School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
UNSW Engineering
GSOE9820
Engineering Project Management
Term 1, 2023
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Course Overview
Staff Contact Details
Convenors
Name Email Availability Location Phone
Susann Beier s.beier@unsw.edu.au Consultations
available during
usual business
hours upon
request
Ainsworth
Building J17
Lecturers
Name Email Availability Location Phone
Bernard Hayes bernard_lavrence.hayes@uns
w.edu.au
Habib Zughbi h.zughbi@unsw.edu.au
Ibrahim Dani mere.teaching@unsw.edu.au
Edward Obbard e.obbard@unsw.edu.au
Dirk Vos mere.teaching@unsw.edu.au
Demonstrators
Name Email Availability Location Phone
Yingbo Sun yingbo.sun@student.unsw.edu
.au
Junhan Jiang junhan.jiang@student.unsw.ed
u.au
Anish Anbalagan a.anbalagan@unsw.edu.au
Archana
Govindarajulu
a.govindarajulu@unsw.edu.au
Tong Ju t.ju.1@unsw.edu.au
Ramya Kumar ramya.kumar1@student.unsw.
edu.au
Daria Schumm d.schumm@unsw.edu.au
Administrators
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Name Email Availability Location Phone
Cindy Li Xinyu.li@unsw.edu.au
School Contact Information
Location
UNSW Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Ainsworth building J17, Level 1
Above Coffee on Campus
Hours
9:00–5:00pm, Monday–Friday*
*Closed on public holidays, School scheduled events and University Shutdown
Web
School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Engineering Student Support Services
Engineering Industrial Training
UNSW Study Abroad and Exchange (for inbound students)
UNSW Future Students
Phone
(+61 2) 9385 8500 – Nucleus Student Hub
(+61 2) 9385 7661 – Engineering Industrial Training
(+61 2) 9385 3179 – UNSW Study Abroad and UNSW Exchange (for inbound students)
(+61 2) 9385 4097 – School Office**
**Please note that the School Office will not know when/if your course convenor is on campus or
available
Email
Engineering Student Support Services – current student enquiries
e.g. enrolment, progression, clash requests, course issues or program-related queries
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Engineering Industrial Training – Industrial training questions
UNSW Study Abroad – study abroad student enquiries (for inbound students)
UNSW Exchange – student exchange enquiries (for inbound students)
UNSW Future Students – potential student enquiries
e.g. admissions, fees, programs, credit transfer
School Office – School general office administration enquiries
NB: the relevant teams listed above must be contacted for all student enquiries. The School will
only be able to refer students on to the relevant team if contacted
Important Links
Student Wellbeing
Urgent Mental Health & Support
Equitable Learning Services
Faculty Transitional Arrangements for COVID-19
Moodle
Lab Access
Computing Facilities
Student Resources
Course Outlines
Makerspace
UNSW Timetable
UNSW Handbook
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Course Details
Units of Credit 6
Summary of the Course
This course will introduce to you the fundamental principles of project management in an engineering
context, enabling you to become a successful project manager.
Course Aims
This course takes an integrated approach to managing projects, exploring both technical and managerial
challenges. It emphasises not only individual project implementation, but also provides a strategic
perspective of how to manage projects at the program and portfolio levels. The course will provide you
with a powerful set of tools to improve your ability to plan, implement and manage activities to
accomplish specific organisational objectives in often complex and challenging work environments. The
Project Management Standards (e.g. PMBOK) are also included in the course in order to
comprehensively identify the critical knowledge areas that project managers must understand if they are
to become successful managers. The course is also a pathway for Project Management Institute (PMI)
certification since the contents of the course, terminologies used and exposure to several real-world
cases will support your preparations.
Course Learning Outcomes
After successfully completing this course, you should be able to:
Learning Outcome EA Stage 1 Competencies
1. Translate from organisational strategy into project deliverables PE1.5, PE2.4
2. Formulate project scope PE1.5, PE2.4
3. Select and apply project management methods PE1.3, PE2.1, PE2.2
4. Integrate and justify project plans PE3.6, PE2.3
5. Evaluate progress and interpret success in projects PE3.4, PE3.2
Teaching Strategies
The online lectures are designed to give students maximum flexibility in when and how they undertake
their learning in the course. The course will cover the terminology and core concepts and theories in
Project Management to help you develop a range of skills, such as managing project teams, project
schedules, budgets as well as being aware of strategic topics, different environments, cultures and
ethics of projects and community issues. The lectures and assessment tasks have been developed to
build on the lecture topics using examples taken directly from industry to show how the theory is applied
in practice and the details of when, where and how it should be applied.
