Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Professor Vernon Ireland
Phone: +61 411 153 861

Teaching Staff:
Name: Professor Vernon Ireland
BE, BA, MEngSc, PhD, FIEAust, CPEng, EngExec

Short Bio:
From 1991-1996 Vernon was Corporate Development Director of Fletcher Challenge Construction, responsible for people and business systems improvement in the USA, NZ, Australia, the Pacific and Asian businesses. He then became CEO of the Australian Graduate School of Engineering Innovation, an advanced engineering centre.

Prior to this he was Dean of the Faculty of Design, Architecture and Building at the University of Technology, Sydney. He was also Chair of the Building Services Corporation of NSW from 1987 to 1990 reporting to both Labor and Coalition Ministers. While an academic he completed his PhD in project management. After graduation he practised as a structural engineer for seven years.

He was President of the Sydney Division of Engineers Australia in 2004.

Vernon Ireland is currently Director of Project Management and Industry Programs for the Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre of The University of Adelaide. He is based in Sydney.

Vernon has received three medals:

• The Silver Magnolia Medal awarded by the Shanghai Government for contributions to Chinese overseas relations;
• The Rotary International Gold Medal for contribution to vocational Education;
• Engineers Australia’s Medal for contribution to engineering.

Vernon has conducted four sets of international benchmarking studies, comparing Australia’s project management performance with that of the USA, the UK, Canada, Germany, Sweden and New Zealand for two Royal Commissions.

He has edited a volume of the Australian Journal of Civil Engineering on the business, leadership and management of civil engineering.

He is one of the joint chairs of the IEEE System of Systems Engineering conference to be held in Adelaide in June 2014.

Opening intensive:

Friday 24 January 2014	7pm-10pm
Saturday 25 January 2014	1pm-8pm
Sunday 26 January 2014	9am-4pm

Closing intensive:

Friday 7 February 2014	7pm-10pm
Saturday 8 February 2014	1pm-8pm
Sunday 9 February 2014	9am-4pm

1	Knowledge and understanding of advanced risk management techniques
2	Be competent to systematically identify the sources of risk in a new venture, a new product or a project & to analyse, quantify and prioritise risks impacting on a project
3	Understand the use of risk as a design tool
4	Ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from stakeholders
5	Ability to recognise risks and to develop project solutions both individually and in teams
6	Provide leadership in project teams
7	Understanding of contemporary technologies in managing risk including real options
8	Recognition of the need to continue professional development and intellectual curiosity in managing risk
9	Develop willingness to contribute skills in managing risk to community projects
10	Understanding of the need to maintain ethical, social and cultural standards on projects

Text book:
Adrian Bowden, Malcolm Lane and Julia Martin, (2001), Triple Bottom Line Risk Management, Wiley.

Kendrick, Tom	2009	Identifying and Managing Project Risk (2 ed.)
Vose, David	2008	Risk Analysis – A Quantitative Guide (3 ed.)
Helbing, Dirk	2013	Globally networked risks and how to respond, Nature 2 May, 2013, p51-59.

Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. The University Library web page is: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/ 
From this link, you are able to access the Library's electronic resources.

Other resources
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* Log in to access complimentary read-only PDFs of all of PMI's published standards or take advantage of discounts on paperback editions
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MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study (see: https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au)

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Intensive	Content	Readings	Activities
1 & 2	Course Introduction + Ground Rules
	Fundamentals of Risk Management	Bowden et al. Chap. 1-2	Classroom discussion & group exercise
	Overview of Risk Management	Bowden et al. Chap. 1-9 (Chap. 3 covered briefly)
3	Types of Project Risk	Kendrick Chapters 3-5 (see some notes)	Classroom discussion and group exercise
	Worked Example of Project Risk Management for a Web Business		Group exercise
	Assignment 1		Group exercise
4 & 5	Risk simulation	Bowden et al. Chap. 3-4 and Vose Chap. 4	Group exercise
	Systemic risks	Paper by Helbing ‘globally networked risks and how to respond’.
	Case Study 1	Bowden et al. Chap. 17	Classroom discussion
	Case Study 2	Bowden et al. Chap. 13	Classroom discussion
6	Specific issues in Risk Management - Workplace safety and health - Unk unks - Qualitative vs. quantitative risk analysis - Black Swan - Tools for risk management
	Assignment 1 - Presentation		Group presentation

