Module Handbook 2021/22
Module Name: Engineering Practice 2
Module Code: UFMFQS-15-2
Module Leader Name: Dr. Poonam Kashyap
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Aims of the Handbook
The handbook is a guide for students in the Department of Engineering Design and
Methamatics (EDM).
Please note that the electronic version of the handbook will be kept up to date and you will
be notified of any significant changes. If you have taken a hard copy of any information
please remember to refer back to the electronic version to ensure that you are working with
the most up to date information.
Contents
Document Section
Page Number
1. Module Team Informtation
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2. Module Enhancement
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3. Module Specific Information
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4. Assignment Brief
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5. Submission Details
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6. Additional Information and Reading Strategies
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7. Communication
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8. Advice and Support
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1. Module team information
Module Leader names:
Name: Dr. Poonam Kashyap
Office location: 4Z037
Email address: poonam.kashyap@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number 01173282958
Module Team:
Name: Dr. Marianthi Leon
Office location: 4Z037
Email address: marianthi.leon@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number: 0117 32 81698
Name: Dr. Joachim Gingele
Office location: 3Z003
Email address: Joachim.Gingele@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number: 01173282981
Name: Dr. Masoumeh Jahani
Office location:
Email address: Masoumeh.Jahani@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number: 01173281776
Name: Nadia Algosaibi
Office location: 3Z002
Email address: Nadia2.Algosaibi@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number: 01173281281
Name: Dr. Maryam Atoofi
Office location: 3Z002
Email address: Maryam2.Atoofi@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number: 01173283900
Name: Amina Hamoud
Office location:
Email address: Amina.Hamoud@uwe.ac.uk
Phone number:
External examiners from other institutions are appointed to each module to act
independently and work with the module team in the management of threshold academic
standards. Information is available about the external examiner appointed to this module.
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2. Module enhancement
This is a new module starting from academic year 2021-22 .This module links with
Engineering Practice 1 at Level 1 as part of redesign of the Engineering curriculum under
Integrated Learning Framework (ILF).
3. Module specific information
3.1 Overview
In today’s business environment, project management is used by both public and private
sector organisations to create innovative business ideas that support profit maximisation,
economic and societal development. This module is a continuation of Engineering Practice 1
which was delivered in Year 1 of the programme where students were introduced to project
management ideas and reflected on the role of engineers in business and society. In this
module students are introduced to the remaining part of project life cycle such as Project
Execution, Closure and Review.
Students will be involved in Project Execution to implement a project management plan
through the project monitoring and control, change control management, team leadership
and conflict management. The module will allow students to understand how to
commercialise an engineering solution (business idea). It is also designed to help
engineering students understand the overall scope of starting an innovative business using
engineering solutions.
The module also covers the Closure and Review phase concerned with handover of final
project outputs and acceptance of the outputs by the project sponsor. This phase will enable
the students to understand the process required to prepare the acceptance of delivery by
the users, handover of the delivery from project to production environment, review
processes team disbandment and the distribution of the lessons learnt.
Today’s business world remains dynamic and competitive, and the module provides
opportunity for students to work in groups to identify potential areas of innovative business
opportunities together with the internal and external forces that play against and supports
the thriving of innovative business ideas.
Module specification link in UWE Intranet:
https://info.uwe.ac.uk/modules/specification.asp?urn=2158754&file=UFMFQS-152_Engineering_Practice_2_202324.pdf
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3.2 Aim
The module is designed to ensure that students engage with the commercial and
professional environment and practices that operate in engineering organisations and
environments.
3.3 Module Learning Outcomes
 Select and apply appropriate processes for effective management within a project life
cycle (EL3, P11, G1, G3, G4)
 Demonstrate effective evidence based decision making resulting from the execution of a
project management plan (EL3, D5, D6, P11)
 Identify and appraise the main steps required to exploit an enterprise idea or opportunity
to initiate and commercialise a start-up enterprise or engineering solution (D8, EL4, P1,
P4, P11)
 Analyse and design a viable business model including the identification of factors that
impact the commercialisation of an innovative business idea (D6, EL6, P4, P7, P11)
3.4 Indicative content
The module content covers Project Management Processes and Engineering Business
Environment and links these areas together. Specifically students will learn about
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Business Model Canvass
The analysis of Business Environment
Finance for Innovative Business
Business Systems and Management
Managing People in Organisation
Business and Sustainability
Processes required for effective execution of the project management plan
Effective decision-making during project monitoring and control
Processes required for the Change Control Management, Team Leadership and
Conflict Management
Stakeholder management
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A Project Execution Plan and consideration of the commercial exploitation of an
innovative engineering solution will be implemented through a real life engineering
project.
In addition, project based learning (PBL) activities will be provided to allow students
to identify the main steps required for exploiting an enterprise idea or opportunity to
initiate and commercialise a start-up enterprise.
Analyse and design a viable business model that can be used to create values for
potential customers and recognise the internal and external forces that can hinder or
facilitates the commercialisation of innovative business ideas.
Develop their branding, sales, time management, problem solving and
communication skills.
Identify the roles and responsibilities that are required to contribute to effective
project management.
3.5 Module Schedule
Weeks
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04.10
2
11.10
Lecture Topics
Focus and learning outcome
Introduction to the
module
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Learning outcomes
How this module is delivered?
Assessment methods
Module structure
Indicative reading list
Project management in
context and Scope
management
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Importance of project management
Success factors
Project specification
Constraints, limits, assumptions, and technical
requirements
Re-cap - Work breakdown structure (WBS),
Activity List
Planning and Scheduling using Gant chart
Network Diagrams and Critical path
Risks identification and management
Resource requirements and smoothing
Stakeholder management
Communication
Conflict management
Negotiation
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Opportunity analysis
Identification of business idea
Elements of good business idea
Presenting business idea to investors
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25.10
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Project Planning,
Scheduling and Resource
Management
Stakeholder and
Communications
Management
Developing business
ideas and opportunity
identification
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Business model canvass
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Strategic analysis of
business environment
 Understanding strategy
 Strategic analysis
 Strategic choice
 Strategy implementation
 Analsyis of the macro-environement
 PESTLE analysis
 Industry analysis
 Porter-five forces
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15.11
22.11
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29.11
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Project week
Managing people in
organisation
 Team leadership and Entrepreneurial skill
Development
 Marketing Communciation
Financial management
 Money
 Investors
 Angel investors
 Venture capitalist
 Financial reporting
 Profit and loss account
Break even analysis
Business Sustainability
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Value proposition
Customer relationships
Customer segments
Key activities
Key partners
Revenue streams
Cost structure
Environmental performance
Social performance
Economic performance
3.6 Teaching and Learning Methods
One hour pre recorded lecture per week will be delivered by the module team and guest
speakers from industry, providing the students with theoretical underpoinning of the content
and exposure to practical knowledge of what it takes to initiate and commercialise an
innovative business idea.
Two-hour tutorial per week that focuses on developing student's project management skills
and entrepreneurial skills through team work and exploration of each of the topic areas
covered during the lecture using examples of dummay projects given in the tutorial
sessions.
Project Based Learning is used to facilitate learning, which is a student-centred learning
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approach that mirrors the professional behaviour of an engineer and provides opportunity
for students to work as a team, manage time and resources to deliver small projects within
an individual discipline.
4. Assignment Brief
4.1 Component A (Group presentation)
25% of module marks
This assessment is linked to a project week. The students will work in group of up to 7 over
a week-long project. They will receive a project week brief which will involve project
managing a project (initiation, planning, execution and closure) on a novel engineering
solution/project required to tackle a current social and environmental issues faced by the
local councils in the UK. The proposed engineering solution could be an innovation or an
improvement of existing projects in the region. The technical depth of the proposed solution
would be as important as the detail considerations for its social, environmental and
economic impacts.
Students will be preparing a poster (using a template provided) that will contain the Scope
statement for the project, Stakeholder identification and analysis, Activity list, Work
Breakdown Structure (WBS), Responsibility Matrix, Resource Sheet, Cost Structure, Risk
Management and individual reflection on the group work. Students group will also do a
PowerPoint presentation (4-5 slides maximum) on the same project towards the end of the
project week.
