PROJMGNT 7040NA - Portfolios and Programs Management

Ngee Ann Academy - Trimester 3 - 2017

Course content This unit specifically addresses how organisations achieve strategic goals and objectives through Project Portfolio and Programs of multiple Projects and how participants can gain competence in managing these. Specifically, this unit will address how an organisation strategically applies systematic problem solving techniques, and selects, initiates, prioritises, executes and controls initiatives through Portfolio Alignment, Monitoring and Control. The course will also consider how an organisation can benefit from delivering multiple projects in a Program environment including governing, controlling and supporting the organisation's strategy through Program Management. The course objective is to build competence in managing portfolios and programs.

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Course Details

Course Code	PROJMGNT 7040NA
Course	Portfolios and Programs Management
Coordinating Unit	Entrepreneurship, Commercialisation & Innov Centre
Term	Trimester 3
Level	Postgraduate Coursework
Location/s	Ngee Ann Academy
Units	3
Contact	Intensive: 36 to 40 hours
Available for Study Abroad and Exchange	Y
Prerequisites	PROJMGNT 5021
Assessment	Tests, workshops and assignments

Course Staff

Course Coordinator: Associate Professor Indra Gunawan

Program Director Contact Details:
Project Management
Name: Dr Indra Gunawan
Email: indra.gunawan@adelaide.edu.au

Teaching Staff:

Trimester 3
Name: Mr John Maclay BSc (Chemical Engineering), MBA, GAICD, Assoc IIB.

Short Bio:
John Maclay has operated at the executive level in the corporate and enterprise sectors. He is experienced in transforming organisations by implementing innovative cultures that have engaged employees in the task of turning these businesses from returning a flat to declining business result to substantial growth through changing the basis of competition. He is also experienced in taking products to market and establishing new markets in the wider manufacturing, resource sectors, specialty retailing, services sectors and with a technology start-up company.

His expertise includes relaunching the Brand and the customer experience once in B2B and B2C business models, changing the basis of competition to achieve business growth in what had been flat to declining businesses, initiating alliances and partnerships at strategic accounts to deliver customer value and working with distributors and wholesalers, as well as direct supply to deliver the customer’s requirements. He has developed the ability to establish an innovative environment within businesses and align resources to take technologies to market. A business mentor and coach who works with individuals to maximize their potential and their project management skills.

An extensive career with 3M where he rose to be regional Technical Director while General Manager of the Industrial Markets Sector of 3M Australia, General Manager of Konica Photographics, CEO of Camera House a co-operative retail chain and COO of Fluorosolar Systems Ltd a Start-up Company in the Green Energy Market. He is currently contracted as Program Manager for the Hargraves Institute, a member driven business best practices network that operate in an innovative environment that focuses on Implementing Disruptive Business Models, Developing Leadership for Innovation by building the capabilities of these members to be able to sustain the transformation and have the skills in-house to handle future transformation.

An Accredited Associate of the Institute for Independent Business, an international network of business advisors that focuses on the enterprise sector with practical business advice that works. An Associate of the Creative Skills Training Council, an International Council that focuses on developing the skills within organizations that are associated with creativity and innovation.
He is located in Sydney

Email: john.maclay@adelaide.edu.au

Phone: +61 (0) 400 457 182

Course Timetable

The full timetable of all activities for this course can be accessed from .

Opening Intensive:

Sep 8th, 9th, 10th 2017

Closing Intensive:

Oct 6th, 7th, 8th 2017

Course Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course, students will be able to:

1	Use best practice principles of portfolios management when balancing investment initiatives (portfolio components) required to align with an organisation’s strategic and business objectives and discuss the latest research and development of the principles for portfolio and programs management;
2	Evaluate portfolio needs with organisational constraints to select the right projects by using critical analysis techniques, creating models to prioritise portfolio initiatives;
3	Explain the nature of program management, its focus on benefits realisation, and the inter-relationship between program components;
4	Establish the appropriate governance, including risk management, for successful achievement of portfolio and program outcomes through understanding of stakeholders needs and influence;
5	Establish the portfolio and program performance reporting requirements for stakeholders and ensure strategic alignment of portfolios and their components;
6	Work effectively in a team, to have a positive influence and focus on strategic outcomes.

University Graduate Attributes

This course will provide students with an opportunity to develop the Graduate Attribute(s) specified below:

University Graduate Attribute	Course Learning Outcome(s)
Deep discipline knowledge informed and infused by cutting edge research, scaffolded throughout their program of studies acquired from personal interaction with research active educators, from year 1 accredited or validated against national or international standards (for relevant programs)	1,2,3,5
Critical thinking and problem solving steeped in research methods and rigor based on empirical evidence and the scientific approach to knowledge development demonstrated through appropriate and relevant assessment	1,2,3,5
Teamwork and communication skills developed from, with, and via the SGDE honed through assessment and practice throughout the program of studies encouraged and valued in all aspects of learning	2,3,4,5,6
Career and leadership readiness technology savvy professional and, where relevant, fully accredited forward thinking and well informed tested and validated by work based experiences	1-6
Intercultural and ethical competency adept at operating in other cultures comfortable with different nationalities and social contexts able to determine and contribute to desirable social outcomes demonstrated by study abroad or with an understanding of indigenous knowledges	4,6
Self-awareness and emotional intelligence a capacity for self-reflection and a willingness to engage in self-appraisal open to objective and constructive feedback from supervisors and peers able to negotiate difficult social situations, defuse conflict and engage positively in purposeful debate	4,6

Learning Resources

Required Resources

Project Management Institute, (2013) The Standard for Portfolio Management, 3nd Edition, ISBN13: 978-1935589693

Project Management Institute, (2013) The Standard for Program Management, 3nd Edition, ISBN13: 978-1935589686

Recommended Resources

Strategic Project Portfolio Management: Enabling a Productive Organization (Microsoft Executive Leadership Series) by Simon Moore.

