Overview
This course examines the integrated management of projects and organizational change across strategic, human, and operational dimensions. Students study project life cycles, governance, business cases, objectives, scope, requirements, work breakdown structures, scheduling, resource allocation, budgeting, quality, procurement, communications, risk, issues, documentation, monitoring, and closure.
The course compares predictive, agile, iterative, and hybrid delivery approaches and evaluates their suitability in different organizational contexts. Change management studies address drivers of change, readiness, stakeholder mapping, impact analysis, communication, resistance, participation, sponsorship, training, reinforcement, culture, and benefits realization.
Applied learning centers on a simulated organizational transformation. Students develop project documentation, performance dashboards, risk registers, stakeholder and change strategies, implementation communications, milestone reviews, and a lessons-learned report, with emphasis on sustainable adoption and measurable outcomes.
Learning Outcomes
- Evaluate project life-cycle models, governance arrangements, and delivery approaches for differing organizational contexts.
- Develop a project charter and integrated project plan incorporating objectives, scope, requirements, dependencies, resources, schedule, budget, quality, procurement, and communications.
- Estimate project time and cost using appropriate planning techniques and justify assumptions, constraints, and contingencies.
- Diagnose project risks, issues, and performance variances using registers, indicators, monitoring processes, and escalation procedures.
- Analyse stakeholder interests, organizational readiness, change impacts, resistance, sponsorship, and cultural conditions affecting implementation.
- Design coherent stakeholder engagement, change communication, training, participation, and reinforcement strategies that support adoption.
- Facilitate implementation activities and milestone reviews using collaborative leadership, team behaviour, documentation, and decision-control practices.
- Compare predictive, agile, iterative, and hybrid methods and select an appropriate approach for a defined transformation.
- Evaluate project and change outcomes through benefits realization measures, performance evidence, sustainability criteria, and lessons learned.
Timetable
| Type | Length | Frequency | Period |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lecture | 2 hours | Weekly | All semester |
| Tutorial | 1 hour | Weekly | All semester |
| Workshop | 2 hours | Fortnightly | All semester |
| Practicum | 2 hours | Fortnightly | Second term |
Assessment Schedule
| Type | Description | Weighting |
|---|---|---|
| Assignment | Project charter and integrated project plan | 20.00% |
| Deliverable | Project dashboard and risk register | 15.00% |
| Assignment | Stakeholder and change communication strategy | 15.00% |
| Test | Applied milestone review | 15.00% |
| Capstone | Transformation implementation and evaluation report | 25.00% |
| Quiz | Project and change management concepts | 10.00% |
Teaching Staff & Programs
This course is delivered jointly by faculty from the participating programs listed below. In line with the Douchewater Way, the University of Sexology tailors core instruction directly to each cohort's specific discipline — adapting curriculum to program needs rather than forcing students into a one-size-fits-all model. Learn more about our approach at The Douchewater Way.