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GSOE9820
Engineering Project Management
Term 1, 2022
Course Details
Units of Credit 6
Summary of the Course
This course will introduce to you the fundamental principles of project management in an engineering
context, enabling you to become a successful project manager.
Course Aims
This course takes an integrated approach to managing projects, exploring both technical and managerial
challenges. The course will provide you with tools to improve your ability to plan, implement and manage
activities to accomplish specific organisational objectives in often complex and challenging work
environments. The Project Management Standards (e.g. PMBOK) are included in the course to
comprehensively identify the critical knowledge areas that project managers should understand.
Course Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
Learning Outcome EA Stage 1 Competencies
1. Translate from organisational strategy into project deliverables PE1.5, PE2.4
2. Formulate project scope PE1.5, PE2.4
3. Select and apply project management methods PE1.3, PE2.1, PE2.2
4. Integrate and justify project plans PE3.6, PE2.3
5. Evaluate progress and interpret success in projects PE3.4, PE3.2
Teaching Strategies
The online lectures are designed to give students maximum flexibility. The course will cover the
terminology and core concepts and theories in Project Management to help you develop a range of
skills, such as managing project teams, project schedules, budgets as well as being aware of strategic
topics, different environments, cultures and ethics of projects and community issues. The lectures and
assessment tasks are developed to build on the lecture topics using examples taken from industry to
show how the theory is applied in practice. Group work is extensive, and a course demonstrator is
allocated to each student group to mentor the team throughout the term. Participation in group meetings
has been found to be a major indicator of overall student success.
Additional Course Information
The course, and the Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) listed above, are structured according to Bloom's
Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, from the most basic to instill Knowledge, moving on to
Understanding it, then Applying it and Analysing results, and finally the most challenging which are to
Synthesise new knowledge and learn to Evaluate information for ourselves. Thus CLO 1-3 are more
basic, while CLO 4 and 5 are the most challenging.
The course aims to always provide students with Knowledge and Understanding, before asking
students to carry out something more complex like Analysis or Evaluation. Different assignments deal
with different kinds of Educational Objectives, such that for example individual quizzes are used to
assess Knowledge, while a team assignment assess the integration of a project plan (which is a kind of
Synthesis).
To achieve high marks in the course students must succeed at all the different kinds of these educational
objectives, from the basic ones to the most challenging.
The course is a possible pathway for Project Management Institute (PMI) certification since the contents
of the course, terminologies used and exposure to several real-world cases will support your
preparations. It also provides an opportunity to be considered as a future course demonstrator, who are
selected from students in the cohort who achieve a high level of all-round success.
Assessment
Assessment task Weight Due Date Course Learning
Outcomes Assessed
1. Project Management Plan 50% Week 3 and Week 7 1, 2, 3, 4
2. Team Based Learning
Activities
10% In-class activities 1, 2, 3, 4
3. Individual Knowledge Quiz 20% Scheduled in exam time 1, 2, 3, 4
4. Interview 20% Weeks 9-10, outside class
time
4, 5
Assessment 1: Project Management Plan
Assessment length: Approx. 20 pages
Submission notes: via Moodle
Due date: Week 3 and Week 7
Marks returned: 1 week after submission
In the project assignment student teams work together to complete an Engineering Project Management
Plan (EPMP). Feedback is given in stages to help teams check and adjust their work.
This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students do not see Turnitin similarity reports.
Assessment criteria
Assessment is by a grading rubric which reflects the course learning outcomes.
Additional details
Part 1 of the PMP (week 3) is an individual assignment. Part 2 (week 7) is a group assignment. Grades
in the group assignment part are individually scaled based on contribution to the team, as verified by the
team demonstrator. Students work in groups of 4-6.
Assessment 2: Team Based Learning Activities
Assessment length: n/a
Submission notes: Submitted by Moodle quiz, or other in-class activity
Due date: In-class activities
Marks returned: Immediately
Team Based Learning (TBL) activities are graded, timed group assessments that take place during
scheduled class or team meeting time. The most significant TBL activities are in weeks 8 and 10.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
Marks are awarded for correct answers. All team members must be present online at the scheduled time
and participate in the activites to be awarded marks, unless absence is agreed in advance with the team
members and the team's demonstrator.
