The aim of this subject is to give the student an understanding of concepts, planning and implementation tools and techniques in project management.
Organisation strategy.
Project selection criteria; Project Net Present Value and pay back. Project organisation structure. Corporate social responsibility. Project definition phase. Scope planning; project logic diagram, workbreakdown structure, responsibility matrix, project stakeholder matrix.Cost planning: cost planning map.Project procurement management; Request for Quote (RFQ), Request forinformation (RFI), Request for Proposal (RFP).
Project Scheduling
Project management systems and tools: developing activity on-node networks, activity–on-arrow networks, critical path method, PERTprogram evaluation review technique, Gantt charting.Project Management Institute (PMI); PMBOK Guide and Standards. InternationalProject Management Association (IPMA). Projects IN Controlled Environments(PRINCE2)
Budget
Earned value Analysis. Cost control.Project quality planning; Quality assurance plan. Risk, change control: risk identification, risk response matrix.Project Implementation: Monitoring and managing progress. Tracking andmanaging the project budget. Project creep. Status reports. Performancereporting and closure.
Team Building
Attributes of high performing teams, creating a project teamidentity, team development.Team member motivation; Strategies for shaping behaviour; motivating workersby designing motivating jobs; skill variety, task identity, task significance,autonomy, feedback.Communication in virtual project teams, international teams, Hofstede’sdimensions of individualism-collectivism and power distance.Project communication plan, verbal communication and email, Organisingproductive and effective meetings, facilitating group decision making,analytical problems solving. Approaches to creative problem solving;imagination, improvement, investment, incubation. Conceptual blocks;constancy, commitment, compression, complacency.Creative problem solving tools. Fostering creativity in others.Leadership skills and project manager skills.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |