BMGT2017D Project Management

Academic Year 2023/2024


In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the use of project management methods and tools as a means by which organisations achieve their objectives. Projects drive business activities in a wide variety of sectors, from private sector manufacturing and service companies, to government and public sector organisations and not for profit charities and humanitarian groups. Irrespective of the product or service sector, good project management techniques will provide a result that is delivered on time and within budget. In this regard, the module will cover topics such as planning, scheduling, budgeting, quality, leadership and risk management which are some of the key issues that need to be understood and practiced by managers to realise successful project delivery.

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Curricular information is subject to change

Learning Outcomes:

On completion of this module students should be able to:
1) Specify project definitions in terms of scope, deliverables and performance specifications. Formulate a risk management system to protect project outcomes

2) Construct basic project networks, based on work-elements defined in terms of costs and labour resources
and use project networks to understand the time and cost constraints of projects.

3) Recognise the inter-personal aspects of project management and the need for leadership skills in managing a project's stakeholders and understand how project management is used to implement corporate/business strategy in an organization.

4( Bring a project to a determined closedown point, for signing-off as 'complete’ and audit the project management process and improve its skill-set through a 'lessons learned' evaluation of the completed project.

Indicative Module Content:

The accompaning Study Guide will provide indicative module content.

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Lectures

12
Specified Learning Activities

85
Autonomous Student Learning

105
Total

202
Approaches to Teaching and Learning:

In recent years there has been a rapid growth in the use of project management methods and tools as a means by which organisations achieve their objectives. Projects drive business activities in a wide variety of sectors, from private sector manufacturing and service companies, to government and public sector organisations and not for profit charities and humanitarian groups. Irrespective of the product or service sector, good project management techniques will provide a result that is delivered on time and within budget. In this regard, the module will cover topics such as planning, scheduling, budgeting, quality, leadership and risk management which are some of the key issues that need to be understood and practiced by managers to realise successful project delivery.


There are three “block” release lectures. These lectures will be somewhat interactive.

You will be working on in class activities with some of your fellow students. This will demonstrate the challenges (and joys) of working in a project team. As Bertolt Brecht says “even emperors can’t do it all by themselves”.

The idea is that you move through the three levels of competency:
• I know
• I can do
• I can adapt to new situations

The time scale is short to assimilate and apply the material but there is no exam in this module.
 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Not applicable to this module.
 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Four sides of A4, documenting your plan for completing this module. There is more detail in the study guide. Week 6 n/a Graded No

35
Group Project: Develop a Project Plan. Details in the Study Guide. Throughout the Trimester n/a Graded No

65

Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Resit In Terminal Exam
Spring No
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Guidance and feedback will be given on the first assignment. There will be no final feedback on the terminal assignment but there will be guidance on work-in-progress.

Core Text Book
Larson & Gray (2021) Project Management | The Managerial Process 8th, McGraw Hill

HBR Articles
Elton & Roe (1998) Bringing Discipline to Project Management, HBR Mar-Apr
Flyvbjerg & Budzier (2011) Why Your IT Project May Be Riskier Than You Think, HBR September
Goffee & Jones (2000) Why Should Anyone Be Led by You, HBR Sep-Oct
Kaplan & Mikes (2012) Managing Risks: A New Framework, HBR June
Klien (2007) Performing a Project Premortem, HBR September
Kotter (2007) Leading Change Why Transformation Efforts Fail, HBR January
Matta & Ashkenas (2003) Why Good Projects Fail Anyway, HBR September
Royer (2003) Why Bad Projects Are So Hard to Kill, HBR February
Sengupta, Abdel-Hami & Van Wassenhove (2008) The Experience Trap, HBR February
Sirkin, Keenan & Jackson (2005) The Hard Side of Change Management, HBR October

Practical
Fastr Projects by Fergus O'Connell (2007), Person Prentice Hall
Name Role
Dr Katherine Collins Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Timetabling information is displayed only for guidance purposes, relates to the current Academic Year only and is subject to change.
 
Autumn
      
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 0 Fri 14:00 - 17:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 5 Fri 14:00 - 17:50
Lecture Offering 1 Week(s) - 9 Sat 09:00 - 12:50
Autumn