Weighting: 100 %
Type: Assignment (L. O. 1, 2, 3)
Length: max. 3000 words.
Brief Description:
Select one from following, according to your study programme:
a) MBA: Implementation of a project in a company with using a project management processes and methodology.
b) MSC: Critical essay focused on project management in a selected company.

• Project lifecycle – basic concept of project and project management
• Project management process model
• Project organisation –focused on the Project board and Executive and project assurance roles
• Business justification of the project – business case, benefits and goals
• Project planning
• Products and quality management in the project’s environment (quality planning and assurance)
• Project controlling
• Risk management
• Issue and change management
• Configuration management and interface management
• Project documentation
• Project portfolios and programmes

1. Demonstrate a systematic and complex understanding of the project lifecycle model and key processes of project management, Project business case design and maintenance, Project planning and managing in an international environment.
Knowledge and understanding

2. Demonstrate and advanced scholarship by defining the roles and responsibilities in the project specific organisation, Project controlling including managing of project risks and issues, key decision making, Managing the change by creation of Project documentation and configuration management. Analysis

3. Demonstrate an ability to define project goals and products and evaluate justification and viability of the project and demonstrate the skill to manage the goals, products, quality, risks and changes of the project.
Application

Students will engage in direct teaching sessions / lectures and following structured learning.

Following the lectures and prior to completing assessment students will engage with guided learning which will consolidate all new knowledge and understanding.

Independent learning strategies will include electronic consultations, electronic discussion groups and if asked for - personal consultations / advice with lecture team members.

• Access to online SU library, E-brary,Beck online
• Students have course handbook and learning package at their disposal

FOR INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIVE PARTNERS ONLY

• Hinde, David. PRINCE2 Study Guide. Hoboken, NJ, USA: John Wiley & Sons, 2012. ProQuest ebrary; eISBN 9781119971078 OCLC NUMBER 794488164
• Richman, Larry: Successful Project Management; Amacom 2011; ISBN: 9780761215189
• Basu, Ron. Advances in Project Management: Managing Quality in Projects. Farnham, Surrey, GBR: Ashgate Publishing Group, 2012. ProQuest ebrary; eISBN 9781409440932 OCLC NUMBER 820850688
• Mόller, Ralf. Project Governance. Abingdon, Oxon, GBR: Ashgate Publishing Ltd, 2009. ProQuest ebrary; eISBN 9780566091568 OCLC NUMBER 646802746

(or the most current versions of the texts)