MGB237 Managing Projects for Performance
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| Unit code: | MGB237 |
|---|---|
| Prerequisite(s): | 48 credit points of completed studies |
| Antirequisite(s): | MGB335 KXB202 |
| Equivalent(s): | MGX335 |
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Timetable | Details in HiQ, if available |
| Availabilities |
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| CSP student contribution | $2,040 |
| Pre-2021 CSP student contribution | $1,597 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 | $3,024 |
| International unit fee | $4,176 |
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | MGB237 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 48 credit points of completed studies. |
| Equivalent: | MGX335 |
| Anti-requisite: | MGB335 and KXB202 |
| Coordinator: | Anna Wiewiora | a.wiewiora@qut.edu.au |
Overview
Increasing technical and product complexity, shortening 'time to market' windows, and the need for cross-functional integration and fast responses to changing client needs elevate the importance of organising work by projects. This developmental level unit applies knowledge and skills in effectively managing projects, gained by focusing on the central issues of project selection, planning and evaluation. It integrates the socio-cultural elements of management including leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management and managing uncertainty with the technical elements of scope, work breakdown structure, scheduling and resource allocations. In this unit you will develop practical and career relevant skills to successfully manage various types of projects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project management knowledge to select and scope a suitable project that addresses a business performance issue.
- Use project management tools to develop a project schedule.
- Use project management tools and processes to design and plan a project that increases performance while considering socially responsible and/or sustainable project management practices.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- Project Planning: defining and scoping projects
- Project governance
- Leadership and project teams
- Estimating project timeline
- Estimating and managing project costs
- Stakeholder management in projects
- Managing human resources in projects
- Managing project communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Uncertainty management
- Project procurement
- Project audit and termination
Learning Approaches
This unit uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage projects. This unit uses a blended learning approach to engage with the project management content via online resources (articles and videos), and synchronous lectures and tutorials. Half of the tutorial content is focused on providing training on the use of a project management software.
Students should refer to the unit Canvas site for the latest information.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a project scoping document for a project offered through a case study available in class and on Canvas.
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan & Schedule
Prepare a Project Plan and a Project Schedule for a chosen project.
Project Plan contains similar scoping information to those in Charter, but it should go further and develop more detailed sub-plans required to effectively carry out the project work. The Plan should also include aspects of sustainability and/or social responsibility evident in the project planning documents.
Project Schedule should be prepared using a project management software and contain the basics of Work Breakdown Structure, Milestones, Gantt Chart, Calendar, Critical Path, Budget, Resource Allocations and Procurement. Tutorials will provide detailed instructions on how to use the project management software.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
Resources for this unit include a prescribed textbook that you should acquire prior to the commencement of the semester, and an assortment of additional references that will be provided on the unit Canvas site.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Larson E.W., Gray, C.F., 2021 Project Management: The Managerial Process. (e 8) North Ryde, NSW AUS.
Pearson, Neil, et al. Project Management in Practice CIV and Diploma. (2ed). McGraw-Hill Education Australia, 2019.
Risk Assessment Statement
Active engagement in the class activities designed to progressively develop a project and a project plan are important components in this unit. Lack of engagement in the weekly activities may potentially result in sub optimal assessment outcomes.
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.
Unit Outline: Semester 1 2024, Online
| Unit code: | MGB237 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 48 credit points of completed studies. |
| Equivalent: | MGX335 |
| Anti-requisite: | MGB335 and KXB202 |
Overview
Increasing technical and product complexity, shortening 'time to market' windows, and the need for cross-functional integration and fast responses to changing client needs elevate the importance of organising work by projects. This developmental level unit applies knowledge and skills in effectively managing projects, gained by focusing on the central issues of project selection, planning and evaluation. It integrates the socio-cultural elements of management including leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management and managing uncertainty with the technical elements of scope, work breakdown structure, scheduling and resource allocations. In this unit you will develop practical and career relevant skills to successfully manage various types of projects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project management knowledge to select and scope a suitable project that addresses a business performance issue.
- Use project management tools to develop a project schedule.
- Use project management tools and processes to design and plan a project that increases performance while considering socially responsible and/or sustainable project management practices.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- Project Planning: defining and scoping projects
- Project governance
- Leadership and project teams
- Estimating project timeline
- Estimating and managing project costs
- Stakeholder management in projects
- Managing human resources in projects
- Managing project communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Uncertainty management
- Project procurement
- Project audit and termination
Learning Approaches
This unit uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage projects. This unit uses a blended learning approach to engage with the project management content via online resources (articles and videos), and synchronous lectures and tutorials. Half of the tutorial content is focused on providing training on the use of a project management software.
