Project Management

Learning Outcomes

Knowledge and Understanding

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

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

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);

Transferable and Generic Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

Subject Specific Intellectual and Research Skills

Having successfully completed this module you will be able to:

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

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.