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Module Title LM Project Management
SchoolBirmingham Business School
Department Birmingham Business School
Module Code 07 21861
Module Lead Dr P. Forrester
Level Masters Level
Credits 15
Semester Full Term
Pre-requisites
Co-requisites
Restrictions Optional for 2150 Executive Part-Time MBA Singapore
Exclusions
Description The purpose of this module is to help identify the key features of effective project management. The module covers how to develop a project management methodology that is congruent with the Project Management Professional requirements and the participant's own organization's business and marketing strategies.

Against this over-arching aim we will add the understanding and practice of the principle features of Project Management that will enable managers to implement a project management approach. This will comprise both the techniques of project management (planning, scheduling, control and evaluation) and the organizational, team and leadership aspects of managing projects.

The major topics are:
  • The Project Management Profession
  • Project Management Methodologies
  • The Project Based Organisation
  • The Internationalisation of Projects
  • Project Leadership
  • Project Identification
  • Project Business Case
  • Project Definition and Design
  • Network Analysis, Critical Path Method, Gantt charts
  • The Development of a Project
  • Project Schedules and Resource Planning
  • Project Partnering
  • Project Finance
  • The Implementation of a Project
  • Project Appraisal
  • Risk Assessment and Project Health Checks
  • Requests for Change (operational rather than strategic)
  • Project Evaluation
  • Project Closure
  • Lessons Learned and development of PMBOK
Learning Outcomes By the end of the module the student should be able to:
  • identify the key features of project management and the different approaches that may be adopted in design and implementation.
  • appreciate methodologies for the delivery of projects.
  • understand best practice approaches to project management based upon the work of the appropriate professional bodies and the PM profession.
  • use those methodologies and approaches to develop, design, implement, review, assess and close projects.
  • use the principles learned to manage projects in organisations more effectively.
Assessment 21861-03 : Examination : Exam (School Arranged) - Written Unseen (50%)
21861-04 : Assignment : Coursework (50%)
Assessment Methods & Exceptions The module will be assessed in the following way:
  • 1 x 3000 word assignment (50%)
  • 1 x 3 hour Examination (50%)
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