Project Management in Practice

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2012:

120 hours

Admission to the following Melbourne School of Design programs:

MC-ARCH2Y Master of Architecture (200 points)
MC-ARCH3Y Master of Architecture (300pts)
MC-LARCH2YMaster of Landscape Architecture (200 points)
MC-LARCH3Y Master of Landscape Architecture (300 points)
MC-CONMG2Y Master of Construction Management (200 pts)
MC-CONMG3Y Master of Construction Management (300 pts)
MC-PROP2Y Master of Property (200 pts)
MC-PROP3Y Master of Property (300 pts)
MC-URPL Master of Urban Planning
234AA Master of Design (100 pts)
234AH Master of Design (Heritage) (100 points)
373AA Graduate Diploma in Planning and Design
MC-URBDES Master of Urban Design
MC-DESURB Master of Design (Urban Design)

Or approval from the subject coordinator.

ABPL90025 Project Scope, Time and Cost

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This subject was formerly called Project Scope, Time and Cost.

The aim of this subject is to employ real-life case projects to deliver comprehensive application skills in integrated management and control of scope, cost and schedule in building. Areas covered include: baseline planning; cost budgeting and financial management; scope to budget balancing; time schedule execution; monitoring and reporting processes; change control and earned value analysis. By completing this subject, students should achieve a clear understanding of how to manage scope, time and cost, and how to take appropriate control measures in project development environments. A comprehensive assessment toolkit has been developed to facilitate students’ own progressive competency development in the subject.

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

• Discuss the project management trade-offs on balancing the triple-constraint: Scope, Time and Cost;

• Explain the integrated cost and schedule control processes;

• Construct work breakdown structure (WBS) using given project information;

• Discuss scope monitoring and change control system;

• Produce networks diagrams for project scheduling;

• Apply critical path analysis (CPA) in network scheduling;

• Apply critical chain method in project scheduling;

• Estimate the project cost and duration;

• Apply resource scheduling techniques;

• Construct a time-phased budget plan;

• Discuss cost monitoring and control processes;

• Undertake earned value analysis (EVA); and

• Undertake integrated cost and schedule control processes using project management software (Microsoft Project or Primavera).

• 2 team assignments – 3,000 words (40%) due in Week 6 and Week 10;

• Individual report - 1000 words (20%) – due in Week 12;

• Final reflective test – 2,000 words (40%).

1. Course materials.
2. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 4th ed, Project Management Institute, 2008.
3. J.R. Turner, The Handbook of Project-Based Management, McGraw-Hill, 1998.
4. J.R. Meredith & S.J. Mantel, Project Management: A Managerial Approach, Wiley, 2005.

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.

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

• An appreciation of the integrated project control processes and dimensions of professional roles;

• The ability to function effectively as either a team leader or member within multi-disciplinary and multi-cultural teams;

• A commitment to, and fundamental appreciation of, the concept of successful teamwork and the ability to communicate effectively, clearly and concisely as a team leader or member of the group;

• An ability to communicate ideas, concepts and solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences effectively, clearly and concisely;

• An ability to carry out research and apply fundamental theoretical knowledge to problem solving in relevant disciplines.

Computer Requirements: A PC with Windows operating system; 56k Modem for dial-up access, and a webcam.

Resources provided to distance students: Internet based IT framework (Learning Management System) with secured access facilitating interactions with other students and the subject coordinator/tutor and completion of academic exercises.