Course overview
The course is designed to further develop learners’ socio-technical skills and professional attributes as defined by Engineers Australia. Learners will gain practical skills in project management and engineering economics (including quality management, stakeholder engagement and contracting), cultural competence, engineering ethics, and decision making alongside self-review, communication and employability skill development. A multidisciplinary team project will integrate learned skills. This cohesive approach aims to demonstrate the socio-technical nature of the engineering profession and prepare students for real-world challenges.
- Project Initiation and Planning
- Project Controls and Assurance
- Execution, Closure, and Career Learning
Course learning outcomes
- Explain the role of the PMBOK project performance domains and how they can be used to execute a project, and explain contemporary tools and techniques for effective project management.
- Apply the PMBOK project performance domains and contemporary project management tools and techniques to produce project management documentation that addresses scope, work breakdown structure, schedule, quality, communication, finance, risk, stakeholder engagement, and resource management
- Integrate ethical, safety, and sustainability considerations, as well as relevant First Nations perspectives, into engineering project management practices.
- Collaborate respectfully and inclusively, allocate tasks to complete the project, implement conflict management strategies and reflect on team dynamics.
- Communicate effectively using written, oral, and graphical formats appropriate to diverse academic and professional engineering contexts, and critically assess and accurately reference relevant sources of information.