Integrated Project Management G (11807.1)

This unit aims at providing the students with the integrated understanding of the theory of project management, including project inception and planning, scheduling, risk management, budgeting, resource management, constructability and quality management in project processes. The students will also learn how digital technologies can be integrally applied to design and develop effective project management strategies for building and construction industry.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will be able to:
1. Identify and apply appropriate project management strategies for construction projects;
2. Understand different roles and responsibilities of a construction project manager, with reference to the digital information on resources, cost, time, risk and quality;
3. Explain the different skills required by construction project team members and project manager and how they are applied within a construction project; and
4. Formulate and propose digital solutions to project management issues.

Graduate attributes

1. UC graduates are professional - employ up-to-date and relevant knowledge and skills
1. UC graduates are professional - communicate effectively
1. UC graduates are professional - use creativity, critical thinking, analysis and research skills to solve theoretical and real-world problems
1. UC graduates are professional - take pride in their professional and personal integrity
1. UC graduates are professional - work collaboratively as part of a team, negotiate, and resolve conflict
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - reflect on their own practice, updating and adapting their knowledge and skills for continual professional and academic development
3. UC graduates are lifelong learners - evaluate and adopt new technology
4. UC graduates are able to demonstrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander ways of knowing, being and doing - apply their knowledge to working with Indigenous Australians in socially just ways

Prerequisites

None.

Corequisites

None.

Incompatible units

None.

Equivalent units

None.

Assumed knowledge

None.