Additional Course Information
The course, and the Course Learning Outcomes (CLO) listed above, are structured according to Bloom's
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Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, from the most basic to instill Knowledge, moving on to
Understanding it, then Applying it and Analysing results, and finally the most challenging which are to
Synthesise new knowledge and learn to Evaluate information for ourselves. Thus CLO 1-3 are more
basic, while CLO 4 and 5 are the most challenging.
The course aims to always provide students with Knowledge and Understanding, before asking
students to carry out something more complex like Analysis or Evaluation. Different assignments deal
with different kinds of Educational Objectives, such that for example individual quizzes are used to
assess Knowledge, while a team assignment assess the integration of a project plan (which is a kind of
Synthesis).
To achieve high marks in the course students must succeed at all the different kinds of these educational
objectives, from the basic ones to the most challenging.
The course is a possible pathway for Project Management Institute (PMI) certification since the contents
of the course, terminologies used and exposure to several real-world cases will support your
preparations. It also provides an opportunity to be considered as a future course demonstrator, who are
selected from students in the cohort who achieve a high level of all-round success.
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Assessment
*There is no final exam; however, the Individual knowledge quiz will be scheduled during exam period
Assessment task Weight Due Date Course Learning
Outcomes Assessed
1. Project Management Plan
(PMP)
50% Week 5, Week 7 1, 2, 3, 4
2. Team Based Learning
Activities
10% Week 4, Week 8 1, 2, 3, 4
3. Interview 20% Week 9, Week 10 4, 5
4. Individual Knowledge Quiz 20% Scheduled in exam time 1, 2, 3, 4
Assessment 1: Project Management Plan (PMP)
Assessment length: Approx. 20 pages
Submission notes: via Moodle
Due date: Week 5, Week 7
In this project assignment, student teams work together to complete an Engineering Project
Management Plan (PMP). Feedback is given in stages to help teams check and adjust their work.
Students are required to complete a hurdle task in the Week 5 Tutorials where they must present and
provide evidence of contribution to the PMP.
The purpose of this task is to ensure all individual students in the group have equally contributed to the
PMP to satisfactory standards. The hurdle task is not assessed by marks, however, failure to complete
the task will result in an UF grade.
Group final submission is in Week 7.
This assignment is submitted through Turnitin and students do not see Turnitin similarity reports.
Assessment criteria
Assessment is by a grading rubric which reflects the course learning outcomes.
Hurdle requirement
This course will include the following hurdle requirements that are closely linked to a set of learning
outcomes which demonstrate that you have acquired the required skills and competencies within this
discipline:
Students must demonstrate sufficient contribution to the PMP to satisfactory standards. Students
must present their contributions and submit evidence for the Week 5 PMP Hurdle task in order to pass
this subject. Failure to achieve this minimum requirement will result in an unsatisfactory fail (UF)
grade, regardless of the performance in the rest of the course.
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Additional details
The PMP is a group assignment. Grades in the group assignment part are individually scaled based on
contribution to the team, as verified by the team demonstrator. Students work in groups of 4-6.
Please note: Students cannot change their groups after selection or assignment. Students who do not
choose a group before deadline will be randomly assigned one. However, groups may need to be
restructured if the group number drops below 4 students.
Assessment 2: Team Based Learning Activities
Submission notes: Moodle quiz
Due date: Week 4, Week 8
Team Based Learning (TBL) activities are graded, timed group assessments that take place during
scheduled class or team meeting time.Students must be active and present in the lecture – either in-
person or online. Attendance will be marked.
For the first part, students are required to complete a Moodle quiz with their assigned groups during
Week 4. For part two, during the assigned lecture slot in Week 8, students work in their groups to
complete the activities and submit their answers on Moodle.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
Marks are awarded for correct answers. All team members must be present online at the scheduled time
and participate in the activities to be awarded marks unless absence is agreed in advance with the team
members and the team's demonstrator.
Additional details
Further, ungraded quizzes and activities are carried out throughout the course, and can be completed at
any time.
Assessment 3: Interview
Start date: Weeks 9-10, outside class time
Submission notes: Online interview
Due date: Week 9, Week 10
Each student will be interviewed by an academic staff member or demonstrator and asked to discuss
their group assignment in terms of achieving integration in their project planning and the definition of
project success.
In week 9, each student group is required to submit a change request based on their PMP. This
outcomes of the change request is assessed in this individual interview in week 10.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
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Grading is by a rubric that reflects the learning outcomes.
Additional details
Rescheduling the interview time after its initial selection is not possible except in exceptional
circumstances and by approval of the course convener. No-shows in the interview will receive zero
marks for the interview.

