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Unit convenor and teaching staff |
Unit convenor and teaching staff
Matthew Mansour
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Stephen Smith
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Jason Lee
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Credit points |
Credit points
10
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Prerequisites |
Prerequisites
ITEC602 or COMP6770
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Corequisites |
Corequisites
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Co-badged status |
Co-badged status
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Unit description |
Unit description
This unit builds upon the foundations laid by introductory units to provide students with a more thorough understanding of the strategic, infrastructural and socio-technical aspects of project management. At one level, this unit is intended as a training ground for participants who wish to extend their existing ICT project planning and management skills in the more technical aspects of disciplines such as strategic planning, capital budgeting, risk analysis and post-implementation review. At another, we examine the political and organisational context into which this discipline fits, with a view to equipping candidates with the background required to make the transition into a project-sponsorship role.
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On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
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Late Submission(s): “Late assessment must also be submitted through Turnitin. No extensions will be granted. There will be a deduction of 10% of the total available marks made from the total awarded mark for each 24 hour period or part thereof that the submission is late (for example, 25 hours late in submission incurs a 20% penalty). Late submissions will not be accepted after solutions have been discussed and/or made available. This penalty does not apply for cases in which an application for Special Consideration is made and approved. Note: applications for Special Consideration Policy must be made within 5 (five) business days of the due date and time.”
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Classes
Each week you should attend a two-hour seminar/lecture. In addition to this we have non-compulsory practical lab booked for you to use for research for individual and group assessments. (NB. In some weeks we will run discussions on case studies where required). For details of days, times and rooms consult the timetables webpage.
Technology to be used and required
We will be using the Computing Lab to give you access to Project Management Software (Project Libre). You will also be able to download your own copy for your PC, Laptop or Mac. It wont run on an ipad. Details of the software will be available in lectures.
Students will need to be able to access ilearn and to download materials from it for class. Students are required to ensure that they either bring hard-copies of all specified materials to class or ensure that they can access and use electronic copies of documents and readings in class. For this an ipad, tablet or laptop (mac or PC) is highly recommended.
The textbook is available as an ebook and also a hard copy text. (Details are below):
Resources to assist your learning
Textbook
The textbook(s) for COMP8790 used this semester is:
Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition (5e) Hard Copy
Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage, Global Edition (5e) Ebook Copy
Unit material
Material for the unit can be found on ilearn.
News Forum
Your lecturers will post regular reminders in regard to assessments and/or anything that is happening in the week. It is your responsibility to keep up to date with everything with the unit.
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Week |
Topic and lecture description |
Readings |
In class Exercises |
Assessment Due |
Teaching |
1 |
Introduction: Why Strategic Project Management? |
Chapter 1 |
“Throwing Good Money after Bad”: The BBC’s Digital Media Initiative |
MM |
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2 |
The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture |
Chapter 2 |
Tesla’s $5 Billion Gamble |
MM |
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Project Selection and Portfolio Management |
Chapter 3 |
Project Selection Procedures: A Cross-Industry Sampler |
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MM |
4 |
Leadership and the Project Manager |
Chapter 4 |
Leading by Example for the London Olympics – Sir John Armitt |
MM |
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5 |
Project Team Building, Conflict, and Negotiation |
Chapter 6 |
Engineers Without Borders: Project Teams Impacting Lives |
In class Quiz 1 |
JL |
6 |
Risk Management |
Chapter 7 |
Collapse of Shanghai Apartment Building |
SS |
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7 |
Big Data and Project Management |
Links provided in ilearn |
Brain Storming session - Help for Assignment 2 |
Assignment 1 |
JL |
Semester Break |
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8 |
Managing Projects that are not understood (The semantic Web and Data) |
Links provided in ilearn |
Tableau walkthrough |
JL |
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9 |
Big Data and Project Management |
Links provided in ilearn |
Tableau walkthrough |
In class Quiz 2 |
JL |
10 |
Resource Management |
Chapter 12 |
Hong Kong Connects to the World’s Longest Natural Gas Pipeline |
SS |
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11 |
Project Evaluation and Control |
Chapter 13 |
Boeing’s 787 Dreamliner: Failure to Launch (with update) |
Assignment 2 |
SS |
12 |
Project Closeout and Termination |
Chapter 14 |
Aftermath of a “Feeding Frenzy” - Dubai and Cancelled Construction Projects |
In class Quiz 3 |
SS |
13 |
Final Exam Revision |
SS |
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