EG3000 - Engineering Project Management
[Offered in odd-numbered years]
| Credit points: | 03 |
| Year: | 2009 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 2 |
| Administered by: | Discipline of Civil & Environmental Engineering |
Nature of contemporary engineering projects; project life cycle and phases; project organisation and the project manager; activity networks; time management; cost management; physical resource management; human resource management; quality management; contract management; project monitoring, information and control systems; case studies.
Learning Outcomes
- advance effective oral and written communication skills;
- appreciate the relevance and applicability of these tools to a range of engineering management problems;
- develop an attitude for dealing with complexity and uncertainty;
- learn the tools and concepts relevant to organising, planning and managing engineering projects;
- learn to make conscious use of systems thinking, approaches and concepts;
- learn to undertake problem identification, formulation and solution;
- understand professional and ethical responsibilities.
| Prerequisites: | 45 credit points. |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: | CS3007 |
Availabilities | |
| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 1 | |
| Census Date 27-Mar-2009 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Dr Bithin Datta. |
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (50% - 70%); on-course assessment, some of which may be invigilated (30% - 50%). |
Note: Minor variations might occur due to the continuous Subject quality improvement process, and in case of minor variation(s) in assessment details, the Subject Outline represents the latest official information.