Course overview
This course will develop your ability to execute and deliver engineering projects in research and industry. The foundations of project management are covered: precise definition of objectives; planning, executing and monitoring projects; risk and failure analysis; and project management methodologies. Techniques for advanced engineering practice will be developed: critical review of literature and research gap analysis; data and information literacy; written, oral, and graphical communication; document preparation and version control; reproducibility, verification, and validation of engineering models. This course will also cover research ethics. Students will work in groups to develop a project plan and literature review for a research project as a precursor to the engineering honours project.
Course learning outcomes
- Communicate professionally and effectively through written, oral, aural, and graphical means with others in the engineering profession
- Access, systematically search, assess, analyse, evaluate and reference relevant published works for the purpose of completing investigations into engineering problems
- Identify, select and apply appropriate research methodologies
- Explain and identify issues around research integrity and ethics
- Explain standard project management approaches, particularly the role of each Project Management Knowledge Area and how they can be used to execute a project
- Develop a project management plan articulating how a given project is to be executed, including breaking down the project into manageable tasks
- Identify and plan for project risks using defined risk assessment processes
- Critique, review and differentiate the work of peers in an objective and constructive manner
- Demonstrate an ability to collaborate with a diverse group of people and critically reflect upon the fundamentals of team dynamics
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