Description
This hands-on module provides students with the fundamentals associated with project management. Students take a case study through the essentials of a four-phase project planning process, learn about the unique challenges at each stage and see how a project manager’s master of essential knowledge increases the likelihood of project success. Advanced concepts in project management are introduced and include multi-project management, estimating and budget development, the Theory of Constraint Planning and Earned Value theories, communications planning, project control, earned value and integration management, risk management, time management, negotiation and conflict management, contracting and procurement planning.
Objectives
At the conclusion of the module, it is intended the following instructional objectives would have been attained. The student will be able to:
1. Develop an understanding of the project management framework.
2. Organise projects with larger projects.
3. Evaluate how to effectively manage the project.
4. Project completion times.
5. Evaluate the project’s cost.
6. Determine appropriate financing sources for a particular project.
7. Create quality control measures for a given project.
8. Assess projects risk.
Outlines
1. Project Management: An Introduction to the Basics
2. Key Components of a Project
3. Organisational Effects and Project Life Cycle
4. Project Integration Management
5. Project Scope Management
6. Time & Project Management
7. Cost Management
8. Quality Control of a Project
9. Risk Management
Lessons:
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