The necessity to effectively manage the development of new products and services is seen as an organisations life-blood. This module concentrates on the process, management techniques and tools that are used throughout a projects life cycle to ensure effective and appropriate decision making.
The module covers the following areas:
1. The role that projects play in an organisational context.
2. Project evaluation techniques.
3. Project Lifecycle concepts.
4. The role of the project manager.
5. Project management methodologies.
6. People processes.
7. A critical awareness of project planning (including, but not limited to, developing a work breakdown structure, scheduling, costs and benefits, stakeholder management and risk management).
8. Project monitoring control
9. Effective project closure.

Online Resources.

An individual ASSIGMT length 3000 WORDS weighted at 100%.

(Tests All Learning Outcomes)

Core text:
Maylor, H. (2010) Project Management (Fourth Edition), Pearson Education, Harlow, England. ISBN 978-027370432.
Recommended Texts:
Meredith, J. & Mantel, S. (2011), Project Management: A Managerial Approach (Eighth Edition), John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0470533024.

The learning strategy for this module is based around students committing a total of 150 hours of activities towards achieving the learning outcomes. These will be split between 39 hours of direct contact with a tutor and 111 hours of directed, guided and self-study, together with preparation for and completion of the assessment tasks. Learning support material will be provided for the module.
The module will draw upon a mixture of activities including lectures, web-based activities, case study analysis, relevant videos and in-class discussions, individual and group problem solving and self-directed learning.