This unit, together with FIT5057 Project management, and FIT5180 Business and legal issues in project management, gives a full coverage of the main areas of Project Management. These units will give students the knowledge and skills needed to work in project planning, project control, or as an entry level project manager in industry. The emphasis in this unit is on the technical aspects of planning and executing projects. It will also cover the important areas of financial calculations, budgets, and decision making.
2 hrs lectures/wk, 2 hr laboratory/wk
You are expected to spend 12 hours per week on various activities. These include reading, communication with other students and unit lecturers, and preparation for learning tasks and formal assessments.
Rod Martin
Rod Martin
Contact hours: WEDNESDAY, FRIDAY 3:00PM-5:00PM
At the completion of this unit students will be able to:
Examination (2 hours): 50%, In-semester assessment: 50%
| Assessment Task | Value | Due Date |
|---|---|---|
| NUMERICAL QUESTIONS ASSIGNMENT | 25% | Project Networks Friday 18 March 2011, Compression/Statistics Friday 15 April 2011, Financials/NPV Friday 6 May 2011, Mathematical Optimization Friday 27 May 2011 |
| MICROSOFT PROJECT | 25% | Friday 27 May 2011 |
| Examination 1 | 50% | To be advised |
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| Week | Date* | Activities | Assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 21/02/11 | No formal assessment or activities are undertaken in week 0 | |
| 1 | 28/02/11 | INTRODUCTION TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT | |
| 2 | 07/03/11 | PROCESS DESIGN TOOLS, PROJECT COMPRESSION | |
| 3 | 14/03/11 | PROJECT COMPRESSION | NUMERIAL QUESTIONS ASSIGNMENT (NQA) Project Networks |
| 4 | 21/03/11 | INTRODUCTION TO STATISITICS, SIMULATION | |
| 5 | 28/03/11 | BUFFER/REVISION | |
| 6 | 04/04/11 | INTRODUCTION TO ACCOUNTING, and BOOKKEEPING | |
| 7 | 11/04/11 | PROJECT FINANCIAL CALCULATIONS | NQA Compression, Statistics |
| 8 | 18/04/11 | NET PRESENT VALUE | |
| Mid semester break | |||
| 9 | 02/05/11 | MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION | NQA Financials, NPV |
| 10 | 09/05/11 | MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION | |
| 11 | 16/05/11 | QUALITY STANDARDS AND ISO9000, CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION | |
| 12 | 23/05/11 | CONTRACT LAW, REVISION | Microsoft Project Assignment, NQA Mathematical Optimization |
| 30/05/11 | SWOT VAC | No formal assessment undertaken | |
*Please note that these dates may only apply to Australian campuses of Monash University. Off-shore students need to check the dates with their unit leader.
To pass a unit which includes an examination as part of the assessment a student must obtain:
If a student does not achieve 40% or more in the unit examination or the unit non-examination total assessment, and the total mark for the unit is greater than 50% then a mark of no greater than 49-N will be recorded for the unit
Assignments will be assessed 50% on correctness of answers and 50% on method and explanation.
There will be two options for this assignment. In option 1, you will be given the project for the study. In option 2 you can choose your own project. If you choose option 1, assessement will be mainly on your demonstration of the features of MS Project. For option 2, assessment will be split equally between a description of the project and a demonstration of MS Project.
Assignment coversheets are available via
"Student Forms" on the Faculty website: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/forms/
You MUST submit a completed coversheet with all assignments, ensuring
that the plagiarism declaration section is signed.
Submission must be made by the due date otherwise penalties will be enforced.
You must negotiate any extensions formally with your campus unit leader via the in-semester special consideration process: http://www.infotech.monash.edu.au/resources/student/equity/special-consideration.html.
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