Project Management in Aviation (commencing Sem 2, 2013)
Unit code: HES2992
| Credit points | 12.5 Credit Points |
| Duration | 1 Semester |
| Contact hours | Four hours per week (48 hours) |
| Campus | Hawthorn |
| Prerequisites | Nil |
| Corequisites | Nil |
Related course(s)
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Aims and objectives
The aim of this unit is to facilitate an understanding of the fundamentals of project management as they apply to aviation projects. The unit will provide students with an overview of project management, the types of projects that exist in aviation, the role of the project manager, project planning considerations, and the principles involved in managing a project.
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
After successfully completing this unit students should be able to:
- Describe the types of projects that are likely to occur in aviation, the project lifecycle and how strategic management relates to projects
- Explain project definition, cost estimation, project financing and feasibility and the implications of project creep.
- Describe project planning, typical organisational structures associated with projects and how communication, authority and responsibility affect projects.
- Explain and discuss the issues associated with second and third parties to project.
- Apply project management principles; including work breakdown structures, critical path and PERT, sensitivity analysis and methods for recovering a schedule.
- Explain contracts and legal issues that relate to project management.
- Explain risk and risk management within projects.
- Describe systems engineering as it relates to project management.
- Explain human resource management as it pertains to project management.
- Explain the issues associated with project completion or termination.
Assessment
- Project Scheduling exercise worth 20%
- Individual research paper worth 40%
- Examination (2 hours) worth 40%
Generic skills outcomes
This unit addresses the following key generic skills:
- Critical Thinking
- Analysis skills
- Written communication skills
- Ability to work independently
- Ability to tackle unfamiliar problems
Content
Introduction to project management
- What is a project?
- The Project Business Case
- Types of projects
- The project lifecycle
- Strategic management and projects
- The performance, cost and schedule triangle
- Project definition
Financing the project
- Cost estimation
- Project feasibility
- Project creep
Project planning
- Project organizational structures
- Lines of communication
- Authority and responsibility within a project
- How the project fits within the larger organization
- Dealing with second and third parties to the project
- Allocation of organizational resources to the project
Managing the project
- Tracking project progress
- The critical path method
- Work breakdown structures
- Drawing the logic network
- Defining the critical path
- Managing the critical path
- Sensitivity analysis
- Crashing the project to improve schedule
Cost management
- Budgeted costs and actual costs
- Earned Value analysis
Contracts and other legal issues
Risk and Risk management in projects
Systems management
- Overview of systems engineering principles
- Requirements and specifications
- Certification as it applies to aviation
- Configuration management
- Quality management
Human resource issues within projects
Project termination
- Successful completion
- Cancelling a project
References
Meredith, JR & Mantel, SJ 2008, Project Management a Managerial Approach, 7th edn, John Wiley & Sons Inc, New York.