Assessment 4: Individual Knowledge Quiz
Assessment length: n/a
Submission notes: Moodle Quiz
Due date: Scheduled in exam time
The Knowledge Quiz is scheduled during exam time. 50 multiple choice questions must be completed in
60 minutes. The quiz is similar in structure and timing to the well-known Project Management
Professional (PMP) exam. The quiz is assessed by right/wrong answers and late completion is not
possible. Feedback on the quiz is not returned.
This course does not have a final exam. However, the individual knowledge quiz will be scheduled
during exam period.
This is not a Turnitin assignment
Assessment criteria
Correct answers
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Attendance Requirements
Students are strongly encouraged to attend all classes and review lecture recordings.
Course Schedule
Team Based Learning (TBL) activities are graded group activities that take place during scheduled class
time and in some meetings with demonstrators. Students who do not appear (or do not take part at all)
will not receive marks for the TBL activities, unless their absence has been agreed in advance with their
group and their demonstrator.
View class timetable
Timetable
Date Type Content
O-Week: 6 February -
10 February
Week 1: 13 February -
17 February
Lecture Course Overview
Lecture Introduction to Project Management, Project
Scope
Web Students select Project group on Moodle.
Week 2: 20 February -
24 February
Lecture WBS, Project Charter
Week 3: 27 February -
3 March
Lecture Project Charter and Stakeholders
Online Activity Ungraded Moodle individual and group quiz
Week 4: 6 March - 10
March
Lecture Agile
Assessment Team Based Learning Activities: Moodle quiz
Week 5: 13 March - 17
March
Lecture Estimating, Scheduling, Risk Management,
Budgeting, HR Planning
Assessment Project Management Plan (PMP): via Moodle
Week 6: 20 March - 24
March
Workshop PMP integration
Week 7: 27 March - 31
March
Lecture Project Controls, Case Study with accompanying
group activity on Moodle
Assessment Project Management Plan (PMP): via Moodle
Week 8: 3 April - 7 April Assessment Project Controls Application Exercise, Groups
submit answers on Moodle during the lecture
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Assessment Team Based Learning Activities: Moodle quiz
Week 9: 10 April - 14
April
Lecture Successful stories of project management
Group Activity Submit PMP change request
Assessment Interview: Online interview
Week 10: 17 April - 21
April
Online Activity Practice quiz
Assessment Interview: Online interview
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Resources
Prescribed Resources
Textbook
Project Management Institute, issuing body. A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge
(PMBOK Guide) : and, Agile Practice Guide. Sixth edition. Newtown Square, Pennsylvania: Project
Management Institute, 2017.

Recommended Resources
Additional instructional videos
Linked-in Learning accessed through
UNSW: https://www.myit.unsw.edu.au/services/staff/educational-technology/linkedin-learning
Course Evaluation and Development
Feedback on the course is gathered periodically using various means, including the UNSW
myExperience process, feedback surveys used through the course, and the School’s Student/Staff
meetings. Your feedback is taken seriously, and continual improvements are made to the course taking
into account such feedback.
Changes made this term to improve online education and assessments
Improved grading rubrics
Simpler PMP assignment (3 reduced to 2 steps)
More controlled grading and questions for interview
Improved project descriptions according to transparent assessment design.
Successful aspects of the course that have been kept:
Practical assignment planning a realistic project
TBL workshop
Large demonstrator team and many opportunities for personalized support
Excellence in guest lecturers and panelists
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Submission of Assessment Tasks
Assessment submission and marking criteria
Should the course have any non-electronic assessment submission, these should have a standard
School cover sheet.
All submissions are expected to be neat and clearly set out. Your results are the pinnacle of all your hard
work and should be treated with due respect. Presenting results clearly gives the marker the best chance
of understanding your method; even if the numerical results are incorrect.
Marking guidelines for assignment submissions will be provided at the same time as assignment details
to assist with meeting assessable requirements. Submissions will be marked according to the marking
guidelines provided.
Late policy
Work submitted late without an approved extension by the course coordinator or delegated authority is
subject to a late penalty of five percent (5%) of the maximum mark possible for that assessment item,
per calendar day.
The late penalty is applied per calendar day (including weekends and public holidays) that the
assessment is overdue. There is no pro-rata of the late penalty for submissions made part way through a
day. This is for all assessments where a penalty applies.
Work submitted after five days (120 hours) will not be accepted and a mark of zero will be awarded for
that assessment item.
