Project Management

Learning Outcomes

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• apply project management ideas and techniques to projects.
• analyse the performance of real-life projects;

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• be an independent learner.
• communicate (in writing) effectively.

Knowledge and Understanding

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

• the techniques most commonly used to manage projects.
• the nature of projects and the stages of the project life cycle;

Subject Specific Practical Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

• use standard project-management techniques (e.g. Critical Path Method, Earned Value, etc);

• Project Management Outline
• Project Management Context
• Project Business Environment
• Project Scope Management
• Project Stakeholder Management
• Project Risk Management
• Project Leadership
• Project Strategy
• Project Technology
• Project Conditions
• Project Dynamics
• Project Agility

Teaching and learning methods

• Lectures
• Use of on-line materials
• An individual assignment
• In-class case studies / problem solving activities
• Private study
• Guest Lectures

Resources & Reading list

Internet Resources

Advanced Project Management Research Centre (APROM).

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business.

International Journal of Project Management.

Project Management Journal.

Textbooks

Wills, Kerry (2010). Essential Project Management Skills. Taylor & Francis .

Maylor, H. (2022). Project Management. Pearson Education.

Lock, Dennis (2013). Project Management. Taylor & Francis .

Pyne, Adrian (2022). Agile Beyond IT - How to Develop Agility in Project Management in Any Sector. Practical Inspiration Publishing.

Wysocki, Robert K (2019). Effective Project Management: Traditional, Agile, Extreme, Hybrid. John Wiley & Sons.

Pinto, Jeffrey K.. (2019). Project Management: Achieving Competitive Advantage. Pearson Education.

Lock, Dennis (2014). The Essentials of Project Management. Taylor & Francis.

Tuttle, Susan (2018). PRINCE2 in Action: Project Management in Real Terms. IT Governance Publishing.

Formative

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

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.

Repeat Information

Repeat type: Internal & External