Project Management

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2011:

The subject incorporates two main streams of thinking: project development and project management. The development stream includes topics on the nature of the property industry, the roles and types of projects, financing arrangement for a development, delivery schemes such as BOOT, PPP ect., and related structures relative to the market opportunities, case studies from industry, evaluation of bids, planning constraints, establishing the market for putting together a winning bid. It also considers the client's perspective of project development, including preparing and evaluation tenders for complex developments.

The management stream includes a brief overview of the project management including project organisation, project team, project manager, project definition, inception and finalisation. Project management functions including scope management, time management, cost management, quality management, risk management, procurement management. Project management processes including project definition, project integration, project implementation and control and project close-out. Students are expected to work in groups and assignments are to be developed based on real case study. The overall aim is to develop a complete project management plan for a given project considering all the fundamental aspects of the project management. Emphasis will be on the principles of scope identification, work breakdown, quality assurance and quality control systems, risk management plan, procurement and contract administration including various managerial, controlling and monitoring techniques. On completion of the subject, students should be able t:demonstrate on knowledge pertaining to project inception and tender development processes; demonstrate an introductory level knowledge of scope, cos,time, quality, risk, procurement and integration management aspects of projects generally; develop underpinning knowledge of management functions as they apply to projects; provide practical examples and opportunities to apply scope, time, cost, quality, risks and procurement management to projects; apply tools and techniques for monitoring and controlling project developments; develop a systematic framework for integrated management functions on project.

On the completion of this subject, students should be able to:

• Discuss the project development processes from the key stakeholders’ perspectives;
• Understand Expression of Interest (EOI) documentation and develop response;
• Understand Request of Tender (RFT) documentation and develop response;
• Define and analyse the project based on the project management body of knowledge;
• Construct Statement of Work (SOW), Project Charter, Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) using given project information;
• Apply the project management processes, tools and techniques, input-output information in the project
• Develop robust project management plans over four distinct project management phases: Initiation, Planning, Implementation and Handover.
• Produce networks diagrams for project scheduling and establishing baseline projects;
• Analyse qualitative and quantitative risks in project implementation and delivery.

• Staged assignments totaling 4000 words (60%)
• One two-hour examination (40%)

A minimum grade of 40% must be achieved in the examination in order to pass the subject.

• Study Guide and Reader (702414), Annual publication
• The Handbook of Project Based Management (JR Turner), McGraw Hill
• Project Management: A Managerial Approach (Meredith & Mantel), Wiley & Sons
• Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Project Management Institute

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

On completion of the subject students should have developed the following skills and capabilities:

• an appreciation of the roles and dimensions of engineer/architect/manager;
• an ability to function effectively as either a team leader or member within multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams;
• commitment to and appreciation of the concept of successful teamwork;
• ability to communicate effectively clearly and concisely as a team leader or member of the group;
• ability to communicate concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences;
• an understanding of the various forms to use given the context and audience;
• application of fundamentals and basics of science and mathematics to problem solving.