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MAN6302 Managing Project Quality Assignment - Edith Cowan University, Australia
On completion of this Unit students should be able to:
- Analyse project quality issues in various project settings.
- Develop strategies that encourage innovation and continuous improvement in project teams.
- Formulate inputs into the various project quality processes.
- Analyse the key factors impacting on project quality.
- Develop appropriate tools and techniques for managing quality in these processes.
Completing these assignments will help you achieve the following course learning outcome/s:
1. Demonstrate mastery of a global body of project management knowledge and practice, including knowledge of research principles and methods
- Demonstrate breadth and depth of global discipline knowledge
- Demonstrate knowledge of practice in the global environment
- Demonstrate knowledge of relevant research principles and methods
2. Justify decisions and judgements that address a complex project management issue considering the ethical and social consequences
- Examine and assess the intended and unintended impacts on diverse stakeholders
- Provide professional opinions or interpretations of project management matters applying ethical principles, codes of conduct and values.
Assessment - Portfolio: Quality Management in Practice.
Assessment takes the form of a portfolio. Over the course of the Unit, a list of questions relating to the various aspects of project quality will be progressively built.
You should answer all five questions listed below and prepare no more than 1,000 words to answer each question.
Answer all five questions in the following list:
1. "The global grounding of the Boeing 737 Max aeroplane demonstrates failures in compliance with established project quality processes". Discuss whether you agree with this statement with reference to Project Quality theory and relevant existing published academic research.
2. Using existing published literature, compare and contrast the roles played by that Quality Assurance and Quality Control in a typical project to construct a new supermarket.
3. Using publicly available information in Australian governmental audit reports (at either State or Commonwealth level) research and explain the role played by poor project quality in 3 publicly funded projects in the last 5 years.
4. With reference to the history of Project Quality Management, discuss with reasons whether you agree with the following statement "W Edwards Deming placed too much blame on workers when exploring quality failures in manufacturing".
5. Using established management self-reflection techniques, explore your approach to Project Quality by examining assignment work you have produced for either this unit or a previous unit of postgraduate study.
Assessment Notes: The maximum portfolio length is 5,000 words, although this does not include the questions and your reference list. Please ensure that you include APA 6th references. Please state the total word count for your portfolio. Frame the portfolio with the question, followed by your response to it.