Students should refer to the unit Canvas site for the latest information.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a project scoping document for a project offered through a case study available in class and on Canvas.
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan & Schedule
Prepare a Project Plan and a Project Schedule for a chosen project.
Project Plan contains similar scoping information to those in Charter, but it should go further and develop more detailed sub-plans required to effectively carry out the project work. The Plan should also include aspects of sustainability and/or social responsibility evident in the project planning documents.
Project Schedule should be prepared using a project management software and contain the basics of Work Breakdown Structure, Milestones, Gantt Chart, Calendar, Critical Path, Budget, Resource Allocations and Procurement. Tutorials will provide detailed instructions on how to use the project management software.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
Resources for this unit include a prescribed textbook that you should acquire prior to the commencement of the semester, and an assortment of additional references that will be provided on the unit Canvas site.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Larson E.W., Gray, C.F., 2021 Project Management: The Managerial Process. (e 8) North Ryde, NSW AUS.
Pearson, Neil, et al. Project Management in Practice CIV and Diploma. (2ed). McGraw-Hill Education Australia, 2019.
Risk Assessment Statement
Active engagement in the class activities designed to progressively develop a project and a project plan are important components in this unit. Lack of engagement in the weekly activities may potentially result in sub optimal assessment outcomes.
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Gardens Point, Internal
| Unit code: | MGB237 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 48 credit points of completed studies. |
| Equivalent: | MGX335 |
| Anti-requisite: | MGB335 and KXB202 |
Overview
Increasing technical and product complexity, shortening 'time to market' windows, and the need for cross-functional integration and fast responses to changing client needs elevate the importance of organising work by projects. This developmental level unit applies knowledge and skills in effectively managing projects, gained by focusing on the central issues of project selection, planning and evaluation. It integrates the socio-cultural elements of management including leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management and managing uncertainty with the technical elements of scope, work breakdown structure, scheduling and resource allocations. In this unit you will develop practical and career relevant skills to successfully manage various types of projects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project management knowledge to select and scope a suitable project that addresses a business performance issue.
- Use project management tools to develop a project schedule.
- Use project management tools and processes to design and plan a project that increases performance while considering socially responsible and/or sustainable project management practices.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- Project Planning: defining and scoping projects
- Project governance
- Leadership and project teams
- Estimating project timeline
- Estimating and managing project costs
- Stakeholder management in projects
- Managing human resources in projects
- Managing project communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Uncertainty management
- Project procurement
- Project audit and termination
Learning Approaches
This unit uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage projects. This unit uses a blended learning approach to engage with the project management content via online resources (articles and videos), and synchronous lectures and tutorials. Half of the tutorial content is focused on providing training on the use of a project management software.
Students should refer to the unit Canvas site for the latest information.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a project scoping document for a project offered through a case study available in class and on Canvas.
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan & Schedule
Prepare a Project Plan and a Project Schedule for a chosen project.
Project Plan contains similar scoping information to those in Charter, but it should go further and develop more detailed sub-plans required to effectively carry out the project work. The Plan should also include aspects of sustainability and/or social responsibility evident in the project planning documents.
Project Schedule should be prepared using a project management software and contain the basics of Work Breakdown Structure, Milestones, Gantt Chart, Calendar, Critical Path, Budget, Resource Allocations and Procurement. Tutorials will provide detailed instructions on how to use the project management software.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
Resources for this unit include a prescribed textbook that you should acquire prior to the commencement of the semester, and an assortment of additional references that will be provided on the unit Canvas site.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Larson E.W., Gray, C.F., 2021 Project Management: The Managerial Process. (e 8) North Ryde, NSW AUS.
Pearson, Neil, et al. Project Management in Practice CIV and Diploma. (2ed). McGraw-Hill Education Australia, 2019.
Risk Assessment Statement
Active engagement in the class activities designed to progressively develop a project and a project plan are important components in this unit. Lack of engagement in the weekly activities may potentially result in sub optimal assessment outcomes.
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.
Unit Outline: Semester 2 2024, Online
| Unit code: | MGB237 |
|---|---|
| Credit points: | 12 |
| Pre-requisite: | 48 credit points of completed studies. |
| Equivalent: | MGX335 |
| Anti-requisite: | MGB335 and KXB202 |
Overview
Increasing technical and product complexity, shortening 'time to market' windows, and the need for cross-functional integration and fast responses to changing client needs elevate the importance of organising work by projects. This developmental level unit applies knowledge and skills in effectively managing projects, gained by focusing on the central issues of project selection, planning and evaluation. It integrates the socio-cultural elements of management including leadership, problem-solving, stakeholder management and managing uncertainty with the technical elements of scope, work breakdown structure, scheduling and resource allocations. In this unit you will develop practical and career relevant skills to successfully manage various types of projects.
