Project management skills are now an integral element of a company’s management competencies. In this era of constant change, project management techniques are seen as being of critical importance in ensuring best practice by attaining results which address the need for projects to be delivered to a high degree of quality, scope and moreover for projects to be completed within budget and schedule.
This module initially provides the student with an understanding of the knowledge / assets required to plan for change and continue to educate the student in the techniques and methods of successful project planning, implementation, hand-over and evaluation. The structure of the module is based around a combination of behavioural skills and specific technical skill-sets, which are required for competent project managers.
- Introduction to Project Management.
- Essential Project Manager Requirements.
- Aligning individual projects with Corporate Strategy.
- Project Management from a client’s perspective.
- Project Procurement.
- Contract Management.
- Project Planning.
- Project Costing.
- Maintaining the alignment between Projects and strategy.
- Leadership, communication, individual and team issues for projects.
- Project management organisational structures and standards.
- Project risk management
Note: Due to the nature of this module (i.e. a Project based learning one), these area’s of research maybe expanded upon by the lecturer or students or they may pick up on other initiatives in the project management sector that might have a bearing on the task in hand. Students may even bring other industry sector best practice to bear in solving the case studies / assignments. It is only by allowing this self-discovery to happen that students will truly learn.
The majority of the teaching will be undertaken through classroom based lecturers, talks; individual or group project based learning discussions / meetings and presentations; however there is a strong practical element to the module in the form of simulated case studies / assignments. Students will also be expected to develop their own self-directed learning techniques and bring these to bear in the project based learning aspect of the programme. There will also be a strong emphasis on peer learning.
The module will comprise college attendance for two hours per week over a twelve-week period with additional time devoted to independent study and report writing.
Breakdown of learning hours: (5 ECTS credits equate to 100 learning hours)
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12 * 2 hour lectures = 24 hours (including presentations and Q&A sessions)
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12 * 5 hours SDL = 60 hours (including developing / solving tasks)
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16 Remaining hours = Report writing (lecturer to decide if tasks are group or individual based depending on class size) and presentation preparation.
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| Other Assessment(s) | 100 |