General
The Moodle Course Scenario
The assessment events and portfolio activities for this subject are based on the following scenario for the “Relocate A Digital Media Agency Project”
You work for a Digital Media Agency and you are part of a permanent screen and media team of 10. The agency also employs three clerical staff, and at peak times sub-contracts work to external creative specialists.
10 members of your class, including you, represent the permanent screen and media team. The remaining members of your class represent the external creative specialists. Your assessment events and portfolio activities will require you to involve these staff members in your project planning.
The Agency has outgrown its existing premises and has leased new office space. The Managing Director has identified, on a plan of the new premises, the areas to be allocated to herself, the receptionist and clerical staff.
Click here to view a plan of the new office premises and the Managing Director’s space allocation and layout. You can use the plan’s existing furniture (desks, chairs, etc.) as a guide for scaling other office equipment.
The Managing Director has requested that you refer to the remaining office space and design a suitable office layout for the screen and media team that will provide an innovative work environment that enables flexible work practices.
You are required to develop the following:
1. A project plan to assist the establishment of the new office and the administration and management of the project. (Manage Projects)
2. An OH&S management system and an OH&S risk management plan for the new office. (Ensure a Safe Workplace)
3. Develop strategies for establishing a network to enhance the Agency's business relationships (Establish Networks)
This Moodle course integrates the following three subjects:
1. Manage Projects
On successful completion of this unit you will have the skills and knowledge required to manage a straightforward project or a section of a larger project. This unit addresses the management of projects including the development of a project plan, administering and monitoring the project, finalising the project and reviewing the project to identify lessons learnt for application to future projects.
2. Ensure a Safe Workplace
On successful completion of this unit you should be able to develop, implement and maintain a workplace OH&S management system. You should be able to manage OH&S risks in the workplace, the elements of an OH&S management system and the interaction between managers, employees and their representatives in such a system.
3. Establish Networks
On completion of this unit you will be able to demonstrate the skills and knowledge necessary to develop business relationships, develop network strategies, and successfully negotiate within those relationships based on those strategies.
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The first goal in our project is to identify “the way we will work in our new premises”. The relocation of the Agency is an opportunity to introduce flexible work practices. The implementation of these new practices will impact on the design of the office, “where we work”. For example introducing job sharing will require the use of ‘hot desks’ i.e. desks shared between employees working different shifts.
Developing the project plan must be a team activity to ensure that all stakeholders (everyone affected by the plan) are given the opportunity to contribute and "buy-in" to what is going to happen. At the end of this stage, every team member should have an understanding of what the project is to accomplish.
Your online survey has provided you with data that you can now analyse to identify the needs and preferences of staff for flexible work practices. The results of your analysis are then presented to management and staff for discussion and to obtain approval to proceed with the design, development and
implementation of the office relocation project.
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THE OPENING
Project meetings come in all shapes and sizes. Modern digital media workplaces are built on teams, sharing of ideas, and effective project coordination and project collaboration via meetings.
This section of our subject requires you to manage a project in which you will plan, design and develop a podcast of an interview with the designer of your agency’s new office layout. 
We will commence the production of your Interview Podcast next term. However if you wish to start experimenting with sound/audio design then the following free resources will assist you.
PODCAST PRODUCTION
Business owners 
terms, risk management is the process of recognizing situations which have the potential to cause harm to people or property, and doing something to prevent the hazardous situation occurring or the person being harmed.
The primary purpose of testing is:
A business network is an extended group of people who interact with each other for mutual support or assistance.
Effective business relationships require the development of a communications environment the enables regular and ad hoc supply of information from your business to its stakeholders. Information may be provided directly using letters, emails, instant messaging, newsletters and indirectly from Twitter, websites and blogs.