Project Management Theory and Practice

Rationale and Purpose of the Module: The primary objective of this module is to provide students with the knowledge, skills and understanding necessary to apply 
Project Management principles, tools and techniques to help initiate changes to achieve specific pre-determined project objectives in line with organisational goals and strategies. The module will prepare students for the workplace by developing their understanding of Project Management knowledge areas and Project Management processes. The student will benefit from understanding how projects are initiated, implemented, monitored and controlled and closed within a change environment.

Syllabus: Project management organisational strategy and change, project portfolio management, programme management, project lifecycles, project processes, project management strategies and approaches, projects, operations and change, project human resource management, role of the project manager-change agent, project leadership, role of the project team, projects and organisational structures, implementing change though project initiation, project selection, project integration management and project implementation. Developing the project charter, developing the project plan, project communications management, project risk management, project scope management, project estimates, top down estimating, bottom up estimating, project budgets and project baselines, project time management, activity scheduling, resource allocation, project monitoring and control, earned value - monitoring change, cost and schedule variance, cost and schedule performance indices, project change management, project quality management, project computer applications, project closure.