Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Professor Vernon Ireland
Phone: +61 411 153 861
Email: vernon.ireland@adelaide.edu.au

Name: Mike Salah – CPEng
Master of Engineering Science (Sydney Uni)
Grad Dip in Business Administration (AGSM)
BSc in Civil Engineering (Manchester University)

Short Bio:
Mike is a civil engineer with over 10 years experience as a construction project manager prior to moving to Australia and gaining his Masters in Project Risk Management. For the past 18 years in Australia, Mike has specialised in assisting organisations in both the public and private sectors transform their project and risk management practices to achieve their business objectives and growth goals. His experience covers assisting organisations establish their enterprise and project risk management disciplines, project portfolio prioritisation models, setup and operate their projects & program offices, develop their project & risk management capabilities, review their major projects & improve their project management processes, and provide overall assurance through independent reviews, benchmarking and being part of wider audit teams. Mike is currently a Director in the PricewaterhouseCoopers Project Services team in Sydney, where is specialises in helping organisations improve their project and risk management maturity.

Email: moukhlessalah@hotmail.com

Teaching Staff: Kiran Hiriyanna

Short Bio:
Bachelor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering (BS Mech), Chartered Member of Institute of Mechanical Engineers,
Master of Business Administration (MBA), Masters of Philosophy, (MPhil),
Kiran is a Project Manager with over 15 years in the defence sector. He has also worked in the water supply and waste water sector. In addition, he has solid experience in the management of design projects in the vehicle, aerospace, rail and naval sector. Kiran’s career started at Sydney Water in the state where he was born and schooled. A change in sector bought him to South Australia to work for Tenix Defence. His career then took him to the United Kingdom, where he gained invaluable experience working for Airbus. He was integral to the development of recently released military and commercial aircraft such as the A400M and A380. More recently, Kiran has been heavily involved in various naval projects in Australia, working for Babcock.

Kiran’s recent experience has provided him with invaluable commercial and project management experience, required to make astute decisions within the Australian business landscape. The projects involved maintenance management of the Collins Class submarines and the delivery of state of the art weapon system for the AWD. Kiran has also successfully led major bids for sustainment of warships. Bids differ to standard delivery projects given the amount of variables which must be contained within the short response time.

Kiran’s career has provided him with exposure to many areas of corporate process. As such, he developed an interest in corporate social responsibility. His MPhil focuses on how organisations can contribute to sustainability without deteriorating their bottom line.

Email: Kiran.hiriyanna@adelaide.edu.au

Phone: 8313 2561

Opening intensive: 
Thursday 31st July & Friday 1st August 2014
9am-5pm
Masonic Hall B02 Seminar Room East

Closing intensive:
Monday 22nd & Tuesday 23rd September 2014
9am-5pm
Masonic Hall B02 Seminar Room East

1	Knowledge and understanding of advanced risk management techniques
2	Be competent to systematically identify the sources of risk in a new venture, a new product or a project & to analyse, quantify and prioritise risks impacting on a project
3	Understand the use of risk as a design tool
4	Ability to locate, analyse, evaluate and synthesise information from stakeholders
5	Ability to recognise risks and to develop project solutions both individually and in teams
6	Provide leadership in project teams
7	Understanding of contemporary technologies in managing risk including real options
8	Recognition of the need to continue professional development and intellectual curiosity in managing risk
9	Develop willingness to contribute skills in managing risk to community projects
10	Understanding of the need to maintain ethical, social and cultural standards on projects

The University’s preferred textbook supplier is Unibooks: http://www.unibooks.com.au/ 

Available from the library but not required textbook: Bowden, A., Lane, M., and Martin, J., (2001), Triple Bottom Line Risk Management, Wiley.

There is a wide range of material on the course topic available. The following provides some additional reading guidance if you are interested in reading further on the topic.

Chapman, Chris and Ward, Stephen	1997	Project Risk Management, Wiley
Chorafas, Dimitris	2001	Managing Risk in the New Economy, New York Institute of Finance
Clark, Kim & Wheelwright, Steven	1993	Managing new Product and Process Development, HBS
Cooper, Robert	2001	Winning at New Products, 3rd Edition, Perseus Publishing, Cambridge Massachusetts
Crawford, C Merle, and Di Benedetto, C Anthony	2000	New Products Management. Irwin McGraw-Hill
Deschamps, Jean-Philippe and Nayak, P Ranganath	1995	Product Juggernauts, Arthur D Little
Gray, Clifford & Larson, Erik	2000	Project Management, McGraw-Hill.
Jolly Vijay	1997	Commercialising New Technologies, Harvard Business School Press
McGrath, Michael	2001	Product Strategies for High Tech Companies, 2nd Edition, McGraw-Hill
Pickford, James	2001	Mastering Risk, Volume 1: Concepts, Financial Times
Smith, Preston G and Reinertsen, Donald	1995	Developing Products in Half the Time, Van Nostrand Reinhold
Van de Ven, Andrew, Polley, Douglas, Garud, Raghu, & Venkataraman, Sankataran	1999	The Innovation Journey, Oxford UP

Library Resources
The University of Adelaide’s Barr Smith Library provides a range of learning resources including texts, journals, periodicals, magazines, and access to online databases and information services. It also offers a virtual library which is accessible via the University’s website. The University Library web page is: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/library/ 
From this link, you are able to access the Library's electronic resources.

