CIV4286 Project management for civil engineers
Faculty of Engineering
CIV4286 Project management for civil engineers is a level 4, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Engineering, offered in 2022 in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia. It has no prerequisites.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2022
- Semester 1, Semester 2
- Clayton, Malaysia
- Assessment
- No exam
- 5 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2022 handbook entry. See the 2025 entry.
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Requisites
Before CIV4286
No prerequisites or corequisites besides the enrolment rules below.
After CIV4286
No unit lists CIV4286 as a prerequisite in the 2022 handbook.
Enrolment rules
Prerequisite: Completion of 96 credit points
E6011 Master of Professional Engineering - You are exempt from the prerequisite rule if you are enrolled in this course.
Overview
Need for project management; the project management context; fundamental project management processes and knowledge; tools and techniques for a structured application to project selection and planning including project brief/ideation/concept embodiment decision support tools, numeric profitability and scoring techniques, and EMV/decision tree risk quantification tools; analytical tool application to project scope, time, cost, risk, human resource, OHS and quality issues. Review of company financial management concepts.
Offerings in 2022
| Teaching period | Campus | Mode |
|---|---|---|
| First semester | Clayton | On campus |
| First semester | Malaysia | On campus |
| Second semester | Clayton | On campus |
Assessment
- Semester 1 - Group projectThreshold hurdle30%
- Semester 1 - TestThreshold hurdle10%
- Semester 2 - Practice exerciseThreshold hurdle20%
- Semester 2 - ProjectThreshold hurdle20%
- Semester 1 and 2 - Final assessmentThreshold hurdle60%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Apply project evaluation techniques including the triple bottom line against the overall business model.
- 2
Identify the elements of the project life cycle, including plan, control, and organise and allocate resources.
- 3
Evaluate and apply the basic tools and techniques to plan, organise and manage a project.
- 4
Identify strategic constraints in managing the scope, time, cost and quality components.
- 5
Explain the interconnection of quality, risk and contract management.
- 6
Discuss professional responsibility, occupational health and safety and ethical conduct.
Workload and teaching
- Practical activities24 hours
- Lectures12 hours
- Teaching approachOnline learning
- Teaching approachActive learning
- Teaching approachProblem-based learning
The minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of 3-6 hours of scheduled learning activities and 6-9 hours of independent study per week. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher-directed learning, peer-directed learning and online engagement. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities.
Learning in the unit is mainly through lectures, practice classes and online learning. This unit is delivered in a flipped-learning mode, in which content is delivered prior to the lecture using videos and a unit textbook. You are expected to have reviewed the online materials along with other resources on Moodle. The video lecture is a session in which the learning for the week is applied to different aspects of project management. This forms the basis for the groupwork project throughout the semester. The group project aims to provide an environment in which you can gain an appreciation of how the topics covered in lectures may be applied to a realistic project management task.
Learning resources
Recommended resources
Refer to Moodle for details.
Where it fits
CIV4286 is part of 2 areas of study in the 2022 handbook.
Contacts
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Mehrdad Arashpour
- Unit Coordinators
- Dr Md Aslam Hossain
- Associate Professor Mehrdad Arashpour
- Dr Ali Rashidi
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for CIV4286?
CIV4286 has no prerequisites, but enrolment rules apply.
When is CIV4286 offered?
In 2022, CIV4286 runs in Semester 1 and Semester 2 at Clayton and Malaysia.
How much work is CIV4286?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does CIV4286 have an exam?
No. CIV4286 has 5 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include CIV4286?
CIV4286 is part of Civil engineering and Environmental engineering.