TECHCOMM 5004 - Managing Risk
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Course Details
| Course Code | TECHCOMM 5004 |
| Course | Managing Risk |
| Coordinating Unit | The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre, Faculty of Engineering, Computer & Mathematical Sciences |
| Term | Trimster 1 2013 |
| Mode | Internal |
| Level | Postgraduate Coursework |
| Location/s | Ngee Ann-Adelaide Education Centre, Singapore |
| Units | 3 |
| Contact | Minimum of 36 contact hours as per university policy. |
| Prerequisites | Not applicable |
| Corequisites | Not applicable |
| Incompatible | Not applicable |
| Assumed Knowledge | Not applicable |
| Restrictions | Not applicable |
| Quota | Not applicable |
| Course Description | This course addresses decision and risk analysis, methods for structuring and modelling decision problems, and application of methods to a variety of problems that involve risk and uncertainty related to the commercialisation of development of projects and commercialisation of new technologies. Monte Carlo simulation, design by risk, the concept of tolerance and phase-gate process are addressed. Students apply risk analysis tools to a commercialisation assessment problem or a project development. The context of the course is engineering, technology and information technology design and production, operations and processes, which include consulting, production, procurement, maintenance and logistics supply for technology based operations, including defence, construction, and manufacture, and IT provision for ongoing businesses, assessment of efficiency, risk and quality management, and related aspects. |
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Course Enrolment Dates and Fees
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Course Staff
Professor Vernon Ireland
The Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation and Innovation Centre
Telephone: +61 2 9209 4113; +61411 153 861
Email: vernon.ireland@adelaide.edu.au
