Postgraduate Initiative in Project Engineering
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IX7101 Definition Scope Engineering
How to assure the project is the right project.
IX7101-A1:
- Specify and develop the critical skills for effective design reviews, including how to assure that a common view is shared of and within the project.
IX7101-A2:
- Specify and develop the critical skills required in directing projects, including how to assure project compliance.
IX7101-A3:
- Specify and develop the critical skills to define effective communication for project direction.
IX7101-LO1:
- Review and analyse tools to engineer compliance of the project at the tactical level of senior user (architect of final deliverable).
IX7101-LO2:
- Critically analyse, design and organize process to construct requirement baseline and definition baseline for the project.
IX7101-LO3:
- Evaluate communication for project tactical direction by senior user.
Total Learning time 200 hours:
- 36 hours contact time
- 164 hours independent study (team construction and real case analysis)
Students are expected to attend all lectures/seminars and actively engage with online learning resources.
IX7101-C1: Keys for projects
- Critical definition review for project final deliverable (targeted product, service or facility).
- Professional practices for adequate communication at project kick-off.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for scope definition.
IX7101-C2: Keys for project management
- Critical identification review of key stakeholders (user’s versus supplier’s perspective).
- Analysis of project commitment for project development versus execution.
- Review of project maturity through justification of project estimates.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for project stakeholder review.
IX7101-C3: Qualification of definition
- Construction process of definition baseline.
- Analysis of definition and verification review for approval by project board.
- Design and construction of expert based justification of scope definition.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for definition baseline review.
IX7101-C4: User driven scope analysis
- Construction process of requirement baseline.
- Analysis of requirement and validation review for approval by project board.
- Design and construction of expert based scope analysis.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for requirement baseline review.
IX7101-C5: Validation of definition scope
- Construction process of requirement validation.
- Analysis of validation scorecard for approval by project board.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for validation plan review.
IX7101-C6: Characterization of definition scope
- Professional practices for quality requirement.
- Analysis of usability for targeted product, service or facility.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for review of Service Level Agreement (SLA).
IX7101-C7: Economical justification of definition scope
- Evaluation and constructive approach for project’s Return on Investment (ROI),
- Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Return Rate (IRR).
- Critical review of assumptions for economical justification of project.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for project economics.
IX7101-C8: Strategic justification of definition scope
- Evaluation and constructive approach for alignment of requirement baseline with the strategy of the funding body.
- Critical review of assumptions for strategic justification of project.
- Presentations, labs, discussions and preparation of independent study for alignment of project to strategies.