Optimizing Corporate Portfolio Management: Aligning Investment Proposals with Organizational Strategy, by Anand Sanwal.

Project Portfolio Management, Leading the Corporate Vision (2007) by Shan Rajegopal, Phili McGuin and James Waller.

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Online Learning

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Learning & Teaching Modes

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

Workload

The information below is provided as a guide to assist students in engaging appropriately with the course requirements.

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).

Learning Activities Summary

Module	Content	Readings	Activities
	Opening Intensive
1	Organisational Context Problem Definition	Portfolio Management Standard (PMI)	Combination of lecture and exercises
2	Problem Solving skills The portfolio prioritisation process	Portfolio Management Standard (PMI)	Combination of lecture and exercises
3	Recap Select an organisation and a challenge Assignment 1	Portfolio Management Standard (PMI)	Work on Assignment 1
	Closing Intensive
4	Program Context Program management processes	Program Management Standard (PMI)	Combination of lecture and exercises
5	Explain the 11 program management processes	Project / Program Management Standards (PMI)	Combination of lecture and exercises
6	Select an organisation program Start Assignment 2	Project / Program Management Standards (PMI)	Work on Assignment 1

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Assessment must encourage and reinforce learning.
Assessment must enable robust and fair judgements about student performance.
Assessment practices must be fair and equitable to students and give them the opportunity to demonstrate what they have learned.
Assessment must maintain academic standards.

Assessment Summary

Assessment Task	Task Type	Due	Weighting	Learning Outcome
1. Proposal for a Portfolio Management Framework	Group Assignment	25th September	30%	1,2,4,5,6
2. Program Charter, Plan & Control	Individual Assignment	2nd October	Assignment 30% Presentation 10%	3,4,5
3. Research Paper	Individual Research Paper	23rd October	30%	1-5

Assessment Related Requirements

Students should attend all classes in order to pass the course. There is considerable experiential learning in workshops during the intensive classes that build your knowledge and thus enable you to be successful in this course.

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

Appropriate use of the Internet in assignments

The purpose of this document is to assist students with appropriate use of the material they have accessed on the Internet in assignments. The Internet is a wonderful source of information and sometimes students are not aware of how to use it properly. For example, a recent case had over 70% of words copied from over 20 other sources. Furthermore, many students think this is the appropriate use of the Internet.

IT IS NOT.

Due to an increasing number of students infringing the University’s Academic Dishonesty Requirements within the Master of Applied Project Management, a more rigorous method of checking assignments is used.

There is a hierarchy of penalties, the lowest of which is the loss of some assignment marks and the student’s name being placed on the Faculty’s Academic Dishonesty Register for six months. This only occurs if I believe this occurred through error. The second level penalty is more significant which is loss of all marks for the assignment and being placed on the University’s Academic Dishonesty Register for the remainder of their time at the University. Even higher penalties can involve the University deciding the student should not graduate. This has occurred in the Master of Project Management.

Appropriate use of the Internet is to include all directly copying of sections of other reports in ‘inverted comas’, as a quotation, and note the source of the quote. To include a group of words without use of inverted commas and without noting where the words came from is an example of academic dishonesty.

Students may not be aware that the University has use of an international database called Turnitin in which all direct use of other material can be traced.

On a more positive note students need to understand the points made in any paper they access on the Internet and integrate these thoughts into their argument rather than just copying large passages. Of course this takes more work but this is what tertiary education requires and, in the end, make students into better thinkers and more able to express their ideas in their assignments.

Assessment Detail

Assignment 1
Group Assignment
Proposal for a Portfolio Management Framework Overview
Weight: 30%
Due Date: 25th September

Details:
Prepare a proposal to an organisation of your choice for implementing a Portfolio Management Framework. You will also need to include how you would facilitate an Alignment Workshop with initial recommendations as to how the organisation can balance their Project Portfolio to achieve the strategic directions of the organisation.

Note Groups should be no more tha 4 people

Content: 4000 words (max) to include any Appendices but not references

Presentation: 15-20 slide presentation covering the prioritisation model selected

Assignment 2
Individual Assignment - Program Charter, Plan and Control
Weight: 30%
Presentation Weight: 10%
Due Date: 2nd October

Details: Building from the Group Assignment.
Develop a Program Charter, Management Plan and Control and Closure Plan for initiating and executing a series of projects towards one of the organisation's strategic objectives. In addition to these deliverables, you will also need to prepare a presentation to the Portfolio Management Board to gain their comfort in granting you approval to proceed with the executon
Content; 5000 words (max) to include any Appendices but not references

Assignment 3:
Individual Research Paper
Weight: 30%
Due Date: 23rd October

Details: Research media and academic reports and present a research paper that describes how an organisation or group of organisations have identified the challenges that they are facing. Develop a transformation plan that will assist them in addressing these challenges.

Content: 3000 words (max) to include any Appendices but not references

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Resubmission & Remarking
Resubmission of an assignment for remarking after reworking it to obtain a better mark will not normally be accepted. Approval for resubmission will only be granted on medical or compassionate grounds.

Course Grading

Grades for your performance in this course will be awarded in accordance with the following scheme:

M10 (Coursework Mark Scheme)
Grade	Mark	Description
FNS		Fail No Submission
F	1-49	Fail
P	50-64	Pass
C	65-74	Credit
D	75-84	Distinction
HD	85-100	High Distinction
CN		Continuing
NFE		No Formal Examination
RP		Result Pending

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