This module concludes the taught part of the MSc programme and includes a critical assessment of the topics covered in the two years of taught part of the programme (Y1 and Y2). In module 6 we revisit the purpose of projects, and the management of project portfolios across an organisation, which were covered briefly in year-1. Managing a project portfolio will be looked at from the perspective of common industry approaches, which will be then contrasted with insights from complexity theory and the management of uncertain and unpredictable situations – which almost all projects are. The module will also critically assess common approaches to managing project assurance, governance and sponsorship in organisations, and will relate these to the concept of error culture where in striving to minimise errors it is possible to make the situation worse rather than improve it. This module is divided into six parts. - Value, values and ethics
- Project portfolios and pipelines
- Managing project organisations
- Managing change
- Your career in Project Management
- Concluding thoughts and remarks
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