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Summer School, Trimester 1, Semester 1
Name: Kiran Hiriyanna

BE, Mechanical, (最新糖心Vlog of Technology, Sydney) 
CEng (Institute of Mechanical Engineers, London, UK)
Grad Dip in Project Management (Defence and SYstems Institute, Univerity of South 最新糖心Vlog)
MBA (最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide)

Short Bio:
Kiran has a wealth of experience from working in 最新糖心Vlog and the United Kingdom over the last fifteen years in the defence and infrastructure sectors. He has worked for large corporates such as Sydney Water, General Electric, Tenix, Airbus and Babcock. In his past roles, he has not only been a Project Manager, he has also been a risk management practitioner.   He is a Chartered Engineer and holds a formal project management qualification.  As such, his knowledge and application of risk management and systemic risk will underpin the delivery of your course. 

He currently runs his own consultancy, the Tuareg Group, providing project management and operational advice to aged care facilities.  He also supplies and manages staff to aged care facilities under his company Aged Care Staff Services.  Largely, this change in focus was brought on by a desire to be involved in an altruistic sector.  Kiran has been able to combine the knowledge gained from his engineering degree and MBA (from the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide) with his corporate experience to guide organisations to reach their strategic goals.

He is looking forward to meeting and teaching you this semester.

Email: Kiran.hiriyanna@adelaide.edu.au

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Winter School:
Name: John Sing

Short Bio:

As an Adjunct Associate Professor and Business Consultant, John develops and delivers academic and professional development programs for both the public and private sector. Prior to establishing a small consultancy firm, John had worked for as an executive within the Queensland Public Sector where he was responsible for leading and implementing the Government’s financial and economic reform agenda.  This included overseeing the organizations transition from cash based to accrual accounting, financial and management
reporting to the CEO and governing board of directors, and project and risk management at the strategic and operational levels.  John has conducted numerous management, leadership, risk, financial and project management courses for industry.  He was recruited after having been a full-time academic where he has researched and taught at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the domains of
financial accounting, auditing, project and risk management.   He is currently involved in the development and delivery of specialized project and risk management programs for finance and engineering professionals working in capital intensive project based organizations.  Following the attainment of his Bachelor degree in accounting, John obtained a Doctoral degree in risk from Southern Cross 最新糖心Vlog.  He also holds a Master of Accounting degree, Post graduate degree in Education and a Bachelor of Business degree in Accounting.

Email: john.sing@adelaide.edu.au

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Trimester 3:

Emeritus Professor Vernon Ireland

Email: vernon.ireland@adelaide.edu.au  

Work Phone: 0411 153 861

Personal Link:   

After completing his engineering degree Professor Vernon Ireland practised as a structural engineer for seven years while completing an arts degree in English literature, psychology, philosophy and sociology and also completed a Master of Engineering Science degree and a Ph.D. in Project Management later.

He rose to the position of Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the 最新糖心Vlog of Technology, Sydney and occupied this position from 1987-1991. While at UTS he used some tools from his PhD research to compare the performance of 最新糖心Vlog’s construction industry with that of the USA, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, Sweden and New Zealand, surveying over 20 projects in each country. This work was eventually fed into the results of a Royal Commission on Productivity in the Building Industry of New South Wales. In this period he was also Chairman of the Building Services Corporation, the licensing authority for domestic building, and Electrical and plumbing work in New South Wales.

He then spent the next 12 years in the commercial sector as Corporate Development Director of Fletcher Challenge Construction, working mainly in the USA. He then became chief executive of the 最新糖心Vlogn Graduate School of Engineering Innovation. Finally he was appointed Professor and Director of Project Management at the 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide with the task of establishing the Master of Project Management, which has directed since 2003. He introduce complex systems into ECIC which has both contributed to the Master of Applied Project Management and created a bridge with the innovation and entrepreneurship in both teaching and research. He publishes in recognised journals.

He has received three medals: the Silver Magnolia medal from the Shanghai government for contributions to Chinese overseas relationships; the rotary gold medal for contribution to vocational education and the engineer’s 最新糖心Vlog medal for contribution to engineering.
He was President of the Sydney Division of Engineers 最新糖心Vlog in 2004 and initiated the Centre of Engineering Leadership and Management. He supervises a number of Ph.D. students who are researching the role of complex systems in various diverse areas including disaster preparation and management, dispute resolution between warring nations, a complex adaptive systems and security management of events.

Assessment 1: Intensive sessions - individual and group activities
Weighting: 10%
Due Date: Intensive sessions.

Task:
You are expected to attend and participate in the PM activities during the intensive sessions. Your lecturer will provide you with case studies and activities to develop and make presentations during each of the intensive sessions.

Scope:
Topics will be taken primarily from the assigned readings and course material. You are encouraged to actively participate during the classroom sessions and to contribute positively to the learning environment.

Length and Presentation:
You will be graded on your attendance and quality of your participation in class, subsequent discussions and presentations that you make on the key topic areas being covered. It is expected that students will practice their PM skills by being punctual to the sessions as well as substantially participate and complete all assigned class room activities. Discussions and sharing of learnings from your own PM experiences/context and actions in applying the techniques will enhance the classroom discussion and learning.
Criteria by which you will be marked:
- Participation based on your own comments/experiences on the topic covered
- Participation and discussions demonstrate application of the concepts, critical thinking and insight
- Participation indicates you understand the issues and the underlying concepts
- Student response to classroom activities met minimum substantive expectations
- Demonstrated appropriate communication style and language choices


Assessment 2: Individual assignment - Project risks
Weighting: 25%
Due Date: 30th June, 2017
Submission Details: Submit through the Turnitin link on MyUni

Tasks:
Despite the application of risk management (process, tools and techniques) evidence indicates that there still exists a high proportion of project problems experienced during the implementation/execution phase (resulting in schedule delays, cost overruns and/or quality concerns). Clearly simply using the risk management process does not necessarily guarantee project success for the project manager. There needs to be a clear understanding as to the risk management process and understanding of the risks that may impact on the achievement of the project objectives. As a result of the above context and expectations, the following tasks are required to be undertaken:

1. Research, analyse and identify why projects fail. Consider what is deemed to be a project failure. How is success/failure measured? Does your organisation provide metrics for project failure? Provide a definitive list of factors (i.e. hot spots) that you believe are the reasons as to why ‘value’ is eroded and projects fail.
Comment: If as a Project Manager you have a better understanding and can anticipate where and why projects are failing, this should assist in determining which areas require greater focus (and why).

