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BX2077 - Project Management
| Credit points: | 3 |
| Year: | 2019 |
| Student Contribution Band: | Band 3 |
| Administered by: | College of Business, Law & Governance |
This subject addresses project management from a management perspective. The subject deals with the basic nature of managing projects, the advantages and disadvantages of project management, and covers the problems of selecting projects, initiating them, operating and controlling them. The subject discusses the demands made on project managers and the nature of managers' interaction with stakeholders and the ethical issues faced by project managers. Further, the subject covers the issues associated with planning a project utilising project software tools and terminating a project.
Learning Outcomes
- appraise and demonstrate key concepts, processes and procedures of project management;
- analyse the influence of PMBOK with real applications of project management;
- develop experience in use of software and relevant project management tools to real world problems;
- apply project management techniques in solving real world problems;
- critically examine the benefits and limitations of implementing project management theories in business.
| Prerequisites: | 18 CP OF SUBJECTS |
| Inadmissible Subject Combinations: |
BU2007 MG2758 MG3758 |
Availabilities |
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| Townsville, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Roy Wybrow |
| Lecturer: | Mr Gerard Byrne. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
| External, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Roy Wybrow |
| Lecturers: | Mr Roy Wybrow, Mr Gerard Byrne. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Method of Delivery: | WWW - LearnJCU |
| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
| Cairns, Internal, Study Period 2 | |
| Census Date 29-Aug-2019 | |
| Coord/Lect: | Mr Roy Wybrow. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 51 | |
| Census Date 11-Apr-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Roy Wybrow |
| Lecturer: | Dr Chun Meng Tang. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
| JCU Singapore, Internal, Study Period 53 | |
| Census Date 05-Dec-2019 | |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
| JCU Brisbane, Internal, Study Period 22 | |
| Census Date 08-Aug-2019 | |
| Coordinator: | Mr Roy Wybrow |
| Lecturer: | Ms Jo-Anne Clark. |
| Workload expectations: |
The student workload for this 3 credit point subject is approximately 130 hours.
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| Assessment: | end of semester exam (40%); assignments (40%); one page project overview (opppo) - 10%; presentation - 10% (20%). |
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