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03/08/2012 |
| Code: |
CE00348-6 |
Version: |
5 |
Approval Status: |
Valid Current |
| Title: |
PROJECT MANAGEMENT |
| Section: |
Computing, Engineering & Technology |
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Level: |
6 |
| Pattern Of Delivery |
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| Contact Hours |
Independent Study Hours |
Total Learning Hours |
| 24 |
126 |
150 | |
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| Description of Pattern of
Delivery |
| Pattern 1, study 100% in period 1 |
| Pattern 2, study 100% in period
2 | |
| Site |
| LONDON SCHOOL OF ACCOUNTANCY AND MANAGEMENT |
| STAFFORD |
| Registration Conditions |
Module Version Condition Text |
| None |
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| Module Details |
| Assessment Details |
A COURSEWORK length 4000 WORDS weighted at 70%. A CLASS TEST
weighted at 30%.
Coursework 70% approximately 4,000
words.
A business/technical report based on a case study taking
about 30 hours per student to produce. The work will normally be
done in pairs, with a section that provides for an individual and
shared mark. It is intended to assess practical skills. Learning
Outcomes 1, 2 and 3.
Class Test 30%
An individual
closed-book, time constrained test of 45 minutes duration. Learning
outcomes 1-4.
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| Indicative Content |
1. Project context and scope. The IT project initiation phase
and the project charter. Environmental analysis and stakeholder
involvement. Agreeing goals and deliverables and establishing terms
of reference. Identifying and analysing critical success factors.
Negotiating for resources. Producing a project charter that is
agreeable to all stakeholders,
2. Project management tools.
Choosing and using a project management package (e.g. MS Project).
Overcoming the problems of integrating a project management package
into a typical organisation. Producing project reports and
maintaining the project plan,
3. Project framework. Work
breakdown structures and outlines. Delegation, team building and
human resource factors. Task contracts and resource allocation.
Organising and motivating the project team. Setting up a project in
a project management package,
4. Project estimating.
Evaluation and choice of estimating method. Manipulating effort and
duration. Ways of overcoming estimating problems and improving
estimating accuracy. Interpreting resource data in a project
management package,
5. Project scheduling. Producing and
issuing a baseline plan. Entering schedule data into a project
management package. Use of bar charts, resource histograms and
precedence networks. Adjusting the plan and manipulating resources
and tasks. Scheduling 'non-linear? project models (e.g. RAD, web
site and prototyping projects),
6. Project management
processes. Risk, change and quality management policies. Project
management methods (e.g. PRINCE2, PMBOK), documentation and
reporting standards. Risk analysis and contingency planning.
Monitoring risk and change in the project plan.
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| Learning Strategies |
These learning strategies will occupy your time:
Keynote
lectures are used to indicate the main points of the core course
material,
Student-centred practical tutorials (workshops) to
develop and illustrate the main points in small groups in applying
techniques to a case study,
Student-led seminars or debating
sessions will be used where appropriate to develop discursive
skills,
Case studies, guided reading and open learning materials
will be provided where relevant to help give structure to
independent learning,
Students will be invited to attend the
programme of regular seminars and presentations given by researchers
and external speakers as part of the faculty research
activity.
The delivery of the module is as follows:
1 x 1
hour lecture per week with the whole group
1 x 1 hour
workshop/tutorial per week in groups of ~20 students
(1:n)1
(1:20)
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| Prospectus Information |
IT Projects have a reputation for being difficult to manage, and
instances of IT projects that have ended disastrously late and/or
over budget are often reported. However, surveys show that manafers
working on many of these projects have not received adequate
training in basi project management, however good they may be
technically. This module is intended to overcome this problem and to
give you, as a graduate, a 'running start' in a project team and to
allow you to use your technical skills to maximum effect within the
project environment.
The modules takes a structured approach
to project management (PM) that refers to several PM methods that
may be found in industry while following a well-tried set of steps
that make a complex subject easier to learn. You will learn some of
the most common PM techniques in a workshop environment before
practicing them in a realistic assignment situation using some of
the latest PM software. The general aim of the module is to give a
good understanding of the phases of managing a typical IT project by
integrating the technical and human factors into a realistic
approach that can be fun. The expected outcome is to make you a
useful member of an IT project team with the potential to become a
successful IT project manager.
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| Resources |
The Student Handbook including schedule and module
descriptor
The Module Workbook containing the case studies and
worksheets for workshop/tutorials
Lecture notes and guided
reading material given out by the module team
Text books,
journals and web-sites in the IT Project Management
domain
Project management computer package (e.g. Microsoft
Project) and tutorial material
Word processing computer package
(e.g. Microsoft Word) for preparation of the
assignment.
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| Special Admissions Requirements |
None.
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| Texts |
Recommended text:
O'Connell, F. (2001) How to Run Successful
Projects lll: The Silver Bullet. Addison Wesley, ISBN:
0201748061
(This text provides the basis for the study and
application of ITPM techniques).
CCTA (2002) Managing
Successful Projects with PRINCE2. The Stationary Office Books,
Cleland, D. (2001) A Guide to the Project Management Body of
Knowledge 2000. PMI. ISBN: 0113308914
(These texts include
two PM methods that are found in industry, making an knowledgeable
evaluation and comparison possible in an IT
environment.
Phillips, D. and O'Bryan, R. (2003) It Sounded
Good When we Started: a Project Manager's Guide to Working With
People on Projects. John Wiley and Sons Inc, ISBN:
0471485861
(This text examines the human factors of PM and
the role of people in projects).
Chatfield, C. (2003)
Microsoft Project 2003 Step by Step. Microsoft Press International,
ISBN: 0735619557
(This text provides a systematic basic
introductory tutorial to a common PM
package).
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| Learning Outcome |
| 1. DRAW A CHARTER FOR A TYPICAL IT PROJECT WITH
APPROPRIATE STANDARDS AND PROCEDURES. |
Application |
| Communication |
| 2. ORGANISE AND RESOURCE A TYPICAL IT PROJECT
ESTIMATING THE RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS AND ALLOCATING TASKS WITH
REGARD TO RISK AND THE AVAILABLE HUMAN AND TECHNICAL FACTORS. |
Application |
| Learning |
| 3. ANALYSE, PLAN AND MANAGE A TYPICAL IT PROJECT USING
SCHEDULING, MONITORING AND CONTROLLING TOOLS AND TECHNIQUES. |
Communication |
| Problem Solving |
| 4. DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN AND CRITICALLY EVALUATE SOME
TECHNIQUES OF TEAM BUILDING AND MANAGEMENT, RISK ASSESSMENT AND
CHANGE MANAGEMENT ARE LIKELY TO IMPROVE THE SUCCESS OF A TYPICAL IT
PROJECT. |
Analysis |
| Application |
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