OPO5002 · Project management for organisational innovation

Overview

Organisational innovation and new product/service development are particularly challenging for project management. Such projects are volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous. As such, they require project managers to engage in various project management tools, techniques and change management approaches. This unit will explore the need for project managers to develop bespoke practices that address the unique requirements of innovation-driven projects. With a focus on design thinking, including the combination and re-combination of disparate techniques, in teams, you will evaluate the requirements of a specific (disruptive) innovation and propose a unique project design using emerging technologies to achieve the organisation’s goals.

Offerings

Assessment

The Handbook does not list a final examination among the assessment items. That is not a guarantee there is none.

Assessment details may change. Please refer to the assessment information in Moodle closer to the start of the teaching period.

Requisites

The Handbook lists no prerequisite, corequisite or prohibition for this unit.

Learning outcomes

1. evaluate research innovation concepts to inform project delivery in complex organisational contexts
2. analyse innovative methods, techniques, tools, strategies, protocols, emerging technologies and change management approaches in project teams and complex organisational contexts
3. apply design thinking and solution development in complex organisational contexts
4. evaluate project planning and learning approaches using advanced project management perspectives in complex organisational contexts.

Workload

Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Independent study may include associated readings, assessment and preparation for scheduled activities. You are expected to complete all pre-class activities prior to your scheduled class, and post-class activities should be completed after your scheduled class. Learning activities may include a combination of teacher directed, peer directed and online engagement activities.

Student experience, not official rules. Nothing here changes what the Handbook says.