Assessment 3: Individual Knowledge Quiz
Start date: Scheduled in exam time
Submission notes: Moodle quiz
Due date: Scheduled in exam time
The Knowledge Quiz is scheduled during exam time. 50 multiple choice questions must be completed in
60 minutes. The quiz is similar in structure and timing to the well-known Project Management
Professional (PMP) exam. The quiz is assessed by right/wrong answers and late completion is not
possible. Feedback on the quiz is not returned.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
Correct answers
Assessment 4: Interview
Start date: Weeks 9-10, outside class time
Submission notes: Online interview
Due date: Weeks 9-10, outside class time
Each student will be interviewed by an academic staff member or demonstrator and asked to discuss
their group assignment in terms of achieving integration in their project planning and the definition of
project success.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
Grading is by a rubric that reflects the learning outcomes.
Additional details
Rescheduling the interview time after its initial selection is not possible except in exceptional
circumstances and by approval of the course convener. No-shows in the interview will receive zero
marks for the interview.
Attendance Requirements
Students are strongly encouraged to attend all classes and review lecture recordings.
Team Based Learning (TBL) activities are graded group activities that take place during scheduled class
time and in some meetings with demonstrators. Students who do not appear (or do not take part at all)
will not receive marks for the TBL activities, unless their absence has been agreed in advance with their
group and their demonstrator.
Course Schedule
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Timetable
Date Type Content
Week 1: 14 February -
18 February
Topic Introduction to Projects
Topic The Course and its Assessments
Topic Project Scope
Week 2: 21 February -
25 February
Topic Design Thinking
Topic Scope and Design Thinking Case Study (TBL)
Week 3: 28 February -
4 March
Workshop Agile and High Performing Teams
Assessment Hand in Project WBS
Week 4: 7 March - 11
March
Topic Projects in Organisations
Topic Case Study 2
Topic The Project Charter
Week 5: 14 March - 18
March
Topic Estimating
Topic Scheduling
Topic Risk Management
Group Activity Revision Quiz (TBL)
Week 6: 21 March - 25
March
Workshop PMP Integration
Group Activity Assignment Check-in and Presentation (TBL)
Week 7: 28 March - 1
April
Topic Project Controls
Topic Case Study 3
Assessment Hand in PMP Assignment
Week 8: 4 April - 8 April Group Activity Project Controls Application Exercise (TBL)
Week 9: 11 April - 15
April
Topic Industry Panel Discussion
Topic Interview Preparation
Assessment Interviews
Assessment Hand in PMP changes
Week 10: 18 April - 22
April
Group Activity Practice Quiz and Team Quiz (TBL)
Assessment Interviews
Resources
Prescribed Resources
Textbook
Project Management Institute, issuing body. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide) : and, Agile Practice Guide. Sixth edition. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Project
Management Institute, 2017.
Recommended Resources
Additional instructional videos
Linked-in Learning accessed through
UNSW: https://www.myit.unsw.edu.au/services/staff/educational-technology/linkedin-learning
Course Evaluation and Development
Feedback on the course is gathered periodically using various means, including the UNSW
myExperience process, feedback surveys used through the course, and the School’s Student/Staff
meetings. Your feedback is taken seriously, and continual improvements are made to the course taking
into account such feedback.
Changes made this term to improve online education and assessments
Improved grading rubrics
Simpler PMP assignment (3 reduced to 2 steps)
More controlled grading and questions for interview
Improved project descriptions according to transparent assessment design.
Successful aspects of the course that have been kept:
Practical assignment planning a realistic project
TBL workshop
Large demonstrator team and many opportunities for personalized support
Excellence in guest lecturers and panelists
Submission of Assessment Tasks
Assessment submission and marking criteria
Should the course have any non-electronic assessment submission, these should have a standard
School cover sheet.
All submissions are expected to be neat and clearly set out. Your results are the pinnacle of all your hard
work and should be treated with due respect. Presenting results clearly gives the marker the best chance
of understanding your method; even if the numerical results are incorrect.