Other resources
If you are a member of the PMI (http://www.pmi.org/Membership.aspx) you will “gain exclusive access to PMI publications and our global standards*, networking options with our chapters and online communities of practice, and leadership and volunteer opportunities. You’ll also receive discounts on certification exams and renewals, as well as our professional development offerings.” Student membership is USD$40 to join and USD$30 to renew.

* Log in to access complimentary read-only PDFs of all of PMI's published standards or take advantage of discounts on paperback editions
http://www.pmi.org/PMBOK-Guide-and-Standards/Standards-Library-of-PMI-Global-Standards.aspx

MyUni is the University of Adelaide's online learning environment. It is used to support traditional face-to-face lectures, tutorials and workshops at the University. MyUni provides access to various features including announcements, course materials, discussion boards and assessments for each online course of study (see: https://myuni.adelaide.edu.au)

This course is offered in blended learning mode with the face-to-face component offered as intensives.

As a guide, a 3 unit course comprises a total of 156 hours work (this includes face-to-face contact, any online components, and self directed study).

This is a draft schedule and session dates are a guide only. The timetable may be changed during the course delivery if necessary.

Intensive	Content	Readings/Activities
1 & 2	Introduction to Risk and why we need to Manage our Risks	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	AS/NZS/ISO 31000:2009 – Risk Management Standard	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	Summary – Applying the Risk Management Process	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	Discuss Assignment 1; Examples and tools; Case Study	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
3 & 4	Introduction; Project Selection (under uncertainty)	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	Project Delivery and Execution	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	Establishing effective Risk Management	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
	Discuss Assignment 2; Case Studies & additional examples	Text book, additional reading and the Risk Management Magazine *
* Risk Management Magazine http://newsletters.keymedia.com.au/5843.aspx  And www.rmmagazine.com

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An overview of the course assessment appears in the following Table. Details appear in the following section:

Assessment No.	Form of Assessment/Collaborative Task	Length (in word count)	Weighting	Due Date	Learning outcomes covered (see 2.1 for detail)
1	Group Assignment – Risk Management Plan	Minimum 3,000 words & 15-25 Powerpoint slides	30%	See MyUni	1, 2, 5
2	Individual Assignment – Risk Management Framework	4,000 words approx.	50%	See MyUni	3,4,7,10
3	Individual Assignment – Risk Management (additional task)	2,000 words	20%	See MyUni	6,8,9
	Total		100%

Students must complete all course assessment requirements and must attend lectures to be eligible to pass the course.

Course results are subject to moderation by the ECIC Board of Examiners

See MyUni

All text based assignments must be submitted via MyUni.
Please refer to step by step instructions: http://www.adelaide.edu.au/myuni/tutorials/files/AssignmentStudentSubmission.pdf

There are a few points to note about the submission of assignments:

• Assignment Submission:  Assignments should not be emailed to the instructor; they must be lodged via the MyUni Course site (unless specified to do both). Note that assignments may be processed via TURNITIN, which is an online plagiarism prevention tool.
• Cover Sheet:  Please submit, separate to your assignment, the completed University of Adelaide Assessment Cover Sheet providing details of yourself and your team members (if applicable), your assignment, the course, date submitted, etc. as well as the declaration signed by you that this is your (your team’s) work.  Note that the declaration on any electronically submitted assignment will be deemed to have the same authority as a signed declaration.
• Backup Copy of Assignments:  You are advised to keep a copy of your assignments in case the submitted copy goes missing.  Please ensure that all assignment pages are numbered. If your assignment contains confidential information, you should discuss any concerns with the Course Lecturer prior to submission.
• Extensions of Time:  Any request for an extension of time for the submission of an assignment should be made well before the due date of the assignment to the Course Lecturer.  Normally, extensions will only be granted for a maximum of two weeks from the original assignment submission date.  Extensions will only be granted in cases of genuine extenuating circumstances and proof, such as a doctor’s certificate, may be required.
• Failure to submit: Failure to submit an assignment on time or by the agreed extension deadline may result in penalties and may incur a fail grade.  Note that a late penalty of 5% of the total available marks for that assessment item will be incurred each day an assignment is handed in late (Unless otherwise stated in section 5.2 or 5.3).  Assignments handed in after 14 days from the due submission date will fail even if a 100% mark is granted for the work.