Project Management PG (8427.4)

Required texts

Students should be aware that this course uses contemporary material from industry and government. The unit applies concepts from the Standard for Project Management and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), PRINCE2, Agile Methodology, and the Standard for Program Management. A suitable textbook supports it:

Kerzner, HR 2013, Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling, John Wiley & Sons.

Key articles will be available electronically. Students are encouraged to refer to the following texts for programme management and benefits management:

Office of Government Commerce 2007, Managing Successful Programmes, 3rd ed. The Stationery Office, London.

Jenner, S 2012, Managing Benefits, The Stationary Office, Norwich.

Additional readings will also be made available electronically or will be available in the University Library.  

Submission of assessment items

Extensions & Late submissions

Students should acknowledge the use of AI in their assessments. Further details will be added on the Canvas site. 

Special assessment requirements

To PASS this unit, students have to obtain a mark of 50% or greater for all the assessments in total. See the Assessment Guide for details.

Higher grades will be awarded on the basis of the total mark being ≥ 65% for a credit, ≥ 75% for a distinction and ≥ 85% for a high distinction. Some scaling of marks and academic judgement may be applied to determine students' final grades - in this process no student will be disadvantaged. In the case of any assignment that places you in jeopardy of a Fail in the whole unit, appropriate moderation procedures will be used.

The unit convenor reserves the right to question students on any of their submitted work for moderation and academic integrity purposes.

If there is any doubt with regard to the requirements of any particular assignments or assessment procedure, the onus for clarifying the issue rests with the student who should contact the unit convener about the matter.

All work quoted from any source should be appropriately referenced using a recognized style, the "Harvard" referencing style as described in the link below (note that there are multiple version of the Harvard referencing style, and you should use the one described here) is preferred.

http://canberra.libguides.com/referencing

Students must apply academic integrity in their learning and research activities at UC. This includes submitting authentic and original work for assessments and properly acknowledging any sources used.

Academic integrity involves the ethical, honest and responsible use, creation and sharing of information. It is critical to the quality of higher education. Our academic integrity values are honesty, trust, fairness, respect, responsibility and courage.

UC students have to complete the Academic Integrity Module annually to learn about academic integrity and to understand the consequences of academic integrity breaches (or academic misconduct).

UC uses various strategies and systems, including detection software, to identify potential breaches of academic integrity. Suspected breaches may be investigated, and action can be taken when misconduct is found to have occurred.

Information is provided in the Academic Integrity Policy, Academic Integrity Procedure, and University of Canberra (Student Conduct) Rules 2023. For further advice, visit Study Skills.

Learner engagement

The following table is a guide that may help you plan your semester's effort levels:

Inclusion and engagement

None

Participation requirements

You are strongly advised to attend/listen all lectures, workshops/tutorials and to fully participate in the class/forum. Your participation in both class and activities will enhance your understanding of the unit content and, therefore, the quality of your assessment responses. Lack of participation may result in your inability to satisfactorily pass assessment items. There is recurring and ongoing group work throughout the unit.  The lecture slides and relevant materials will be published on the website immediately after the lecture. Lecture slides should not be considered a substitute for attending lectures or tutorials in person. Discussions during the lecture or tutorial should be referred to in the assessment items.

Announcements made in lectures or published using UC Canvas are deemed to have been read by all students in the unit.

Required IT skills

You are expected to be a competent computer user and familiar with word processing, presentation software and workflow and document management software (on line instructions are supplied) in this unit. All assignments are expected to be submitted electronically in Microsoft Office compliant format or PDF; unless specifically stated otherwise.

In-unit costs

None

Work placement, internships or practicums

Learning in this unit will be integrally linked to experiences in professional contexts

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