BNV7130 Project Management Methods L7 CWK Assignment Brief | Birmingham

BNV7130 Coursework Assignment Brief

BNV7130 Task

You need to present a portfolio that covers 3 distinctive topics / themes from this module. In the portfolio, you need to demonstrate your understanding of the project management theories and elaborate how you can apply them in practice. You are encouraged to use your own project experience and/or real life project examples to contextualise your research, critically reflect upon the current construction practice, and derive your own innovative solutions.

Rationale

As this module covers a very wide range of topics relevant to the whole life cycle of a construction project, portfolio is chosen for its assessment so you can demonstrate your in-depth knowledge and understandings of various aspects of construction project management.

Description

For your portfolio, you need to choose 3 distinctive topics / themes covered in the lectures of this module, and critically discuss their application in construction project management. Based on broad reading and research, you need to critically evaluate the current construction practice, identify the challenges / problems, and explore possible solutions and the implications to the industry and practitioners to demonstrate your understanding of the complexity in construction project management. You may choose to focus on the UK or offer a more international flavour if you wish. And you are encouraged to use your own or real-life projects / experience as case studies for your discussion and analysis.

learning outcomes of BNV7130:  

1. Comprehensively discuss the complexity and interlink of the operations ofmanaging construction projects
2. Clearly identify and analyse the issues, restraints and challenges in managing construction projects
3. Competently examine and apply theories and methods into managing construction projects
4. Critically evaluate the effectiveness of construction project management methods in practice

BNV7130 Marking Criteria:

Format:

Your need to submit your portfolio as one document (in Word or PDF format) on Moodle electronically. If your portfolio includes audio / video elements, please contact the module tutor for alternative submission arrangement.

Regulations:

• The minimum pass mark for a module is 50%
• Re-sit marks are capped at 50%

Full academic regulations are available for download using the link provided above in the IMPORTANT STATEMENTS section
Late Penalties

• If you submit an assessment late at the first attempt, then you will be subject to one of the following penalties:
• if the submission is made between 1 and 24 hours after the published deadline the original mark awarded will be reduced by 5%.
• For example, a mark of 60% will be reduced by 3% so that the mark that the student will receive is 57%.
• if the submission is made between 24 hours and one week (5 working days) after the published deadline the original mark awarded will be reduced by 10%. For example, a mark of 60% will be reduced by 6% so that the mark the student will receive is 54%.

if the submission is made after 5 days following the deadline, your work will be deemed as a fail and returned to you unmarked.

• The reduction in the mark will not be applied in the following two cases:
  the mark is below the pass mark for the assessment. In this case the mark achieved by the student will stand
• where a deduction will reduce the mark from a pass to a fail. In this case the mark awarded will be the threshold (i.e., 50%)
  Please note:

If you submit a re-assessment late then it will be deemed as a fail and returned to you unmarked.