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Project
Assessment Task 1
Task description:
1. Identify how engineering management tools and concepts will help an academic staff member.
2. Demonstrate initiative, professional and communication skills to secure an academic supervisor.
3. Write a first draft (preliminary) proposal for your project. Get top-rated assignment assistance now!
Learning outcome 1: Retrieve and review engineering management literature from a range of sources.
Learning outcome 2: Identify and justify specific engineering management approaches/tools to manage a current engineering problem.
Learning outcome 3. Communicate and continually develop your management proposal through progressive submission, feedback and response with your project supervisor.
Learning outcome 4. Work independently to review and continuously improve your management strategies in your proposal.
Task details
1. Read these documents:
- The week-by-week summary of activities.
- The Criterion Reference Assessment Sheet.
2. Review your CV following the week 1 lecture and read relevant materials available in the Week-1 modules.
3. Look for a project and academic supervisor using Inplace initially.
- Review existingmanagement projects advertised on InPlaceto identify 4-5 projects that interest you.
- For each project, (i) apply for a project on Inplace, using a tailored cover letter of no more than 1 page that is suitable for the specific project and your CV. Write a separateemail to the project supervisor attaching your CV (no cover letter required). You may be required to meet the supervisor.
- If supervisor(s)offersyou an existing project, accept your first preference.
- If successful in finding a project supervisor, skip step 4.
4. Consultation with potential academic supervisors to identify a new management project.
- Research potential supervising academics using the QUT search feature (internet). Review the links provided on CANVAS for previous supervisors of students in this unit.
- Send an email with your CV and cover letter. State that you are (i) a QUT student (ii) interested to work with them to look at opportunities to improve non-technical aspects of their work through engineering management concepts and principles (iii) clearly state that supervisors are not expected to know the management tools- you are looking to help them (iv) ask if you can meet with them.
5. Have a meeting with the potential supervisor, exploring a potential project (all students). Complete a supervisor contact form (needed for Assessment Task 3) after each meeting. Repeat this process fortnightly or as arranged with your supervisor.
6. If you are still unsuccessful and have met 4 academic staff.
7. Read and explore the management concepts and tools that may help with the project. Meet the supervisor again, if necessary, to define the project.
8. Complete the information retrieval skills workshops with the librarians. This will help you with your proposal.
9. Write your preliminary proposal.
10. Submit your preliminary proposal.
proposal requirements:
The preliminary proposal is the first step towards clarifying: what are the objectives that the academic wants to achieve (the context); what management concepts or tools are suitable:
• Title page. Include:
o The proposed title of the project
o Your name and student number
o Your prior engineering qualification area
(e.g. mechanical engineering or civil engineering)
o Supervisor's name
• Introduction. What is the problem or issue for which the academic staff member is looking to you for help? What is the context of the proposed project?
• Aims and objectives. In one to two sentences summarise the aim that the academic wants help with. Clearly define 3-5 objectives using1-4 sentences for each.
Be specific about what your project will deliver, e.g. learnings about your topic. Using a particular tool is not an appropriate objective in itself (e.g. I will use SWOT analysis to...), but are useful for learning. In most cases, your project is not realistically going to improve the defined issue- this is an important distinction in research. For example "to improve face mask use for mitigating COVID" is unrealistic and therefore an inappropriate objective.
• Management tools literature review. What information do you need to achieve your aim? What are the engineering management tools and methods that you will implement to achieve your objectives? Explain why you have selected those engineering management tools. What are the limitations or reasons that you have not selected other engineering management tools? How will you apply the selected engineering management tools? Only use textbooks, course notes. Do not use websites, unless from a government source.
• Engineering management Project methodology. Describe and list the tasks that you are going to perform. What will you do? How will you do it? Is data involved? How are you going to collect data? How are you going to analyse the data?Some Tips for Presentation (also check the module):
The presentation of the proposal tells the audience everything they need to know about your project. Note that, unlike your written proposal which goes into depth and is very analytical, the goal of this presentation is to get an audience interested in your research and to communicate it very clearly and cohesively so that an average professional in your field (not an academic) can understand your research, it's purpose and why you think it's interesting and important.
• Title slide: Include the proposed title of the project, your name, and your field of engineering (e.g. mechanical, civil, chemical, environmental).
• Introduce your topic: The goal here is to make it interesting and exciting for your audience. Sell the industry relevance of your research, the importance, and the 'wow' factor. Why should they be interested in your research?
• List your aims/objectives: Briefly list and explain these.
• Discuss your tools: Demonstrate your knowledge of engineering management by explaining which tools are available to you, and which you have selected (and why those tools are the most useful/relevant to your research). Within this, you should be making comparisons between some of the available tools.
• Methodology: Explain briefly how you will complete the project (methodology).
• Reference list: Include a slide at the end of your presentation containing your reference list. This will correlate to any citations on your slides, as well as any sources you referenced verbally in your presentation. Use QUT cite|write: APA referencing for citing academic literature. Note: the reference list does not need to be covered verbally in your presentation and should therefore not impact your time limit.
Remember that you are to assume that your audience is peers in the same broad field as yourself, but people that may not be experts in your specific topic. Keep this audience in mind when you consider your use of language, technical terms and other aspects of your delivery.
You will present your proposal for your project and progress to date. You will clearly explain the issues, the management concepts and tools that you ?will use in the project and how this will help the academic staff member in their objective.
Conditions
Length 4-5 mins (+ Q&A)