An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

Assessment No.	Assessment	Length	Weighting	Due Date	Learning Outcomes
1	Assignments 1a	1,000 words max.	15%	See MyUni	2-5
2	Assignments 1b	1,000 words max.	15%	See MyUni	2-5
3	Group Assignment – Risk Management Plan	5,000 words min plus up to 20 PPTs slides	35%	See MyUni	1-4
4	Individual Assignment – Literature Review	3,000 words min	35%	See MyUni	2, 3, 6, 7
	Total		100%

experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be
successful in this course.  

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments

The purpose of this document is to assist students with appropriate use of the material they have accessed on the Internet in assignments. The Internet is a wonderful source of information and sometimes students are not aware of how to use it properly. For example, a recent case had over 70% of words copied from over 20 other sources. Furthermore, many students think this is the appropriate use of the Internet.

IT IS NOT.

2014 has been a bad year for students infringing University’s Academic Dishonesty Requirements with over 10 students infringing within the Master of Applied Project Management.

There is a hierarchy of penalties, the lowest of which is the loss of some assignment marks and the student’s name being placed on the Faculty’s Academic Dishonesty Register for six months. This only occurs if I believe this occurred through error. The second level penalty is more significant which is
loss of all marks for the assignment and being placed on the University’s Academic Dishonesty Register for the remainder of their time at the University. Even higher penalties can involve the University deciding the student should not graduate. This has occurred in the Master of Project Management.

Appropriate use of the Internet is to include all directly copying of sections of other reports in ‘inverted comas’, as a quotation, and note the source of the quote. To include a group of words without use of inverted colours and without noting where the words came from is an example of academic dishonesty.

Students may not be aware that the University has use of an international database called Turnitin in which all direct use of other material can be traced.

On a more positive note students need to understand the points made in any paper they access on the Internet and integrate these thoughts into their argument rather than just copying large passages. Of course this takes more work but this is what tertiary education requires and, in the end, make students into better thinkers and more able to express their ideas in their assignments.

Professor Vernon Ireland
Director of Project Management

Assessment 1a:
Weighting: 15%
Due Dates: See MyUni
Submission Details: Online through MyUni
· Failing to submit through MyUni will result in receiving no marks for your assignment.
· The filenames must be the SID of the group member submitting the file followed by the Assignment Title. For example:
o A1164033 - Assignment 1a.docx
· The names and student Ids must be clearly marked on the first page of the Report.
· Failing to meet these rules may result in a penalty of up to 5% being imposed on the individual’s assignment.

Task: Comment on the role of risk management as a tool in project management. Why are the concepts of likelihood and consequence used. Comment on the applicability of qualitative versus quantitative techniques.

1. Appropriate recognition of the role of risk management in project management;
2. Understanding of the risk management model of ISO 31,000
3. Recognition of the differences between qualitative and quantitative assessment methods;

33.33% each.


Assessment 1b:
Weighting: 15%
Due Dates: See MyUni
Submission Details: Online through MyUni
· Failing to submit through MyUni will result in receiving no marks for your assignment.
· The filenames must be the SID of the group member submitting the file followed by the Assignment Title. For example:
o A1164033 - Assignment 1b.docx
· The names and student Ids must be clearly marked on the first page of the Report.
· Failing to meet these rules may result in a penalty of up to 5% being imposed on the individual’s assignment.

Task: Comment on the use of critical success factors within an Excel file to bring risks under control. What are the normal methods used to do this?

1. Understanding of the concept of critical success factors;
2. Appropriate management of critical success factors if they include scope;
3. understanding of the use of spreadsheets for this exercise.

