BUS5001

Project management (6 points)

(IT)

Leader: David Bloom

Offered:
Caulfield First semester 2004 (Evening)

Synopsis: Project management as a practical application based on an established set of knowledge principles. Aligning business management processes with business technology applications to produce effective business solutions through the use of project-based operations. Topics are presented in the following order: the project, the manager and the organization, building the plan, tracking the project, managing the project, project communications and reporting, closing the project.

Assessment: Examination (2 hours): 40% + Six assignments: 60% + If exam mark is 50% or more and performance in all assignments is satisfactory, the unit mark will be determined from 60% of assignment marks and 40% of the exam mark. Otherwise, the exam mark will be returned.

Contact Hours: 3 contact hours per week, comprising of six sets of briefing, workshop and review sessions held fortnightly, of duration 2, 2.5 and 2 hours respectively

Prerequisites: BUS9003

Prohibitions: BUS5150, GCO5807, MBA9052, MBA9007