowledge asking them to apply this in an Agile framework while providing new perspectives of design thinking.
Action Taken
Nil.
Unit learning Outcomes

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

  1. Apply project management knowledge and skills
  2. Plan and execute a project based on a project proposal
  3. Critically analyse and reflect on strengths and weaknesses in knowledge and skills related to project management
  4. Apply enabling processes used in certain project contexts.

Alignment of Assessment Tasks to Learning Outcomes
Assessment Tasks Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Report
2 - Practical Assessment
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment
Alignment of Graduate Attributes to Learning Outcomes
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Graduate Attributes Learning Outcomes
1 2 3 4
1 - Knowledge
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
Advanced Level
Professional Level
Assessment Tasks Graduate Attributes
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
1 - Report
2 - Practical Assessment
3 - Reflective Practice Assignment