16208 Project Management Integration

This subject involves a capstone project that provides students with the opportunity to demonstrate and integrate the professional knowledge and skills that they have acquired through their course. Students work in groups to go through the process of procuring a project from inception to completion and also cover the commissioning and operational stages of the project. Students are expected to demonstrate a professional level of preparation, planning, execution, testing and documentation for the project and are expected to meet a number of strictly enforced milestones. Students need to demonstrate proactive initiatives in overcoming problems associated with the project. The subject brings together the processes of project management as defined by the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and their interaction within a project life cycle. Project initiation is explored, including project purpose and justification, stakeholder-needs analysis, feasibility analysis, setting project objectives, development and evaluation of alternatives and project definition. Students then address the practical application of project planning, executing, controlling and closing processes. This incorporates the integration of project scope, time, cost, quality, risk, procurement and facilitating processes. Emphasis is placed on effective project teamwork and communication.

Typical availability

Spring semester, City campus