PMN609 Leading Emerging Trends in Project Management
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| Unit code: | PMN609 |
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| Prerequisite(s): | Admission to (PM20 or PV20 or PV21) |
| Equivalent(s): | PMQ609 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,124 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $1,663 The pre-2021 commonwealth supported place (CSP) contribution amount only applies to students enrolled in a course prior to 2021. To learn more, visit our Understanding your fees page. |
| Domestic tuition unit fee | $3,612 |
| International unit fee | $5,196 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2025, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | PMN609 |
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| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | Admission to (PM20 or PV20 or PV21) |
| Equivalent: | PMQ609 |
| Coordinator: | Sara Rashidian | s.rashidian@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Understanding emerging trends and innovations in project management is of paramount importance in today's dynamic and competitive project and business environments. These trends offer valuable insights into evolving technologies, methodologies, and market demands that can significantly impact project outcomes. By staying informed and embracing innovation, project managers can enhance their ability to adapt to changing circumstances, optimise processes for efficiency, and effectively address complex challenges. Moreover, a proactive and evidence-based research approach to adopting emerging trends enables organisations to maintain a competitive edge and deliver projects that align with the evolving needs of clients and stakeholders. Ultimately, this understanding empowers project management professionals to lead with foresight, navigate uncertainties, and undertake innovation research to evaluate outcomes that drive both individual and organisational success.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Critically reflect on collegial discussions on emerging trends in project management to inform future practice.
- Identify and evaluate emerging trends in project management to improve project and organisational performance.
- Synthesise extant literature from worldwide sources to inform selection and adoption of project management innovations.
- Create plans for leading innovation adoption in project management.
Content
In the dynamic landscape of project management, staying abreast of emerging trends and embracing innovation is pivotal for organisations and professionals aiming to achieve success. The importance of understanding these developments extends far beyond mere adaptation; it is a cornerstone for fostering efficiency, competitiveness, and sustainability in project execution. In this unit you will explore emerging trends and innovations relevant to project management including: adapting to changing environments; enhancing efficiency and productivity; managing complexities; harnessing technological advancements; driving competitive advantage; promoting sustainable practices; fostering continuous improvement; and enabling effective change management.
This will include:
- identifying emerging innovation in the field of project management
- leading innovation adoption and managing ongoing implementation
- conducting action-research cycles
- exploring the value of innovation knowledge sharing
- evaluating innovations and their implementation
Learning Approaches
In this unit, you will learn by engaging in the following:
- Lectures
- Innovation hub discussions
- Workshops
You will:
- apply research skills to real-world challenges and opportunities
- contribute to evidence-informed discussion on emerging trends and innovation through open innovation hubs
- undertake action-research cycles
- communicating ideas and showcasing developed concepts
- delivering industry-quality reports
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
You will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: verbal feedback from the lecture team and fellow students
- Formal: written commentary on assignment submissions against established grading rubrics
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
There are three assessment items in this unit:
- Reflection on the Innovation Hub - you will research emerging trends in project management and exchange these insights with your novation Hub peers in discussions. You will document your reflections on your experience of the Hub and knowledge gained from conversing with your peers about emerging trends.
- Innovation Research Report - utilising action-research, you will conduct a deep dive into a nominated emerging trend or innovation identified during the Innovation Hub. You will prepare an evidence-based report on the topic in a format suitable for senior organisation managers.
- Innovation Plan - you will develop an evidence-based implementation and evaluation plan to lead the adoption of the nominated innovation and pitch your plan to the lecturing team and student peers.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Reflection on the Innovation Hub
You will record a video reflection on your participation in the Innovation Hub. Prior to participation in the Hub, you will research emerging trends in project management. During the Hub, these will be shared with your peers and discussed. Following the Hub, you will record a reflection on your experience participating in the Hub, and on what you learnt about emerging trends from your discussion with your peers.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Innovation Research Report
You will research an innovation that responds to an emerging trend identified during the Hub. Your research will synthesise a range of extant literature, including scholarly and professional literature. You will present your research as a report for senior management to convince them of the value of adopting the innovation.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Innovation Plan
In follow up to Assessment 2, Senior Management has decided to adopt your proposed innovation. You have been asked to develop an evidence-based implementation and evaluation plan to lead the adoption. You will present your plan to Senior Management for approval.
Academic Integrity
Academic integrity is a commitment to undertaking academic work and assessment in a manner that is ethical, fair, honest, respectful and accountable.
The Academic Integrity Policy sets out the range of conduct that can be a failure to maintain the standards of academic integrity. This includes, cheating in exams, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion and contract cheating. It also includes providing fraudulent or altered documentation in support of an academic concession application, for example an assignment extension or a deferred exam.
You are encouraged to make use of QUT’s learning support services, resources and tools to assure the academic integrity of your assessment. This includes the use of text matching software that may be available to assist with self-assessing your academic integrity as part of the assessment submission process.
Breaching QUT’s Academic Integrity Policy or engaging in conduct that may defeat or compromise the purpose of assessment can lead to a finding of student misconduct (Code of Conduct – Student) and result in the imposition of penalties under the Management of Student Misconduct Policy, ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Resources
There are no prescribed resources required for this unit. Additional resources will be made available through the unit's Canvas site and QUT Readings as relevant to each unit module.
Risk Assessment Statement
There are no extraordinary risks associated with the learning activities in this unit.
Course Learning Outcomes
This unit is designed to support your development of the following course/study area learning outcomes.PM20 Master of Project Management
- Research and critically analyse data and extant literature to inform evidence-based project management practice
Relates to: ULO2, ULO3, Reflection on the Innovation Hub, Innovation Research Report, Innovation Plan - Communicate, negotiate and manage diverse stakeholders to ensure successful project outcomes
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on the Innovation Hub - Synthesise and apply leadership and team development theory across dynamic and complex project environments
Relates to: ULO1, Reflection on the Innovation Hub - Apply ethical, professional and risk-based judgements to inform decision making in project environments.
Relates to: ULO2, ULO4, Reflection on the Innovation Hub, Innovation Research Report, Innovation Plan - Create project plans to effectively deliver strategic business and organisational objectives.
Relates to: ULO4, Innovation Plan