Module
Project Management
Module description
Managing projects is an everyday part of working and academic life. Learning the basic skills of how to organise your time, resources and effort (if you are running your own project) and those of a team, if you are managing a multi-faceted project, is essential for your future career.
This module is a practical course, which will equip you with the skills and knowledge you will need to run projects successfully. The module will be taught through a mix of asynchronous online lectures, practical group work online tutorials and face-to-face and online project workshops.
You will develop project management skills while working on a live group project. You will be assessed formatively via the preparation of content for a group Project Initiation Document (PID), during workshop sessions. Summative assessment for this module will take two forms – the formal submission of a group P.I.D and an individual, reflective and literature-based analytical assignment..
Full module specification
| Module title: | Project Management |
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| Module code: | BEP2020 |
| Module level: | 2 |
| Academic year: | 2020/1 |
| Module lecturers: |
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| Module credit: | 15 |
| ECTS value: | 7.5 |
| Pre-requisites: | None |
| Co-requisites: | None |
| Duration of module: |
Duration (weeks) - term 1: 1 |
Module aims
- To equip you with the skills and knowledge required to run successful projects in both academic and employment contexts.
- To educate you about the role and importance of successful project managers in ensuring projects are sustainable.
- To enable you to recognise your own skills and the roles you can perform in bringing a project successfully to fruition.
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To teach you key project management skills such as: planning, resource allocation, budgetary profiling, risk management and management and control procedures. Stakeholder management will also be included.
ILO: Module-specific skills
- 1. appropriately appraise or design a brief for a project
- 2. develop a project initiation plan (PID)
- 3. execute a set of project management tools such as work breakdown planning, Gannt Charts, Time Planning, Critical Path Analysis, Resource Allocation and Risk Assessments
- 4. demonstrate your understanding of the key documents and processes employed in managing professional projects such as: Project Briefs, Management Strategies, Risk Registers and Risk Management Strategies, Daily Logs and Issues Registers
ILO: Discipline-specific skills
- 5. adopt a project management informed approach to managing a programme of related activities
- 6. 6. critique different project management methodologies such as PRiNCE2, LEAN, ISO9000, Green Project Management (GPM) ISO14000 and ISO14001 and ascertain which methodology best suits what types of project or part of a project
- 7. analyse a project and its potential constraints in relation to available resources
- 8. develop and understanding of the need to embed a sustainable approach to project management
- 9. conduct an impact assessment of a project for the purposes of managing change
ILO: Personal and key skills
- 10. ascertain the best fit between your own skills set and the needs of the project team, enabling you to maximise your impact for the benefit of the project and you
- 11. embed sustainable principles into your project management skills portfolio
- 12. demonstrate professional understanding and skills in the context of project management, by being conversant with project management terms, systems and documentation
Learning activities and teaching methods (given in hours of study time)
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | Guided independent study | Placement / study abroad |
|---|---|---|
| 23 | 127 | 0 |
Details of learning activities and teaching methods
| Category | Hours of study time | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 18 | Lectures and Workshops |
| Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities | 5 | Tutorials -To support students with their formative and summative assessment tasks |
| Independent study and group work to be managed by students | 127 | Independent study and group working to inform group work outputs and independent assignments |
Formative assessment
| Form of assessment | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|
| Preparation of a draft PIDproject plan to be completed as a groupto be completed on their own | 1000 words | 1-8 | Written and verbal |
Summative assessment (% of credit)
| Coursework | Written exams | Practical exams |
|---|---|---|
| 100 | 0 | 0 |
Details of summative assessment
| Form of assessment | % of credit | Size of the assessment (eg length / duration) | ILOs assessed | Feedback method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Group Project Initiation Document Plan(PID) | 30 | 1,500 Words | 1-8 | Written and verbal |
| Individual Role & Reflective Learning Paper | 70 | 2,000 words | 9-12 | Written and verbal |
Details of re-assessment (where required by referral or deferral)
| Original form of assessment | Form of re-assessment | ILOs re-assessed | Timescale for re-assessment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Group PID | Individual PID, 1,500 words 30% | 1-8 | July/August |
| Individual Role & Reflective Learning Paper | Individual Role and Reflective Learning Paper 2,000 words 70% | 9-12 | July/August |
Re-assessment notes
A student if deferred in a single component will be reassessed in that component only.
Syllabus plan
- Introduction to Project Management – structures and frameworks
- Defining the Project – objectives and business case
- Scope and Work Breakdown
- Time Planning using Pert & Gantt Charts
- Cost and Quality Control Plans
- Analysis and Risk Management
- Delivering the Project
- Closing the Project – Review and hand-over
- How to design a project plan
- Your role in the team – the skills you bring
Indicative learning resources - Basic reading
- Burke, R. and Barron, S. (2014) Project Management Leadership: Building Creative Teams , John Wiley and Sons
- Maylor, H. (2010) Project Management Harlow, Essex, Pearson Educations Ltd
- Newton, R. (2006) Project Management Step by Step, How to Plan and Manage a Highly Successful Project, Pearson Education Ltd
Module has an active ELE page?
No
Indicative learning resources - Web based and electronic resources
Association of Project Management http://www.apm.org.uk/
ISO 9000 http://www.iso.org/iso/iso_9000
PRiNCE2 http://www.prince-officialsite.com/
Indicative learning resources - Other resources
Directed reading, tutorial questions and further practice questions or as recommended during classes.
Origin date
01/10/2014
Last revision date
25/06/2020