| CODE | MGT3214 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Project Management | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Business and Enterprise Management | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | The content of this study-unit is presented in a structured manner as follows: PART 1 - THE CONTEXT OF PROJECTS: A definition of projects provides a necessary background and introduction to project management. Topics covered in this part include: project components and types; the effect of the culture of organisations on projects; project success, pitfalls and risks; project management models including the PRINCE2 methodology. PART 2 - MANAGING THE PRIMARY OBJECTIVES: Before proceeding with other considerations for the undertaking of a specific project, the project boundaries must be decided and the necessary resources made available and organised. Topics covered in this part include: project scope and work break-down; project management structure including governance and the organisational set-up; project definition reporting and project launching; milestone planning, responsibility charting and resource estimating. PART 3 - MANAGING THE SECONDARY OBJECTIVES: The traditional management aspects of quality, cost and time are important also in project situations. Topics covered in this part include: managing quality and preparing quality plans; managing costs, including the use of tools such as the control cube and s-curves; managing time, including the use of tools such as bar-charts and networks; balancing objectives and confirming the plan. PART 4 - IMPLEMENTATION AND CONTROL ISSUES: Following the necessary preparations, a project must ultimately be carried effectively to its completion. Topics covered in this part include: work approval, allocation and implementation; team work and the role of the project manager; measuring progress and regularly updating completion forecasts; planning and taking recovery action; project completion and close-out management issues; project management information system tools; special considerations in the case if very large and international projects. Study-Unit Aims: To introduce the students to a structured approach to project management, essentially regarding the functions of planning, organising, implementing and controlling multi-resource and multi-objective complex undertakings. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - engage in the discipline of project management; - achieve the prescribed objectives of the project; - devise a course of action to implement the project and exert the necessary controls; - plan successive milestones to monitor and evaluate ongoing progress; - design responsibility charts to ensure accountability; - forecast costings and timings; - mitigate project pitfalls and formulate contingency planning; - - undertake project reporting, reviewing and auditing. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - apply the theoretical underpinnings of project management to real life practices; - use project management techniques to ensure effective governance; - ascertain the principles of accountability, efficiency, competency and capacity through rigorous project management. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: - Handbook of Project-Based Management, J. Rodney Turner, McGraw-Hill, 4th edition, ISBN-13: 978-0071821780 or ISBN-10: 0071821783. Lecturer's notes - being uploaded on the VLE. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Christian Camilleri Philip J. Schembri |
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