SEN710 - Project Planning
Unit details
| Year | 2026 unit information |
|---|---|
| Offering information | Available at the Burwood (Melbourne) campus from Trimester 1, 2027 |
| Enrolment modes | Trimester 1: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) Trimester 2: Waurn Ponds (Geelong) |
| Credit point(s) | 1 |
| EFTSL value | 0.125 |
| Unit chair | Trimester 1: Siva Krishnan Trimester 2: Siva Krishnan |
| Cohort rule | This unit is only available to students enrolled in S751, S757, S759, S787 |
| Prerequisite | Students enrolled in S751: SEE700 and STP710 and must have passed 2 units in SEJ751, SEE701, SEE705, SEE706, SEE710, SEE711, SEE712, SEE716, SEE717, SEE718, SEE719, SEM700, SEM711, SEM712, SEM721, SEM722, SEM724, SEN725, SEN727, SEN728, SEN729, SEN769, SEN770, SEN771, SIT720, SIT718, SIT742, SEV701, SEV702, SEV711, SEV731, SLE716 Students enrolled in S757: SEE700, SEN700 and STP710 and must have passed 2 units in SEE719, SEE705, SEE707, SEE718 Students enrolled in S759: SEE700, SEN700 and STP710 and must have passed 2 units in SEN729, SEN769, SEN728, SEN725 Students enrolled in S787: SEE700 and STP710 and must have passed 8 credit points |
| Corequisite | Students enrolled in S787: SEN700 |
| Incompatible with | SEN719, SEN730, SEN731 |
| Educator-facilitated (scheduled) learning activities - on-campus unit enrolment | 6 x 1 hour seminar (weeks 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11). Students are expected to maintain a minimum of fortnightly contact with their academic supervisor either face-to-face or online. Students will attend the oral presentation on a single scheduled day during the trimester as detailed in the unit site. |
| Typical study commitment | Students will on average spend 150 hours over the teaching period undertaking the teaching, learning and assessment activities for this unit. This will include educator guided online learning activities within the unit site. |
Content
As a mature practice engineer, you will be expected to take responsibility for engineering projects and programs in the most far-reaching sense. An engineers’ task is to determine, and at the same time interpret through thorough comprehension, the constraints on a specific design and achieve results within the finance capacity available. In SEN710 you will develop skills to clearly define a problem, scope a project and anticipated outcomes, and justify the feasibility of your approach to solving the problem, while demonstrating concern for stakeholder requirements, safety, risk and ethical practice. Working as a team, and with guidance from a supervisor, you will develop a detailed plan for implementing and evaluating the project progress and outcomes at various stages. The project proposal developed during SEN710, will be implemented in the subsequent unit SEN720 Project Implementation and Evaluation.
Learning outcomes
Each unit in your course is a building block towards Deakin's Graduate Learning Outcomes - not all units develop and assess every Graduate Learning Outcome (GLO).
| ULO | These are the Unit Learning Outcomes (ULOs) for this unit. At the completion of this unit, successful students can: | Alignment to Deakin Graduate Learning Outcomes (GLOs) |
|---|---|---|
| ULO1 | Gather information to define and contextualise a problem and propose evidence-based engineering solution(s). | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
| ULO2 | Work as a team to prepare preliminary designs, identify constituents for specialist individual work, and demonstrate concern for safety and ethical practice. | GLO5: Problem solving |
| ULO3 | Subject emerging ideas and solution(s) to careful scrutiny, demonstrate project feasibility, and improve the project plan to develop high-quality solutions that meet the requirements and expectations of project stakeholders. | GLO4: Critical thinking |
| ULO4 | Evaluate, select and defend engineering design and methodology for effective implementation. | GLO1: Discipline-specific knowledge and capabilities |
Assessment
| Assessment Description | Student output | Grading and weighting (% total mark for unit) | Indicative due week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Learning portfolio | Portfolio consisting of project planning documentation, actions and reflections, progress reports, proof of concept, and a learning summary report | 100% | Weekly task submission with a final submission |
The assessment due weeks provided may change. The Unit Chair will clarify the exact assessment requirements, including the due date, at the start of the teaching period.
Hurdle requirements
To be eligible to obtain a pass in this unit, students must meet certain milestones as part of the Learning portfolio.
Learning resource
The texts and reading list for SEN710 can be found via the University Library.
Note: Select the relevant trimester reading list. Please note that a future teaching period's reading list may not be available until a month prior to the start of that teaching period so you may wish to use the relevant trimester's prior year reading list as a guide only.
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Unit fee information
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