For example:
Your course has an assessment task worth a total of 100 marks (Max Possible Mark)
You submit the assessment on time and you get 60/100 (Awarded Mark)
You submit the assessment 1 day late and the late penalty of 5% per day is applied (5%
deducted/day from maximum possible mark for that assessment item)
Your adjusted final score is 55/100.
For some assessment items, a late penalty may not be appropriate. These are clearly indicated in the
course outline, and such assessments receive a mark of zero if not completed by the specified date.
Examples include:
1. Weekly online tests or laboratory work worth a small proportion of the subject mark, or
2. Online quizzes where answers are released to students on completion, or
3. Professional assessment tasks, where the intention is to create an authentic assessment that
has an absolute submission date, or
4. Pass/Fail assessment tasks.
Examinations
You must be available for all quizzes, tests and examinations. For courses that have final examinations,
these are held during the University examination periods: February for Summer Term, May for T1,
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August for T2, and November/December for T3.
Please visit myUNSW for Provisional Examination timetable publish dates. For further information on
exams, please see the Exams webpage.
Special Consideration
If you have experienced an illness or misadventure beyond your control that will interfere with your
assessment performance, you are eligible to apply for Special Consideration prior to submitting an
assessment or sitting an exam.
UNSW now has a Fit to Sit / Submit rule, which means that if you attempt an exam or submit a piece of
assessment, you are declaring yourself fit enough to do so and cannot later apply for Special
Consideration.
For details of applying for Special Consideration and conditions for the award of supplementary
assessment, please see the information on UNSW’s Special Consideration page.
Please note that students will not be required to provide any documentary evidence to
support absences from any classes missed because of COVID-19 public health measures such as
isolation. UNSW will not be insisting on medical certificates from anyone deemed to be a positive case,
or when they have recovered. Such certificates are difficult to obtain and put an unnecessary strain on
students and medical staff.
Applications for special consideration will be required for assessment and participation absences –
but no documentary evidence for COVID-19 illness or isolation will be required.
Special Consideration Outcomes
Assessments have default Special Consideration outcomes. The default outcome for the assessment will
be advised when you apply for Special Consideration. Below is the list of possible outcomes:
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Outcome Explanation Example
Time extension Student provided more time
to submit the assessment
e.g. 1 more week of time granted to submit a report
Supplementary
assessment
Student provided an
alternate assessment at a
later date/time
e.g. a supplementary exam is scheduled during the
supplementary exam period of the term
Substitute item The mark for the missed
assessment is substituted
with the mark of another
assessment
e.g. mark for Quiz 1 applied also applied as mark for
Quiz 2, meaning if a student achieved a mark of
20/30 for Quiz 1 and was granted Special
Consideration for Quiz 2, a mark of 20/30 would be
applied for Quiz 2, etc
Exemption All course marks are
recalculated excluding this
assessment and its
weighting
e.g. The course has an assessment structure of:
- Assignments 30%,
- Lab report 30%,
- Final Exam 40%.
If the Lab report is missed and student is granted
Special Consideration, then the assessment
structure may be reweighted as follows:
- Assignments 50%
- Final Exam 50%
as though the Lab report did not exist
Non-standard Course Coordinator is
contacted for the outcome
when special consideration
is granted as the outcome
differs on a case-by-case
basis
e.g. typical for group assessments where time
extension supplementary assessment could be
granted to the group member, time extension could
be granted to the whole group, etc. Clarify with your
Course Convenor for
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Academic Honesty and Plagiarism
UNSW has an ongoing commitment to fostering a culture of learning informed by academic integrity. All
UNSW students have a responsibility to adhere to this principle of academic integrity. Plagiarism
undermines academic integrity and is not tolerated at UNSW. Plagiarism at UNSW is defined as using
the words or ideas of others and passing them off as your own.
Plagiarism is a type of intellectual theft. It can take many forms, from deliberate cheating to accidentally
copying from a source without acknowledgement. UNSW has produced a website with a wealth of
resources to support students to understand and avoid plagiarism, visit: student.unsw.edu.au/plagiarism.
The Learning Centre assists students with understanding academic integrity and how not to plagiarise.
They also hold workshops and can help students one-on-one.
You are also reminded that careful time management is an important part of study and one of the
identified causes of plagiarism is poor time management. Students should allow sufficient time for
research, drafting and the proper referencing of sources in preparing all assessment tasks.
If plagiarism is found in your work when you are in first year, your lecturer will offer you assistance to
improve your academic skills. They may ask you to look at some online resources, attend the Learning
Centre, or sometimes resubmit your work with the problem fixed. However more serious instances in first
year, such as stealing another student’s work or paying someone to do your work, may be investigated
under the Student Misconduct Procedures.