Learning Outcomes
On successful completion of this unit you will be able to:
- Apply project management knowledge to select and scope a suitable project that addresses a business performance issue.
- Use project management tools to develop a project schedule.
- Use project management tools and processes to design and plan a project that increases performance while considering socially responsible and/or sustainable project management practices.
Content
The topics covered in this unit include:
- Project Planning: defining and scoping projects
- Project governance
- Leadership and project teams
- Estimating project timeline
- Estimating and managing project costs
- Stakeholder management in projects
- Managing human resources in projects
- Managing project communication
- Risk assessment and management
- Uncertainty management
- Project procurement
- Project audit and termination
Learning Approaches
This unit uses a variety of teaching and learning strategies to provide students with the knowledge and skills necessary to manage projects. This unit uses a blended learning approach to engage with the project management content via online resources (articles and videos), and synchronous lectures and tutorials. Half of the tutorial content is focused on providing training on the use of a project management software.
Students should refer to the unit Canvas site for the latest information.
Feedback on Learning and Assessment
Students will receive feedback in various forms throughout the semester which may include:
- Informal: worked examples, such as verbal feedback in class, personal consultation
- Formal: in writing, such as checklists (e.g. criteria sheets), written commentary
- Direct: to individual students, either in written form or in consultation
- Indirect: to the whole class
Assessment
Overview
The assessment in this unit aims to support your achievement of the learning objectives for both Discipline Knowledge and Other Graduate Capabilities. Assessment has been designed in order to allow you to:
- Receive feedback on your learning as you progress toward the development of knowledge, understanding, skills and attitudes (formative assessment); and
- Demonstrate your learning in order to achieve a final grade (summative assessment).
Students may be required to attend campus or an assessment centre for the purposes of assessment, regardless of the attendance mode for the unit.
Unit Grading Scheme
7- point scale
Assessment Tasks
Assessment: Project Charter
Prepare a project scoping document for a project offered through a case study available in class and on Canvas.
Business Capabilities (AoL goals): KS (1.1), HO (2.1), PC (3.1)
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Assessment: Project Plan & Schedule
Prepare a Project Plan and a Project Schedule for a chosen project.
Project Plan contains similar scoping information to those in Charter, but it should go further and develop more detailed sub-plans required to effectively carry out the project work. The Plan should also include aspects of sustainability and/or social responsibility evident in the project planning documents.
Project Schedule should be prepared using a project management software and contain the basics of Work Breakdown Structure, Milestones, Gantt Chart, Calendar, Critical Path, Budget, Resource Allocations and Procurement. Tutorials will provide detailed instructions on how to use the project management software.
This assignment is eligible for the 48-hour late submission period and assignment extensions.
Academic Integrity
Students are expected to engage in learning and assessment at QUT with honesty, transparency and fairness. Maintaining academic integrity means upholding these principles and demonstrating valuable professional capabilities based on ethical foundations.
Failure to maintain academic integrity can take many forms. It includes cheating in examinations, plagiarism, self-plagiarism, collusion, and submitting an assessment item completed by another person (e.g. contract cheating). It can also include providing your assessment to another entity, such as to a person or website.
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.
Further details of QUT’s approach to academic integrity are outlined in the Academic integrity policy and the Student Code of Conduct. Breaching QUT’s Academic integrity policy is regarded as student misconduct and can lead to the imposition of penalties ranging from a grade reduction to exclusion from QUT.
Requirements to Study
Requirements
No additional requirements.
Costs
No additional costs.
Resources
Resources for this unit include a prescribed textbook that you should acquire prior to the commencement of the semester, and an assortment of additional references that will be provided on the unit Canvas site.
Resource Materials
Recommended text(s)
Larson E.W., Gray, C.F., 2021 Project Management: The Managerial Process. (e 8) North Ryde, NSW AUS.
Pearson, Neil, et al. Project Management in Practice CIV and Diploma. (2ed). McGraw-Hill Education Australia, 2019.
Risk Assessment Statement
Active engagement in the class activities designed to progressively develop a project and a project plan are important components in this unit. Lack of engagement in the weekly activities may potentially result in sub optimal assessment outcomes.
There are no out-of-the-ordinary risks associated with lectures or tutorials in this unit. You should, however, familiarise yourself with evacuation procedures operating in the buildings in which you attend classes and take the time to
view the Emergency video.