Course Brief

The module will define the nature of projects and their management. Various aspects will be considered including financial control and management of risk, human resource elements (building and leading a multi disciplinary team) and the control of time.

The module will examine the integration of time, cost and quality aspects of projects through the application of relevant tools and techniques below:

  • Effective project definition
  • Activity and time planning
  • Cost and quality evaluations
  • Risk Management
  • Management and leadership of project teams
  • 40 Contact Hours

Upon successful completion of this module, students will have demonstrated:

Knowledge
K1. Critical understanding of a range of models and concepts associated with the management of projects.
K2. Critical understanding of projects from a financial, human resource and time related perspective.
K3. An appreciation of the requirements for control and the application of control mechanisms.
K4. Critical understanding of the relationship between time, cost and quality and the alternate approaches available for managing them.

Skills
S1. Critical thinking and analysis skills.
S2. The ability to apply and evaluate tools and techniques associated with the management of projects.
S3. Reporting and diagnostic skills.

The module will be assessed by a two part single integrative individual assignment and this will test all learning outcomes from the module.

This will be the production and analysis of a network diagram together with a report on a real scenario that will define how to fully manage a specific project to achieve the goals set out in the assessment.

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