Managing and Learning in Project Environments
Optional module – Route A
10 credits
This module aims to:
- Develop an understanding of the purpose of project management.
- Communicate the knowledge of project management with respect the process and methodologies in practice.
- Develop skills in practising the methodologies.
- Introduce students to the literature of the project management process.
- Link the use of the process with the development of positive attitudes and behaviours.
Outline syllabus
• Project Life Cycle
• Statement of Requirements and Project Specification Success Criteria
• Work Breakdown Structure
• Estimating
• Networks, Gantt Charts and Scheduling
• Project Risk
• Resource Allocation
• Cashflow and S Curves
• Performance Measures and Milestones
• Quality Management
• Definitions and Terminology
Select bibliography:
Andersen, Erling S., Grude, Kristoffer V., Haug, Tor (1999), Goal Directed Project Management, Kogan Page, London
Maylor, Harvey (1999), Project Management, Financial Times Pitman Publishing, London
Turner, J. Rodney (1999), The Handbook of Project-based Management, McGraw Hill, Maidenhead, England.
