Semester

Semester 1, 2020

• Cody Mankelow (coordinator)
• Sandeeka Mannakkara

Introduction to theory and practice of managing projects, innovation, product development and service delivery. Students work in interdisciplinary teams to complete a project based on a complex real-world systems scenario. Project management and innovation topics are integrated with design studies covered in previous courses, and extended to wider business issues of risk and opportunities, entrepreneurship, financial management, and regulatory issues.
Prerequisite: ENGGEN 199, 204

Further notes

Students work in multidisciplinary teams on two distinct projects.
1) Student teams are guided through the development of a business case for an engineering Innovation of their own design. The projects are run in parallel to the university of Auckland Velocity challenge. Entry into the Velocity challenge is not mandatory.
2) Student teams self-organise and assess a complex real-life engineering project, under tight time constraints (2 days).

This course is designed (as far as is possible) to introduce students to the working environment. As such the course has a large group work component and a heavy focus practice-based learning.

Lectures and Tutorials Start Week 1

Lectures: Monday 8 - 9 am
Wednesday 8 - 9 am
Friday 9 – 10 am

Location: FPAA/260-115, overflow OGGBB3/260-092

Tutorials: Thursday 1 - 2 pm
2 – 3 pm
3 – 4 pm
4 – 5 pm
Friday 1 – 2 pm
2 – 3 pm
3 – 4 pm
Please check Canvas or Student Services Online (SSO) for your scheduled tutorial time and location.

2 Day project Challenge:
Held the 20 and 21/5/2020, Thursday and Friday of week 10.
All Engineering lectures for Part III students have been cancelled to allow the students to focus on the project challenge
Students are expected to participate in the entirety of both days.
Spaces will be provided for you and your group.

The course is 100% coursework:
20% Online Quizzes
40% Tutorial Group Innovation Project
40% 2 Day Project Challenge

Online Quizzes:
20% Individual Assessment
4, 5% Quizzes evenly spaced throughout the semester will assess the students understanding of the material covered in the 2 weeks prior to each quiz.

Tutorial project:
40% total comprising of:
25% (final grade) Group Assessment
16% (final grade) Individual Assessment
The tutorial project is a self-directed innovation project. Students in a group of 10 will be assisted in tutorials to develop a University of Auckland Velocity challenge proposal. Additional to the velocity challenge proposal students will be required to generate a group report assessing the feasibility of their proposal.
Individual component of this assessment is a personal performance elevation. The evaluation is comprised of a journal detailing the individual's roles and workload, identifying the task they performed and the time taken. After the two teams, peer reviews student will compile their journals, the anonymised peer-review data and write a self-performance evaluation.

Systems Project:
40% total comprising of:
25% (final grade) Group Assessment
16% (final grade) Individual Assessment
The systems project will be centred on a real case of study of a complex engineering project. The student groups will have 2 days in teams of 20 to manage themselves and generate a report assessing the feasibility of the project.
Individual component of this assessment is a personal performance elevation. The evaluation is comprised of a journal detailing the individual's roles and workload, identifying the task they performed and the time taken. After the systems days and the team, peer review student will compile their journal, the anonymised peer-review data and write a self-performance evaluation.

Assessment of both projects is relatively similar. Both projects share the same deliverables for both the group and individual assessment. Assessment differs between the projects due to the student being provided with a guided and structured path through the deliverable in the Tutorial group project. Where during the 2-day challenge students are expected to self-organise.

There is no exam.

Students are urged to discuss privately any impairment-related requirements face-to-face and/or in written form with the course convenor/lecturer and/or tutor.

Time After the Due Date Penalty
<=24 hours (1 day) 10%
>24 hours but <=48 hours (2 days) 20%
>48 hours but <=72 hours (3 days) 30%
>72 hours but <=96 hours (4 days) 40%
>96 hours but <=168 hours (7 days) 50%
>168 hours (7 days) 100%

The University of Auckland will not tolerate cheating, or assisting others to cheat, and views cheating in coursework as a serious academic offence. The work that a student submits for grading must be the student's own work, reflecting his or her learning. Where work from other sources is used, it must be properly acknowledged and referenced. This requirement also applies to sources on the world-wide web. A student's assessed work may be reviewed against electronic source material using computerised detection mechanisms. Upon reasonable request, students may be required to provide an electronic version of their work for computerised review.

All students enrolled at the University of Auckland are required to complete a compulsory Academic Integrity course, usually in their first semester/year of enrolment. The University of Auckland’s full guidelines on procedures and penalties for academic dishonesty are available here.

The staff are aware of the reputation the ‘Systems courses’ have developed and are sensitive to students concerns. This year ENGGEN 303 Managing Projects and Innovation has undergone significant revision to the teaching staff and assessment structure.

Revision to the course has been based on Student feedback via the SET evaluation. Focus groups of last year’s ENGGEN 303 students and ENGGEN 204 were held in February this year to confirm the SET evaluations reflected student concerns. The draft course outline and assessment structure were presented to these focus group for comment. No specific changes were requested.