Repeated plagiarism (even in first year), plagiarism after first year, or serious instances, may also be
investigated under the Student Misconduct Procedures. The penalties under the procedures can include
a reduction in marks, failing a course or for the most serious matters (like plagiarism in an honours
thesis) even suspension from the university. The Student Misconduct Procedures are available here:
www.gs.unsw.edu.au/policy/documents/studentmisconductprocedures.pdf
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Academic Information
Credit points
Course credit is calculated in Units-Of-Credit (UOC). The normal workload expectation for one UOC
is approximately 25 hours per term. This includes class contact hours, private study, other learning
activities, preparation and time spent on all assessable work.
Most coursework courses at UNSW are 6 UOC and involve an estimated 150 hours to complete, for both
regular and intensive terms. Each course includes a prescribed number of hours per week (h/w) of
scheduled face-to-face and/or online contact. Any additional time beyond the prescribed contact hours
should be spent in making sure that you understand the lecture material, completing the set
assignments, further reading, and revising for any examinations.
On-campus class attendance
**T3-2022 UPDATE**
Any offshore students who cannot attend activities which are timetabled to be delivered face to
face are advised to contact the course convenor to discuss their options. In most courses
coordinated by the School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, especially core
courses, there is usually an online alternative.
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Public distancing conditions must be followed for all face-to-face classes. To ensure this, only students
enrolled in those classes will be allowed in the room. No over-enrolment is allowed in face-to-face
classes. Students enrolled in online classes can swap their enrolment from online to on-campus classes
by Sunday, Week 1. Please refer to your course's Microsoft Teams and Moodle sites for more
information about class attendance for in-person and online class sections/activities.
Your health and the health of those in your class is critically important. You must stay at home if you are
sick or have been advised to self-isolate by NSW health or government authorities. Current alerts and a
list of hotspots can be found here. You will not be penalised for missing a face-to-face activity due
to illness or a requirement to self-isolate. We will work with you to ensure continuity of learning during
your isolation and have plans in place for you to catch up on any content or learning activities you may
miss. Where this might not be possible, an application for fee remission may be discussed. Further
information is available on any course Moodle or Teams site.
In certain classroom and laboratory situations where physical distancing cannot be maintained or there is
a high risk that it cannot be maintained, face masks will be considered mandatory PPE for students and
staff.
For more information, please refer to the
FAQs: https://www.covid-19.unsw.edu.au/safe-return-campus-faqs
Guidelines
All students are expected to read and be familiar with UNSW guidelines and polices. In particular,
students should be familiar with the following:
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Attendance
UNSW Email Address
Special Consideration
Exams
Approved Calculators
Academic Honesty and Plagiarism

Note: This course outline sets out description of classes at the date the Course Outline is published. The
nature of classes may change during the Term after the Course Outline is published. Moodle should be
consulted for the up-to-date class descriptions. If there is any inconsistency in the description of
activities between the University timetable and the Course Outline (as updated in Moodle), the
description in the Course Outline/Moodle applies.
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Acknowledgement of Country
We acknowledge the Bedegal people who are the traditional custodians of the lands on which UNSW
Kensington campus is located.
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Appendix: Engineers Australia (EA) Professional Engineer Competency
Standard
Program Intended Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and skill base
PE1.1 Comprehensive, theory based understanding of the underpinning natural and
physical sciences and the engineering fundamentals applicable to the engineering discipline
PE1.2 Conceptual understanding of the mathematics, numerical analysis, statistics, and
computer and information sciences which underpin the engineering discipline
PE1.3 In-depth understanding of specialist bodies of knowledge within the engineering
discipline
✔
PE1.4 Discernment of knowledge development and research directions within the
engineering discipline
PE1.5 Knowledge of engineering design practice and contextual factors impacting the
engineering discipline
✔
PE1.6 Understanding of the scope, principles, norms, accountabilities and bounds of
sustainable engineering practice in the specific discipline
Engineering application ability
PE2.1 Application of established engineering methods to complex engineering problem
solving
✔
PE2.2 Fluent application of engineering techniques, tools and resources ✔
PE2.3 Application of systematic engineering synthesis and design processes ✔
PE2.4 Application of systematic approaches to the conduct and management of engineering
projects
✔
Professional and personal attributes
PE3.1 Ethical conduct and professional accountability
PE3.2 Effective oral and written communication in professional and lay domains ✔
PE3.3 Creative, innovative and pro-active demeanour
PE3.4 Professional use and management of information ✔
PE3.5 Orderly management of self, and professional conduct
PE3.6 Effective team membership and team leadership ✔
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