FIT2039 is an elective unit designed for students from faculties other than Information Technology.

FIT2039 Project Management is an undergraduate unit designed for students from other faculties than Imformation Technology. Its key objectives are to prepare students so that they will:

• have fundamental knowledge and understanding of the issues involved in the successful completion of a variety of large scale projects in commerce and industry
• understand the theory and practice of project initiation and planning
• understand the theory and practice of monitoring and controlling a large-scale project through to completion

FIT2039 is a second year elective in Project Management designed for students who do not need to complete FIT2002 as part of their course.

Most students can benefit from exposure to Project Management as so much of modern commerce and industry has become project rather than function oriented. It is therefore a valuable addition to study in a wide range of disciplines.

On completion of this unit students will be able to:

1. Describe the characteristics and phases of a project and its life cycle and explain the role played by the project manager.
2. Explain the need for and develop specific goals, detailed plans and control strategies in large scale projects and relate this to the major reasons for project failure.
3. Develop relevant, achievable and measurable project goals.
4. Explain and use standard project management techniques including Project Networks, Critical Path Analysis and Management, Gantt Charts and Time-Phased Budgets for high and low level project planning.
5. Discuss the communication, people handling and team management skills required of a project manager and explain some of the techniques that may be employed.
6. Identify and critically discuss the impact on a project of external influences, including organisational structure, and stakeholders.
7. Explain the processes involved in selecting and initiating a project and prepare various critical documents required for these processes, including financial justification.
8. Explain the importance of resource availability on project plans and develop and manage resource constrained project plans.
9. Describe the need for Quality Management in projects and explain, compare and use various techniques currently employed by professional project managers.
10. Describe the impact of risk on a project manager's decision process, explain how that risk may be managed and/or mitigated and develop an appropriate risk management plan..
11. Monitor the progress of a project, determine performance against the plan, develop strategies to manage any variation and discuss formal change control processes.
12. Produce useful, informative progress reports for various project stakeholders and conduct stage and post project reviews

ASCED Discipline Group classification: 080315

The unit provides both a theoretical and practical overview of processes involved in managing large projects of various types. Topics include the project life cycle, problem definition, project evaluation, high and low level planning. team building and people management, monitoring and control, reporting and communication, termination and assessment.

The unit provides both a theoretical and practical overview of processes involved in managing large projects of various types. Topics include the project life cycle, problem definition, project evaluation, high and low level planning. team building and people management, monitoring and control, reporting and communication, termination and assessment.

• Meredith J.R and Mantel S.J., Project Management a Managerial Approach, 5th Ed. Wiley (2003)
• Klastorin T., Project Management, Tools and Trade-Offs, Wiley (2004)
• Gido J. and Clements J.P., Successful Project Management, 2nd Ed., South-Western (2003)
• Mantel S.J., Meredith J.R., Shafer S.M. and Sutton M.M., Project Management in Practice, 2th Ed. Wiley (2005)
• Kerzner H., Project Management, A Systems Approach to Planning Scheduling and Controlling, 8th Ed., Wiley (2003)
• Hawthorn D., Luxford K., Jeganathan S., Martin R and White C., Project Management Basics, Epsilon (1998) }

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