Marking guidelines for assignment submissions will be provided at the same time as assignment details
to assist with meeting assessable requirements. Submissions will be marked according to the marking
guidelines provided.
Late policy
Work submitted late without an approved extension by the course coordinator or delegated authority is
subject to a late penalty of 20 percent (20%) of the maximum mark possible for that assessment item,
per calendar day, for a minimum of zero marks.
The late penalty is applied per calendar day (or part thereof), including weekends and public
holidays, that the assessment is overdue.
Work submitted after the ‘deadline for absolute fail’ is not accepted and a mark of zero will be awarded
for that assessment item. For example:
Your course has an assessment task worth a total of 30 marks (Max Possible Mark)
You submit the assessment 2 days after the due date
The assessment is marked as usual and achieves a score of 20 marks (Awarded Mark)
The late policy is applied using Late Mark = Awarded Mark - (Days*Penalty per Day)*Max
Possible Mark. Your adjusted final score is 8 marks (20 - ((2*0.2)*30)).
For some assessment items, a late penalty may not be appropriate. These are clearly indicated in the
course outline, and such assessments receive a mark of zero if not completed by the specified date.
Examples include:
1. Weekly online tests or laboratory work worth a small proportion of the subject mark, or
2. Online quizzes where answers are released to students on completion, or
3. Professional assessment tasks, where the intention is to create an authentic assessment that
has an absolute submission date, or
4. Pass/Fail assessment tasks.
Examinations
You must be available for all quizzes, tests and examinations. For courses that have final examinations,
these are held during the University examination periods: February for Summer Term, May for T1,
August for T2, and November/December for T3.
Please visit myUNSW for Provisional Examination timetable publish dates. For further information on
exams, please see the Exams webpage.
Special Consideration
If you have experienced an illness or misadventure beyond your control that will interfere with your
assessment performance, you are eligible to apply for Special Consideration prior to submitting an
assessment or sitting an exam.
UNSW now has a Fit to Sit / Submit rule, which means that if you attempt an exam or submit a piece of
assessment, you are declaring yourself fit enough to do so and cannot later apply for Special
Consideration.
For details of applying for Special Consideration and conditions for the award of supplementary
assessment, please see the information on UNSW’s Special Consideration page.
Please note that students will not be required to provide any documentary evidence to
support absences from any classes missed because of COVID-19 public health measures such as
isolation. UNSW will not be insisting on medical certificates from anyone deemed to be a positive case,
or when they have recovered. Such certificates are difficult to obtain and put an unnecessary strain on
students and medical staff.
Applications for special consideration will be required for assessment and participation absences –
but no documentary evidence for COVID-19 illness or isolation will be required.
Special Consideration Outcomes
Assessments have default Special Consideration outcomes. The default outcome for the assessment will
be advised when you apply for Special Consideration. Below is the list of possible outcomes:
Outcome Explanation Example
Time extension Student provided more time
to submit the assessment
e.g. 1 more week of time granted to submit a report
Supplementary
assessment
Student provided an
alternate assessment at a
later date/time
e.g. a supplementary exam is scheduled during the
supplementary exam period of the term
Substitute item The mark for the missed
assessment is substituted
with the mark of another
assessment
e.g. mark for Quiz 1 applied also applied as mark for
Quiz 2, meaning if a student achieved a mark of
20/30 for Quiz 1 and was granted Special
Consideration for Quiz 2, a mark of 20/30 would be
applied for Quiz 2, etc
Exemption All course marks are
recalculated excluding this
assessment and its
weighting
e.g. The course has an assessment structure of:
- Assignments 30%,
- Lab report 30%,
- Final Exam 40%.
If the Lab report is missed and student is granted
Special Consideration, then the assessment
structure may be reweighted as follows:
- Assignments 50%
- Final Exam 50%
as though the Lab report did not exist
Non-standard Course Coordinator is
contacted for the outcome
when special consideration
is granted as the outcome
differs on a case-by-case
basis
e.g. typical for group assessments where time
extension supplementary assessment could be
granted to the group member, time extension could
be granted to the whole group, etc. Clarify with your
Course Convenor for