SCHOOL OF CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING

Session 2 2013

CVEN9731 PROJECT MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK (SECTION A)

COURSE DETAILS

6 4 hours per week Monday, 9:00 12:00 (Weeks 1-8, 10-13), Location: Mathews 310 (K-F23310) Course Coordinator Ali Akbarnezhad and Lecturer email: a.akbarnezhad@unsw.edu.au office: Room 209, Civil Engineering Building phone: 9385 9504
INFORMATION ABOUT THE COURSE

Units of Credit Contact hours Class

The aims of this course are to understand project management, to contribute to project management thinking, and to gain an insight into project management skills. It provides an overview and introduction to the field.
HANDBOOK DESCRIPTION See link to virtual handbook http://www.handbook.unsw.edu.au/undergraduate/courses/2013/CVEN4104.html

ASSESSMENT

A B C D

Midterm exam Contributing to wiki topics Editing of nominated wiki topics Final Exam

20 % 15% 15% 50%

Week 7 Throughout Session Throughout Session

Satisfactoryperformanceinallassessmentcomponentsisnecessaryinordertopassthecourse.

Note: The lecturer reserves the right to adjust the final scores by scaling if agreed by the Head of School.

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COURSE PROGRAM SESSION 2 Week 2013 Date Topic Assessments Due

A. Overview
1 29/07

Introduction Projects and Project Life Cycles What is Project Management? B. Project Initiation

2 3 4 5

05/08
12/08 19/08 26/08

Project Identification Project Appraisal Part 1 Project Appraisal Part 2 Project Selection (Decision making) C. Project Planning

6 7 8 9

02/09 09/09 16/09 23//9

Project activity and risk planning Budgeting: Estimating costs and risks Scheduling No Classes (Field trips for other courses) Semester Recess (Sat 28/9 Mon 7/10)

10 11

7/10 14/10

Public Holiday (No Class) Resource Allocation D. Project Execution

12

21/10

Monitoring and Information Systems Project Control E. Project Termination

13

28/10

Project Auditing Project Termination

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RELEVANT RESOURCES

Prescribed Textbook J. R. Meredith and S. J. Mantel, "Project Management", Wiley (eight edition).

Other references: H. Kerzner, "Project Management", Van Nostrand Reinhold, any edition. D. Lock, "Project Management", Gower, any edition.

You will find innumerable textbooks on project management. They all say very similar things. Suggested collateral reading might include the journals: Journal of Project and Construction Management Engineering Management Journal Journal of Construction Engineering and Management Project Management Journal Australian Project Manager Journal of Management in Engineering PM Network Project

and any management and project management monographs and journals available at most bookstores and libraries. On the internet, for example (but there are many others): The Project Management Institute (PMI) Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) is available on the internet: http://www.pmi.org ISO10006, Quality Management - Guidelines to Quality in Project Management, which is based on PMBOK. CCTA, PRINCE2, Project Management for Business, The Stationery Office, 1996.

COURSE WEBSITE

Moodle This subject has a Moodle site. The address is http://moodle.telt.unsw.edu.au

DATES TO NOTE

Refer to MyUNSW for Important Dates available at:

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https://my.unsw.edu.au/student/resources/KeyDates.html

PLAGIARISM

Beware! An assignment that includes plagiarised material will receive a 0% Fail, and students who plagiarise may fail the course. Students who plagiarise are also liable to disciplinary action, including exclusion from enrolment. Plagiarism is the use of another persons work or ideas as if they were your own. When it is necessary or desirable to use other peoples material you should adequately acknowledge whose words or ideas they are and where you found them (giving the complete reference details, including page number(s)). The Learning Centre provides further information on what constitutes Plagiarism at: http://www.lc.unsw.edu.au/onlib/plag.html

COMMON SCHOOL INFORMATION

For information about: Notes on assessments and plagiarism, School policy on Supplementary exams, Special Considerations, Solutions to Problems, Year Managers and Grievance Officer of Teaching and Learning Committee, and CEVSOC.

Refer to Common School Information on the School website available at: http://www.civeng.unsw.edu.au/currentstudents/general/profiles/common_ug.html

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