Project Management - Processes

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

Having successfully completed this module, you will be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding of:

• traditional and contemporary approaches to management of functional and procedural aspects of projects;
• the major/applied tools and techniques for managing project phases and processes;
• the specific nature of project activities and the implications of managing organisations by projects;
• the functional factors influencing project success or failure.

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• work effectively in project teams as a team member and/or project manager;
• apply an analytical and critical approach to problem analysis;
• report and present ideas in writing or orally.

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• understand and analyse the project’s context, potential dynamics and challenges regardless of its industry;
• critically analyse project situations and dynamics considering the pluralistic nature of projects and project management;
• analyse the challenges and dynamics of project organisations.

• PMP Critical Context
• Portfolio, Programme, & Project Management
• Logical Framework Analysis
• Project Life Cycle
• Scope Management
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Project Stakeholder Management
• Responsibility Matrix
• Project Risk Management
• Risk Register
• PMP Research Strategy
• PMP Industry Expertise
• Project Scheduling
• Agile Project Management
• PMP Critical Development

The key knowledge and theoretical components will be delivered via lectures and supplemented with directed self-study, class discussions, case studies, team work and short presentations. Practical aspects of the theories will be explored further by inviting guest lectures from industry where possible. Project Management software will be explored in a computer lab setting.

Formative

This is how we’ll give you feedback as you are learning. It is not a formal test or exam.

In-class activities

• Assessment Type: Formative
• Feedback: - Questions and answers during lectures and classes. - Class discussions with tutors and peers. - Feedback on class/in-session exercise. - Responses to questions by emails or in office hours.
• Final Assessment: No
• Group Work: No

Summative

This is how we’ll formally assess what you have learned in this module.

Referral

This is how we’ll assess you if you don’t meet the criteria to pass this module.

Repeat

An internal repeat is where you take all of your modules again, including any you passed. An external repeat is where you only re-take the modules you failed.