Unit of Study PROJ5003 Project Management: Initiation and Planning (2025)
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Credit points
12
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Learning outcomes
Unit Learning Outcomes express learning achievement in terms of what a student should know, understand and be able to do on completion of a unit. These outcomes are aligned with the graduate attributes. The unit learning outcomes and graduate attributes are also the basis of evaluating prior learning.
On completion of this unit, students should be able to:
Assess alignment of project goals with organisational capabilities
Assess and manage project budgets, assumptions, resource constraints against stakeholder needs
Develop sustainable project management plans.
Teaching and assessment
Teaching method |
Structured online learning |
Assessment | |
Case study | 20% |
Report | 40% |
Discussion board | 40% |
Prescribed learning resources
- The following text, which is to be used in conjunction with PMBOK® Guide (7th edn), is available from www.pmi.org. Students who become members of the PMI (USD32) receive a complimentary digital copy: Project Management Institute, 2022, Process Groups: A Practice Guide, 1st edn, Project Management Institute, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania. ISBN: ISBN-13: 9781628257830 (print version); ISBN-13: 9781628257847 (eBook).
- This is the basic text for many project management units (4th edition is also suitable): Kloppenborg, TJ, Anantatmula, V & Wells, KN, 2022, Contemporary Project Management: Plan-Driven and Agile Approaches, 5th edn, Cengage Learning, Boston, Massachusetts. ISBN: ISBN-13: 9780357715734 (print version); ISBN-13: 9780357715826 (eBook).
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