PRJ5003 Project Constraint Management Assessment

Assessment 1 Detail

In this assessment, students are required to answer multiple choice questions, short answer questions and practical questions. Weekly tests from week-3 to week 10 will be conducted during the two-hour workshop and shall cover the weekly course content. Classroom based for Sydney and Melbourne students and online only for Brisbane students. The students need to do the before- class activities including watching the mini videos, study the lectures slides and the chapters associated for the weekly lecture. The aim of this quiz is to assess the students’ understanding of the key concepts of the topics explained from week 1 to week 10, it also helps in identifying further support needs.

Assessment 2 Detail

This assessment is designed to assess your technical skills in planning and communicating a project plan effectively. You are required to form a group (max. 3 students), select a project case (either from the provided links to the real-life projects or a project case of your group’s choice). The selected project (either ongoing or already completed) is to be assumed by your group to be in final stage of Initiation, with either a signed off Project charter or in the stage of getting the approval of the Project charter. You are required to create the scope management plan, schedule management plan and cost management plan for your project. This report should include an introduction to the project case, a stakeholders’ register, and a brief project charter.

The Scope management needs to include project justification, in-scope and out-of-scope, constraints, Limits, assumptions, technical requirements and statement of work (SOW). WBS structure (minimum of three levels), WBS dictionary, work packages, scope verification and validation methods, scope change control, and designing the change control boards (CCB) and roles and responsibilities.

You are required to continue working with your group on the selected project and develop and write a schedule management plan that includes processes, tools and techniques to be used and documents to be developed as per your client’s requirements, define activities (activity list, proper activity logic, activities identification), milestones list, activities sequence, relationships, project network and critical path(s) using MOST likely estimates of activity duration, roles and responsibilities in scheduling, and monitoring and controlling schedule (EVA relevant to project schedule). Provide a description of the methods and tools. The PERT section to be included and should demonstrate how the process from most likely, optimistic and pessimistic duration to project probabilities have been implemented. You need to indicate most likely, optimistic and pessimistic duration for each activity and calculate the activity expected times for all activities. Refer Marking rubric for detailed requirements including calculation of Project expected time (TE) using activity expected times and CPM along with calculation of activity standard deviations. Using your project planning and scheduling skills and utilising the provided excel templates, you are required to develop a schedule plan and develop schedule baseline using the activity expected time (tE).

You also require to develop and write project cost management plan that includes: plan cost management (identify processes, tools and techniques to be used and project documents to be developed as per your client’s requirements), define cost elements (labour, material, variable cost), identify types of cost (direct, indirect, fixed, variable), determine the estimating method (s): (top- down, bottom-up), use estimating techniques (analogous, parametric, three-point method) to estimate budget (creation) and establish time-phased budget, provide a discussion on monitoring and controlling cost (EVA relevant to project cost including forecasting and variances), and establish a cost baseline.

For successful completion of this assessment, you should meet with your group regularly (at least once a week). You will also be assigned to group Wiki page which will be your platform to collaborate with your group. You require to study the material provided (lecture slides,tutorials, and reading materials), engage in the unit’s activities, and in the discussion forums. The prescribed textbook and PMBOK are the main reference along with the recommended reading material.

Groups expected to discuss their work with lecturer and to seek support.

Following resources may assist student in selecting a real-life project but the students could select any other real life case study project suiting their preference as a group:

• Projects within the Transport Program for UNSW:
  https://www.transport.nsw.gov.au/projects
• City of Sydney, projects within the Changing urban precincts program:
  https://www.cityofsydney.nsw.gov.au/building-new-infrastructure
• Kerzner, H 2017, Project management case studies,4th edn, John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, New Jersey.

Assessments 2 Conditions of Using AI

Please refer to conditions of using AI in your assessment provided in the Academic Integrity Module in the page titled Generative AI: Guidelines for Students.

Assessment 3 Detail

This assessment is designed to assess your technical skills in communicating project status effectively to different stakeholders. You are required to work individually, and you will be provided with a unique project scenario. You are required to prepare supporting documents, power point presentation slides that includes adequate information about the project case and present your report (verbal presentation) regarding the project status.

The project scenario and detailed instructions will be provided on Monday of week 10 or earlier and you are expected to apply the knowledge and skills you learn over the trimester for the submission.

While the main marked assessment is your power point slides and verbal presentation, you should demonstrate clear understanding, and high-level project management skills in your submission and presentation. You need to submit supporting documents and presentation file prior to the submission date in Assessment 3 Canvas submission space. Details of the supporting documents shall be available in the detailed instructions shared with you.

The date of presentation shall be conveyed to the students in Week 10, and it is mandatory that the students are available during their designated presentation time slots.

Assessments 3 Conditions of Using AI

Please refer to conditions of using AI in your assessment provided in the Academic Integrity Module in the page titled Generative AI: Guidelines for Students.

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