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PMGT5820: Execution and Acceptance
2025 unit information
Project execution is the point when plans become reality. During the delivery phase, project managers will need to monitor and control progress of internal and external teams against performance measures. They will need to manage stakeholders to encourage their expectations to align with project outputs and outcomes. In this unit, student will also learn the process of achieving client acceptance and bringing projects to closure. However, delivering quality outputs is not enough ensure project success. In this unit, students will be taken past the boundary of the project, to explore factors that affect the business integration of deliverables, and the processes required to help organisations in achieve longer term benefits from the project in which they invest.
Unit details and rules
Managing faculty or University school:
Engineering
| Study level | Postgraduate |
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| Academic unit | Project Management |
| Credit points | 6 |
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Prerequisites:
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(ENGG5205 or PMGT5205) and PMGT5858 and (ENGG5811 or PMGT5811) |
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Corequisites:
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None |
| Prohibitions:
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ENGG5820 |
| Assumed knowledge:
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None |
At the completion of this unit, you should be able to:
- LO1. Initiate and manage project start-up and the transition to a new project phase
- LO2. Allocate and monitor resources
- LO3. Evaluate and monitor risks, opportunities and implement responses
- LO4. Monitor and control progress against performance expectations and make any necessary adjustments
- LO5. Report on project progress; verify the achievement of project requirements and objectives, including quality and recommend any necessary corrective and/or preventive actions
- LO6. Distil critical information, evaluate, and review decisions to move the project forward
- LO7. Deliver results, get project acceptance, and close and evaluate a project phase
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