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Introduction
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Programme Details
Course Descriptions
Learning Outcomes
Admission
Total Four Modules
You can take 2 modules within the same trimester and finish in 6 months or proceed with 1 module per term and finish after 4 trimesters.
Contemporary Project Management
The aim of the module is to develop an understanding of the evolution of contemporary project management, and to offer a theoretical and practical perspective on critical factors for the successful management of projects, providing participants with a comprehensive insight into the realities of project management processes in a variety of contemporary organisational settings.
The Strategic Context of Project Management
The aim of the module is to offer a theoretical and practical perspective on critical factors or successful strategic management of projects, and to provide participants with a comprehensive insight into the realities of project management. This would enable participants to identify best practices to provide a source of competitive advantage.
Project Planning and Control
The principles of project management are applicable at all levels of the project hierarchy, ranging from individual work packages through to the provision of a single point of responsibility on behalf of the client. Different techniques and skills are applicable at different levels. At the work package level, the emphasis will lie in ensuring on-site production within specified constraints of time, cost and quality. At the strategic level, the emphasis will lie in managing the evolving interface between the client and the project. Irrespective of the level of application, effective project management depends upon a blend of the appropriate techniques and advanced behavioural skills. The aim of the module is to provide students with the ability to select the appropriate methodologies to structure problems on the conceptual level
Defining Excellence in Project Management
Monitoring and evaluation are an integral part of each phase/step of the project life cycle. There must be measurable goals when the project is defined and measurable milestones in the project plan. During the implementation of the plan monitoring will show to what extent one has reached the goals and targets. At the closing of the project the evaluation can be expressed in terms of predetermined and accomplished goals.
The success of project management requires achievement of an accepted ‘end-state’ as defined in the approved project plan. This module introduces appraisal methodologies and skills in project evaluation and review, project termination and handover.