The poster assessment will be weighted at 10% and presentation will of 15%, making it
25% of the overall module marks.
The dates of project week will be announced on the module site on Blackboard.
4.2 Component B (Group report of 4000 words)
75% of module marks
This is a summative assessment that is made up of a group report of 4,000 words, designed
to evaluate the theoretical model “Business Model Canvass” that was covered by the
module. Applying this model, the students will develop a business plan for the innovative
idea conceived in Component A. The business plan will show how the students intend to
launch and put the innovative idea in componenet A (Section 4.1) into operation. Formative
assessment is provided during the two-hour tutorial per week that is focused on developing
the student’s entrepreneurial skills through teamwork and exploration of each of the topic
areas covered during the lecture.
4.3 Resit Assessment
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Individual will evaluate a Business model canvas for a scaled down engineering business
problem
Component A: Individual Presentation (10 minutes) 25% of module marks
Component B: Individual report (2000 words) 75% of module marks
5. Submission details
Assessment
Compoenet A
This assessment component is a poster and its group presentation at the end of project
week. The detail project brief and assement criteria will be uploaded in the Blackboard at
the start of the project week.
Submission date
This submission will take place at the end of project week (week commencing 22
November) and will be announced on the module site of Blackboard at the start of the
teaching term.
Component B
This is a summative assessment that is made up of a group report of 4,000 words as per
details provided in assessment brief.
Submission date
This submission will take place at the end of term and date and time will be announced on
the module site on the Blackboard at the start of the teaching term
You will receive informal feedback verbally through all teaching sessions – ensure you listen
carefully. Each assessment you submit will be returned to you with written feedback, and
consists of comments made by tutors on students’ assessed work which enables students to
understand how they have met the defined assessment criteria and identifying areas for
further improvement. .
Date of submission feedback
You will receive informal feedback verbally through all teaching sessions – ensure you listen
carefully. Each assessment you submit will be returned to you with written feedback, and
consists of comments made by tutors on students’ assessed work which enables students to
understand how they have met the defined assessment criteria and identifying areas for
further improvement. .
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The feedback will normally be avaibale within 20 working days. Staff makes all effort to
adhere to the timeline and in case of any unforeseen circumstances, students will be notified
via Blackboard notification
MyUWE is used to communicate unconfirmed marks, provide cover sheets for assessments
and to submit work.
6. Additional information and reading lists
Your module reading list can be accessed online, either directly through the link below or
through the module’s Blackboard page.
The short video available on the library’s website will introduce you to some of the key
features of the online reading list system.
[Please create a reading list on http://readinglists.uwe.ac.uk, publish it, and include a link to
your list in this section.
Your list will be a living document, and can be further developed at any time. Your online list
should also be added to the reading list content area in Blackboard.
Reading lists should follow the Best Practice Guidance developed by the library in
collaboration with academic staff and students. This involves including a rationale to make
it clear by when and for what purpose you are expecting students to read specific items or
purchase texts, clear presentation and structure, ensuring accessibility by linking to digital
content wherever possible, and updating and revising your list regularly.
Further information and guidance on reading lists and digitisation are available at
https://intranet.uwe.ac.uk/tasks-guides/Collection/using-readinglists
7. Communication
Throughout your time with us, you will receive regular communication from your module
leaders, and also administrative staff. It is your responsibility to ensure that you read
everything that you are sent, and act upon it where appropriate.
The main communication channel used is the Blackboard for all the modules you are
currently studying. Blackboard provides the main communication channel for module
specific information and these too should be checked regularly for new content and
announcements.
Further information on all aspects of your myUWE portal is available on the website.
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8. Advice and support
There are a range of facilities and services available to go to for advice and support
depending on what the issue is. Remember - asking for help at the earliest possible stage
will help you in the long run. Your first point of call should always be your Academic
Personal tutor, as they will be able to sign post you to the right services and will be able to
deal with specific matters relating to teaching and learning. If you are not able to contact
your Academic Personal tutor for any reason go to an Information Point who may be able to
help.
Student Support Advisers are available and can also be contacted through the Information
Points.
However, you are more than welcome to talk to other members of UWE staff depending on
who you feel most comfortable talking to.
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