2. Based on the results from your analysis, provide a suggested approach for how the risk management process and its application can be improved in order to achieve project success.
Hint: If for example, you identify a ‘hot spot’ from 1, to be – ‘poor risk management’ and that this could be a possibility with your project (hence a threat to your project success), then you will need to consider how in you intend to control for this particular threat. What will you need to put in place in order to identify and manage project risks?

Length and Presentation:
A concise management report that is reflective of the 2 key tasks as provided above. Section 1 of your report should contain your research, analysis and findings from task 1. This should then be used as the basis to shape up section 2 of your report.
Suggested length
3000 – 4000 words
Please note: I am providing the suggested length as an indicative guide only. You have complete flexibility in determining your final report deliverable.

Criteria by which your assessment will be marked:
• Demonstrated ability to transfer or apply concepts covered in the course to each of the project components.
• Demonstrated awareness of and insight with regard to project management techniques.
• Demonstrated quality and depth of analysis, problem-solving, and synthesis.
• Demonstrated quality of writing.




Assessment 3, Section 1: Risk Management Plan and Risk Register report (Group Assignment)
Weighting: 25%
Due Date: 14th July, 2017
Submission Details: Submit through the Turnitin link on MyUni

Task:
Form a group of 2 people and complete a risk analysis and management plan for a project to be selected by you. Ideally it should be for a new or proposed project rather than for a project that has already been executed to completion stage. Once you have selected the project, you are required to apply the risk management process (IS 31000). This includes undertaking a risk assessment, developing and populating a risk register and preparing a risk report for management’s consideration. Whilst you have the flexibility in which to apply the risk management process, the following are some suggested elements that you may want to consider.
Suggested risk management elements to consider:
- Introduction to the project.
- Introduction to Risk Management method
- Application of Risk Management Process to the project
a. Establish the context, and specifying S.M.A.R.T objectives
b. Risk identification
c. Risk analysis
d. Risk evaluation
e. Risk response. Why did you choose the response? How will the responses enable you to control your project?
f. Development and population of your project’s risk register
g. Monitoring and review – how will ensure that your risk work remains current?
- Conclusion / Summary of findings.

Length and Presentation:
For the report (PDF) of at least 3,000 words. In addition, supply your risk register (Excel file).
Tips for completing the section 1 risk report include:
Write the report in a clear, professional and concise format
Assume your report is for the senior management team and board of directors
Use the correct language
It is recommended that you incorporate some of the tools and techniques used in the lectures and classroom discussions.

Assessment 3, Section 2: Classroom presentation of your risk management plan and risk Register
Weighting: 10%
Due Date: Second intensive sessions
Submission Details: To be confirmed in class

Task:
Based on your risk management work for your project, your group will be required to develop and make a formal presentation of your work to the meeting (during the intensive classroom sessions). Present your risk management plan and risk register. In discussing your risk work explain why you have decided on the chosen response options.

Length and Presentation:
Each group will be given time in class in which to prepare for a 30 minute presentation (20 minutes to present and 10 minutes for questions and further discussion). A hard copy of your presentation materials should be provided to the facilitator/lecturer prior to the presentation commencing (e.g. copy of the ppt slides & risk register). You may also embed any media you wish if it helps to communicate your presentation.
Tips for your group’s risk management work presentation include:
 - Make sure you present it as a group
 - Assume that you are presenting to the senior management team and board of directors (your fellow classmates) whom are wanting to know about the risk work that you have undertaken for your chosen project. They will want to know about your project, what risks and opportunities that you have identified and how you propose to manage these.
 - Assume your lecturer is the chairman of the meeting.

Assessment 4: Risk Management Future Trends (Individual Assignment)
Weighting: 30%
Due Date: 21st July, 2017
Submission Details: Submit through the Turnitin link on MyUni

Task:
Undertake some research into the trends in the theory and application of Risk Management at the systems level. Consider relating this to a ‘system’ where risk management may have been undertaken poorly. Review the consequences that have occurred at the system level and comment on the cascading effects. Did the organisation or enterprise have the risk appetite for the consequences? Use the learnings from the second intensive where applicable to examine the way risk has been managed. Critique the techniques used in the corporate world against those discussed in scholarly papers. Where could things have been improved.

In this assignment, you are to demonstrate your awareness of systems thinking within the area of risk management.

This exercise requires wider research and reading such as The 最新糖心Vlogn newspaper (business section) or the Risk Management Magazine, or Harvard Business Review magazine.

It is not a straight forward assignment, it requires wider reading and research, comparable to a masters degree.
Length and Presentation:
Submit a Report (PDF) maximum 3000 words.

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
Brief introduction to the project or system
Compare and contrast the views of scholars, extrapolating on the learnings from the second intensive
Discuss the cascading effects within the enterprise or system
How could you, the Project Manager with your Leadership Team have avoided the consequences?
Discuss how you would best manage project risk while managing risks pertaining to reputational damage and corporate social responsibility