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SSUD12-114: Project Quality Management

Description

The subject explores project quality management, essential for ensuring high standards in projects across all sectors such as construction, IT, software development, healthcare, and large-scale events like the Olympics. This subject covers the entire quality management process from project initiation to closure. Students will learn about topics such as the continuous improvement cycle, lean production, quality audits, compliance and verification, cost of quality (defects) workplace health and safety and will understand how project management methodologies like waterfall and agile influence quality outcomes. The course emphasises achieving successful outcomes by realizing high specification standards, and ensuring stakeholder satisfaction, preparing students to maintain and enhance quality in diverse professional settings.

Subject details

Type: Undergraduate Subject
Code: SSUD12-114
EFTSL: 0.125
Faculty: Faculty of Society and Design
Semesters offered:
  • January 2024 [Standard Offering]
  • January 2025 [Standard Offering]
Credit: 10
Subject fees:
  • Commencing in 2023: $4,050.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $4,260.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $4,460.00
  • Commencing in 2023: $5,400.00
  • Commencing in 2024: $5,730.00
  • Commencing in 2025: $5,990.00

Learning outcomes

  1. Practice knowledge needed for effective project quality management on an authentic case study
  2. Produce a quality audit and use it to develop a means for managing performance
  3. Demonstrate an ability to prepare a defect rectification report as a basis for tactical decision-making
  4. Apply and implement effective quality management practices to identify, address, and resolve quality-related issues throughout the project lifecycle

Enrolment requirements

Requisites:

Nil

Assumed knowledge:

Assumed knowledge is the minimum level of knowledge of a subject area that students are assumed to have acquired through previous study. It is the responsibility of students to ensure they meet the assumed knowledge expectations of the subject. Students who do not possess this prior knowledge are strongly recommended against enrolling and do so at their own risk. No concessions will be made for students’ lack of prior knowledge.

Restrictions:

Subject dates

  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
    Semester start: 15/01/2024
    Subject start: 15/01/2024
    Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
    Teaching census: 09/02/2024
    Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
    Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024
  • Standard Offering
    Enrolment opens: 10/11/2024
    Semester start: 20/01/2025
    Subject start: 20/01/2025
    Last enrolment: 02/02/2025
    Teaching census: 14/02/2025
    Withdraw - Financial: 15/02/2025
    Withdraw - Academic: 08/03/2025
Standard Offering
Enrolment opens: 12/11/2023
Semester start: 15/01/2024
Subject start: 15/01/2024
Last enrolment: 28/01/2024
Teaching census: 09/02/2024
Withdraw - Financial: 10/02/2024
Withdraw - Academic: 02/03/2024