Higher National Diploma in Engineering (Mechanical)

Assignment Brief
Student Name/ID
Number
Unit Number and Title 35 Professional Engineering Management (L/615/1503)
Academic Year 2019
Unit Tutor U Min Thein Tun
Assignment Title AS 1 of 1 professional engineering management report
Issue Date
Submission Date
IV Name & Date Dr Ye Thamain Sint ( . .2019)

Submission Format
Strategic portfolio:
A series of own project activities are undertaken, which allowed to build and
simple of strategic plan. The activities will be depended on the personal commitment about
an engineering service/s delivery plan with the obligations to society and the environment.
But it should include both the professional behaviours and develop the range of
employability skills. Students should have note results, analyse, evaluate, and draw
conclusions.

Project proposal with delivery plan:

It should be attached the following both an industrial standard template and
self-evaluation template form at least 600 words including potential problem solutions.

A professional engineering report:

Report should have around 1000 words with appropriate structure and
references including strategic planning and effective solutions with total quality
management (TQM), logistics and supply chain management, engineering social and ethical
responsibility, decision making and risk management tactics by justification of technical
report writing.

Presentation:
Prepare no more than 15 presentation slides, and speaker notes no more than
300 words. The observation records must be provided as evidence.

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Unit Learning Outcomes
LO1. Evaluate the risk evaluation theories and practices associated with the management
of projects for the production of current and developing technology.
LO2. Produce an engineering services delivery plan that meets the requirements of a
sector-specific organisation.
LO3. Develop effective leadership, individual and group communication skills.
LO4. Develop personal commitment to professional standards and obligations to society,
the engineering profession and the environment.

Assignment Brief and Guidance

Scenario:
The Myanmar government establish Myanmar sustainable development plan (MSDP)
program. According to build up the program, a local company are needed to construct
engineering service/s delivery plan for the engineering business environment. You are as a
project manager to design, develop, manufacture, construct, operate and maintain the
physical infrastructure in this program. You are responsible for delivering the project to the
successful initiation, planning, design, execution, monitoring, controlling and closure of a
project. It should be included the coordination and completion of projects on time within
budget and scope. You have the authority to achieve the project objective that may require
application of processes, methods, knowledge, skills and experience. You have to complete
typically reports to a manager or head of department about your chosen specialist topic
area of investigation.

Strategic portfolio:
You have to provide outline proposal that is eagerly awaited new instruction for specific
engineering production or service. It should be included six constraints such as scope,
schedule, budget, resource, risk and quality. These are essential requirements for
successful managing and overcome challenges. Moreover, you need to consider SWOT
analysis and ethical issue that impact of engineering activates and understand limitations
when problems faced. You might use a range of method for agreement that how you
engage to stakeholders buy-in before delivery plan. Explain benefit of value analysis.

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Project proposal with delivery plan:
You need to explain how the project to be delivered. During the construction, necessary
resources are carried out by MS project software. It is appropriate for following detail
information to be completed. All the activities are linked with Gantt chart, bar graph,
estimate cost, network diagram and project over view report.

1. A detailed task breakdown

2. Challenges: both planned and unforeseen

3. Assessment and feasibility studies (links to risk evaluation)

4. Responsibility for completion

5. External & internal pressures: costs, impact on other services/ users

6. Impact on stakeholders if not undertaken

7. Performance measures

8. Project team management strategies and considerations

9. Start date/time of individual task and project

10.Finish date/ time of individual task and project

Project delivery plan should be contained total quality management (TQM). New product or
delivery plan are developed by strategy of QC- QA- QMS to support. Risk assessments are
required for quality. Obtain information form relevant resources are collected details to
meet customer satisfaction for change management plan if necessary.

Presentation:

You are required to deliver effective presentation that included communication skill, leader
ship style and team performance to audience. Describe the way of managing people that is
one of the techniques for listening and negotiation skills of communication. Evaluate how to
select right methods during implementation and monitoring. Produce the importance of
organisational development plan by keeping up to date of attitude, professional behaviour,
social responsibility, people habits and competence person to become professionalism.
Suggestion for continuing professional development (CPD).

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Proposal Form Template
Student
Student Name Student Number Date

Centre Name
Tutor
Proposed Title

Section One: Title, aims, objectives

Title or working title of plan (in the form of a question, objective or hypothesis)
Aims and objectives (e.g. what do you wish to achieve? What do you want to learn to do? What do
you want to find out?)

