Project management
G W Smith
4 points * 26 lecture hours, 26 tutorial hours * Second semester * Caulfield * Prerequisites: ENC3312 or ENC3302
Project management body of knowledge: scope, quality, time, cost, risk, human resource, contract and communication management. Organisation types, project management matrix. Client's obligations: project brief, finance, site, time frame, budget, government controls, public relations. Project organisation. Critical path: resources, crashing, PERT, line of balance. Computer applications to project management, including critical path, PERT, crashing, resource levelling, costs, BCWS, BCWP, ACWP, linear programming. Critical path: resource smoothing, cost control. Cash flow, present worth, replacement age. Operations research, simulation, stock control. Equipment management in civil engineering projects. Construction management techniques used for building bridges, mineral access, offshore and underground. Computer applications in project management including critical path, linear programming, queuing theory, present worth and time value of money, internal rate of return, stock control.
Assessment
Written (4000 words): 15% * Examinations (3 hours): 80% * Practical work: 5%