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Program Director Contact Details: Project Management
Name: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan
email: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au

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Teaching Staff
Name: Mr Ashkan Zarghami
email: ashkan.zarghami@adelaide.edu.au

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Know and understand the project management control tools and techniques as applied to linear projects
2	Competently develop a project brief that can convince stakeholders of the benefits of developing the project
3	Choose and use a project management control framework and be competent to initiate value assurance reviews throughout the project lifecycle
4	Competently plan the controls required for a medium-sized linear project appropriate to satisfying PMI’s Project Management Professional standards
5	Demonstrate continued learning and personal development
6	Recognise ethical, social and cultural issues and their importance for project managers

Text book:

Kerzner, H. R., (2013) Project Management: A Systems Approach to Planning, Scheduling, and Controlling, 11th Edition, Wiley
ISBN-13: 978-1118022276
ISBN-10: 1118022270

PMBOK: A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 2013, Project Management Institute, USA. 5th Ed. ISBN 978-1935589679

Gray, Clifford & Larson, Erik, 2000, Project Management, McGraw-Hill.

Library Resources
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Other resources: Project Management Institute
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This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.  Students are encouraged to read as much of the Kerzner chapters as possible prior to the intensive sessions - essentially structured as follows: 

Session	Topics	Chapters
1	Overview, concepts and definitions	1 & 2
2	Organisational 最新糖心Vlog	3
3	Management functions	5
4	Conflicts & special topics	7 & 8
5	Planning	11
6	Pricing & Estimating	14
7	Cost control	15
8	Risk management	17
9	Quality management	20
10	Contract management	19

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Specific details for each assessment item appear in the following section:

#	Assessment	Length	Weighting	Learning Outcomes
1	Classroom participation (intensive sessions)	N/A	10%	1 - 6
2	Fundamentals of Project Controls	1500 words	20%	1, 3, 4
3	Scheduling and Cost Controlling Methods	See Assessment Detail	25%	1, 3, 4, 5
4	Capstone Project Management Control Case study   - Part A - Group component   - Part B - Individual component	2000 words per student 1500 words	30% 15%	1- 6
	Total		100%

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.  

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments
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Assessment 1: Intensive sessions - classroom discussion & participation
Weighting: 10%
Task: You are expected to attend and participate in the discussions during the intensive sessions.  Your lecturer will provide you with opportunities to participate and contribute to the learnings during each of the intensive sessions.  

Scope: Discussion 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 and subsequent discussions to 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 in all assigned discussions (e.g. a short response like - yes, I agree with you - will not really add value).  Discussions and sharing of learnings from your own PM experiences/context and actions in applying the techniques will enhance the classroom discussion and learning. 

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Assessment 2: Fundamentals of Project Controls
Weighting: 20%
Task: The design of a project control system is crucial to project success. Project managers are keenly aware of the need to establish a project control baseline as well as to identify various performance indicators in the project management control process.

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Assessment 3: Scheduling and Cost Controlling Methods
Weighting: 25%
Task: Answer a set of questions based on the assignment description that has been uploaded on MyUni.
Length and Presentation: Network Diagram, Gantt Chart, and Earned Value Analysis for a small project with 9 activities.

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Assessment 4: Applications of Various Project Controlling Tools and Techniques
Weighting: 
Part A is a group assignment (2 members per group) - 30%
Part B is an individual assignment - 15% 

Task: The aim of this assignment is to apply various project controlling tools to a suitable project example. The project can be either a real-world project or completely hypothetical. You should decompose the project scope (based on reasonable assumptions for a hypothetical project or drawing on what you know about a real-world project) into a set of definable and measurable activities and tasks that are associated to the project deliverables.

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions:

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please include in the assignment a completed 最新糖心Vlog of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  An application for Assessment Extension should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine medical, compassionate or extenuating circumstances.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in 'Assessment Related Requirements' or 'Assessment Detail' above). Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.

Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted.  Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.