Section Two: Reasons for choosing this specific area of engineering

Reasons for choosing the area (e.g. links to other subjects you are studying, personal interest, future
plans, knowledge/skills you want to improve, why the topic is important?):

Section Three: Information sources searched

Use of key information sources to support your background research

Section Four: Activities and timescales

Activities to be carried out during the construction of the project (e.g. How long will this take:
research, development, analysis of ideas, writing, data collection,
numerical analysis, tutor meetings, production of final outcome,
evaluation, writing the report) and likely durations:

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Milestone one:
Target date (set by tutor):
Milestone two:
Target date (set by tutor):
Comments and agreement from tutor
Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work that has been or will be submitted for another qualification and is
appropriate:
Agreed: (name) (date)

Comments and agreement from project proposal checker (if applicable)

Comments (optional):

I confirm that the project is not work that has been or will be submitted for another qualification and is
appropriate:
Agreed: (name) (date)

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Self-Evaluation Form Template

Student
Student Name Student Number Date

Centre Name
Tutor
Project Title

Section One: Outline the experience/task you are reflecting upon

Section Two: Detail the steps that were undertaken explaining why you took them

Section Three: What went well?

Section Four: What could have been done better? How could this have been achieved?

Section 5: Has anything been changed or improved as a result of your undertakings?

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Recommended Resources

Textbooks
1. BURNS, B. (2014) Managing Change. 6th Ed. Pearson.
2. DEARDEN, H. (2013) Professional Engineering Practice: Reflections on the Role of
the Professional Engineer. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform.
3. KARTEN, N. (2010) Presentation Skills for Technical Professionals. IT Governance Ltd.
4. LOCK, D. (2013) Project Management. 10th Ed. Routledge.
Websites
1. http://www.engc.org.uk/ Engineering Council
UK-SPEC UK Standard for Professional Engineering Competence (E-Books)
2. http://www.ewb-uk.org/ Engineering without Borders (General Reference)
Links units
Unit 4: Managing a Professional Engineering Project

*Please access HN Global for additional resources support and reading for this unit. For further guidance and
support on report writing please refer to the Study Skills Unit on HN Global. Link to www.highernationals.com

Assessment Criteria

Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

LO1 Evaluate the risk evaluation theories and practices associated

with the management of projects for the production of current and
developing technology

P1 Evaluate the risk evaluation
theories and practices associated
with the management of
engineering projects.
P2 Assess elements and issues
that impact the successful
management of engineering
M1 Critically evaluate the main
elements and issues that impact
the successful management of
engineering activities.
D1 Specify and analyse the
challenges encountered when
meeting the requirements for
successfully managing
engineering activities, and make
justified recommendations to
overcome these challenges.

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 Learning Outcomes and Assessment Criteria

Pass Merit Distinction

activities.

LO2 Produce an engineering services delivery plan that meets the

requirements of a sector-specific organisation

P3 Develop an engineering M2 Evaluate how each step of D2 Critically evaluate

services delivery plan, applying the delivery plan developed contingencies that might prevent
the appropriate sector-specific meets the requirements of a the delivery plan meeting the
requirements sector specific organisation. requirements of a sector-specific
organisation.
P4 Determine the engineering
management tools needed for
designing an engineering services
delivery plan.

LO3 Develop effective leadership, individual and group

communication skills

P5 Describe the steps for
effective persuasion and
negotiation.
P6 Explain the steps for
managing effective group
meetings.
M3 Evaluate leadership styles
and effective communication
skills using specific examples in
an organisational context.
D3 Critically evaluate effective
ways for the coaching and
mentoring of disillusioned
colleagues or of a poorly
performing team.

P7 Outline the steps to deliver an

effective presentation.

LO4 Develop personal commitment to professional standards and

obligations to society, the engineering profession and the
environment
D4 Evaluate and provide
P8 Discuss the context of social M4 Summarise the engineering justifications on why it is
responsibility for scientists and profession ethical standards and necessary to be active and up to
engineers. patterns of behaviour. date with the engineering
profession’s new developments
P9 Explore the ways in which an and discoveries.
engineer can engage in
continuing professional
development.

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