33.33% each.

Assessment 2: Group Assignment – Risk Management Plan
Weighting: 35%
Due Dates: See MyUni
Submission Details: Online through MyUni
· Failing to submit through MyUni will result in receiving no marks for your assignment.
· The filenames must be the SID of the group member submitting the file followed by the Assignment Title. For example:
o A1164033 - Assignment 2.docx
· The names and student Ids must be clearly marked on the first page of the Report.
· Failing to meet these rules may result in a penalty of up to 5% being imposed on the individual’s assignment.

Task:
Form groups of up to 4 people and complete a risk analysis and management plan for a project of one of the members of the group. You may use the approach of AS/NZS/ISO 31000:2009, with the addition of Critical Success Factors, Targets and Tolerances, or Bowden, Lane and Martin’s approach.

Deliverables: A presentation of about 10 minutes in PowerPoint focusing on the key risks and risk control plan and a report outlining the whole study, including the completed risk assessment and treatment template.

Tips for completing the Group Assignment include:
· Present the document in a clear, professional and concise format
· Treat it as if you are addressing a client audience
o Think of what information is important to the client
o Use the correct language
· Don’t make graphs too complex!
· It is recommended that you follow the methods used in the lectures

Scope:
This assignment will assess your understanding of the topics covered in days 1 - 3.

Length and Presentation:
5,000 words minimum

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:
The standards by which the assignment will be assessed are included in the marking criteria below:

	Criteria	Weighting
(A)	Presentation: Whether key risks   and treatment were conveyed clearly.	10%
(B)	Report
	Clarity of   introduction to the project.	5%
	Clarity of introduction   to Risk Management method	10%
	Application of Risk   Management Process to the project   Establish context   Risk identification   Risk analysis   Risk evaluation   Risk treatment (Treatment Strategy,   Treatment Plan and Contingency Plan)   Communication and consult   Monitoring and review	50%
	Templates used were   used were appropriate and correct	20%
	Conclusion /   Summary of findings	5%
	Total	100%

Learning Objectives (with reference to Section 2.1): 1, 2, 3, 4

 

 

Assessment 3:  Individual Assignment – Literature Review

Weighting:       35%

Due Dates:        See MyUni

Submission Details:     Online through MyUni

• Failing to submit through MyUni will result in receiving no marks for your assignment.
• The filenames must be the SID of the group member submitting the file followed by the Assignment Title. For example:
• A1164033 - Assignment 2.docs
• The names and student Ids must be clearly marked on the first page of the Report.
• Failing to meet these rules may result in a penalty of up to 5% being imposed on the individual’s assignment.

 

 

Task:

This assignment requires you to conduct a literature review on the two of the foltowing topics:

1. Black Swans: Actual cases and approaches to deal with its occurrence
2. Dirk Helbing’s paper on Systemic risks

 

You should review at least 2 scientific or professional (credible source) articles/chapters on each of two topics and condense the literature reviewed into a clear and concise summary. You should provide an in-depth discussion of the different views presented in the literature you have reviewed. Use your own judgement to assess and comment on the different opinions. Finally a conclusion should be included to highlight the key findings from your literature review.

 

Scope:

This assignment will assess your understanding of all course topics.

 

Total length for each review:

1500-1750 words

 

Criteria by which your assignment will be marked:

The standards by which the assignment will be assessed are included in the marking criteria below:

	Criteria	Weighting
	Clarity and suitability of introduction to the topic	10%
	Key findings of articles clearly and concisely summarised	20%
	Discussion is systematic and structured with useful insights highlighted	30%
	Clarity and usefulness of conclusions	15%
	Number of articles reviewed	10%
	Correct referencing	5%
	Written expression (grammar, sentence structure etc.)	10%
	Total	100%

Learning Objectives (with reference to Section 2.1): 2, 3, 6, 7

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/tutorials/files/AssignmentStudentSubmission.pdf

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in section 5.2 or 5.3).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.

Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted.  Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.