Project Management

Teaching Hours and Credit Allocation:	16 hours, 3 credits
Course Assessment:	Coursework + Exam

Aims

Today’s competitive business environment is pushing companies towards a greater emphasis on innovation of product and processes. Project management offers a highly structured approach to managing change effectively and is capable of being adapted to fit a diverse range of applications. Managing projects is a highly complex job. If today’s project leaders are to cope with complex projects, they need to think of themselves as change agents – aspiring individuals who implement change by gaining the commitment and action of key people both inside and outside their organisation.

Through the acquisition of a range of tools and techniques, this elective will aim to provide students with a basic understanding and knowledge of the key concepts and analytical skills underpinning the effective management of projects in any industry sector.

The objectives are :

To learn the responsibilities and essential tools and techniques required to successfully plan, manage, control and evaluate any major project in a complex environment.
To develop the fundamental skills required of all project managers: critical reasoning skills, quantitative analytical skills and integrative skills, from both a theoretical and practical viewpoint.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of this course, students will be able to

Apply basic tools and techniques of project management in practice
Write a sponsor and project requirements definition
Construct a comprehensive project schedule
Evaluate a project plan subject to time, cost and resource constraints

Content

Project management growth
Project Planning
Project Stages and Sizing
Resource and Task Management
Scheduling techniques
Project Teams
Pricing and Cost Control
Contracts and procurement
Risk Management
Stakeholder Management
Project Evaluation and Reporting